# Dude, It's Just A Pair of PANTS! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 13, 2007, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828 "2007-06-13T08:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/1 "2007-06-13T08:51:43Z")
Idiot lawyer who is suing for $54 million because dry cleaner lost his pants [bursts into tears in court.](http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/judge-pants-cleaner-lawsuit/20070612164509990001) > [@](#): > > A judge had to leave the courtroom with tears running down his face Tuesday after recalling the lost pair of trousers that led to his $54 million lawsuit against a dry cleaner. > > Administrative law judge Roy L. Pearson had argued earlier in his opening statement that he is acting in the interest of all city residents against poor business practices. Defense attorneys called his claim “outlandish.” To quote Murphy Brown, “What the hell happened to your Y chromosome?” Yadda, yadda, yadda, yes I _do_ know that men _do_ cry, but over a pair of _pants?_ I’d be willing to bet that the flaming queen who hangs around with Tyra Banks on her “reality” show would be screaming, “Girlfriend, get a _grip!_” ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/2 "2007-06-13T09:36:02Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Idiot lawyer who is suing for $54 million because dry cleaner lost his pants [bursts into tears in court.](http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/judge-pants-cleaner-lawsuit/20070612164509990001)To quote Murphy Brown, “What the hell happened to your Y chromosome?” Yadda, yadda, yadda, yes I _do_ know that men _do_ cry, but over a pair of _pants?_ I’d be willing to bet that the flaming queen who hangs around with Tyra Banks on her “reality” show would be screaming, “Girlfriend, get a _grip!_” [/QUOTE] If a dry cleaner lost one of my $54 million dollar pair of pants I’d cry too. ---
**Author:** ![Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@Boo\_Boo\_Foo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boo_Boo_Foo)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/3 "2007-06-13T09:52:27Z")
Definitive case study of a Narcissist totally beyond the salvation of therapy. In my personal opinion, of course. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/4 "2007-06-13T09:55:26Z")
[QUOTE=Boo Boo Foo] In my personal opinion, of course. [/QUOTE] Wrong forum. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/5 "2007-06-13T10:10:28Z")
What?, he had the Crown Jewells stuffed on his pockets or something? ---
**Author:** ![Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c4cdca/32.png) [@Quiddity\_Glomfuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quiddity_Glomfuster)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/6 "2007-06-13T10:15:52Z")
What kind of legal system would even allow this loon a day in court? Why wasn’t this stupidity tossed out for the irresponsibly inane piece of crap that it is? Someone needs to throw both judges in jail - plaintiff and sitting judge. ---
**Author:** ![brownie55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@brownie55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brownie55)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/7 "2007-06-13T11:50:45Z")
[Previous thread for reference](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=418403) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/8 "2007-06-13T12:39:00Z")
[QUOTE=Ale] What?, he had the Crown Jewells stuffed on his pockets or something? [/QUOTE] If it were his **family** jewels, I could see the amount of the suit. But what sort of idiot would leave his nutsack in his pants and give them to a drycleaner? Nevermind. Idiots abound. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/9 "2007-06-13T14:25:53Z")
Normal guy just puts his pants on one 27 million dollar leg at a time. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/10 "2007-06-13T14:44:31Z")
There are times when I really think the courts need to have the “Take him out back and beat the shit out of him” option to deal with stuff like this. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/11 "2007-06-13T14:50:58Z")
Hell, if I thought I could get $54 million for doing basically nothing, I bet I could cry, too. Mind you, I would never be able to bring myself to totally fuck over these business owners like that, no matter how bad their service may have been. They’ve even offered him settlement money several times, up to $12,000. And _that_ wasn’t good enough? Fuck Roy L. Pearson Jr. I hope he gets jack squat. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/12 "2007-06-13T14:53:47Z")
Could he be fined for filing a nuisance suit? Hopefully that’s why this wasn’t just thrown out and the guy is going to be taught a lesson. Doubt it though. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/13 "2007-06-13T14:55:44Z")
To quote Lyle Lovett: “What would you be if you didn’t even try? You _have_ to try!” ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/14 "2007-06-13T15:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=enipla] Could he be fined for filing a nuisance suit? [/QUOTE] Wouldn’t be much of a suit without a pair of pants, would it? I dunno. Makes sense to me. His favorite response to lawyers from the bench use to be _“Yeah… In my PANTS!”._ He’s just not that funny anymore, now that everyone knows that under his robe, he’s in his skivvies. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/15 "2007-06-13T15:06:37Z")
He obviously is an attention whore- its not like they have 54 million to give him even if they lost, so whats the point? ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/16 "2007-06-13T15:10:10Z")
[QUOTE=Wee Bairn] He obviously is an attention whore- its not like they have 54 million to give him even if they lost, so whats the point? [/QUOTE] To ruin them. He’s not just an attention whore, he’s a vindictive attention whore. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/17 "2007-06-13T15:43:13Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] But what sort of idiot would leave his nutsack in his pants and give them to a drycleaner? [/QUOTE] Bloody. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/18 "2007-06-13T15:46:33Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] There are times when I really think the courts need to have the “Take him out back and beat the shit out of him” option to deal with stuff like this. [/QUOTE] “Bailiff, whack his pee-pee!” just isn’t good enough? ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/19 "2007-06-13T15:57:12Z")
Heh, I think the just an appropriate sentence in this case is for the plaintiff to be disentitled by court injunction from being allowed to wear pants again. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2007, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/20 "2007-06-13T16:01:37Z")
[QUOTE=silenus] There are times when I really think the courts need to have the “Take him out back and beat the shit out of him” option to deal with stuff like this. [/QUOTE] That reminds me of an old _Bloom County_ cartoon: Opus is watching _The People’s Court_, with Judge Wapner, and so you just see the dialog come from the TV. It’s a divorce case and the defendant has shaved the plaintiff’s cat, so the plaintiff is seeking $500 “and a new cat.” Judge Wapner: “Bailiff, kick these two nuts in the butt.” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828.md?page=2)