# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/101 "2007-07-17T00:16:44Z")
Much as the pants guy is a complete dickhead, it is kind of fun seeing businesses get called on their hyperbole. OK, this one has gone way beyond “fun”, but in principle… ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/102 "2007-07-17T00:36:39Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] _Allons enfants de la Patrie Le jour de gloire est arrivé!_ [/QUOTE] I very much resent your using that statement when 1- You know that I don’t speak French and are deliberately trying to invoke humiliation and mental distress 2- Had my direct ancestors not left France for Switzerland following the St. Bart’s Day Massacre and then come to South Carolina, they could well have been SLAUGHTERED in that revolution I demand that Ponder Stibbons pay me $18 million for mocking me and $10 milliong for mocking my near ancestors, and that the SDMB pay double for each for giving him the opportunity to do it! Ponder: swear the mods insisted you do it and I’ll drop my suit against you and give you $3 mil once the mods pay me their $56 mil ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/103 "2007-07-17T01:16:48Z")
Hmm. So far as I can recall, \*\*Ponder Stibbons \*\* has never guaranteed to give you satisfaction, **Sampiro**. An omission which, considering your mention of a “little bit of pleather and a riding crop”, he may (or may not) be very glad 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/104 "2007-07-17T01:33:20Z")
> [@Pearson via MSNBC Article](#): > > The court effectively substituted a guarantee of satisfaction with ‘reasonable’ limits and preconditions … That was a fundamental legal error. Hang on a second: does that mean that he is implicitly confessing a desire to have the court impose a standard of _ **un** _reasonable limits? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/105 "2007-07-17T02:24:55Z")
[QUOTE=Princhester] Hmm. So far as I can recall, \*\*Ponder Stibbons \*\* has never guaranteed to give you satisfaction, **Sampiro**. An omission which, considering your mention of a “little bit of pleather and a riding crop”, he may (or may not) be very glad 🙂 [/QUOTE] It’s an _implied_ guarantee of satisfaction, plus as mentioned I don’t speak French, so how could I possibly know that the French quote _isn’t_ a guarantee of satisfaction? Certainly there’s no “This is NOT a guarantee of satisfaction” disclaimer, which I think would be only reasonable. There, I’ve run rings round you logically. And with the pleather and crop, I’d rather have the $28 million all things considered. Or that judge’s pants (which I’ll bet the Korean guy is putting on every night when he gets home and laughing). ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/106 "2007-07-17T04:33:48Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] There, I’ve run rings round you logically. [/QUOTE] Dang and blast. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/107 "2007-07-17T13:48:09Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I demand that Ponder Stibbons pay me $18 million for mocking me and $10 milliong for mocking my near ancestors, and that the SDMB pay double for each for giving him the opportunity to do it! Ponder: swear the mods insisted you do it and I’ll drop my suit against you and give you $3 mil once the mods pay me their $56 mil [/QUOTE] Ponder, I have some of Sampiro’s threads about “near ancestors” printed out. I am available as an expert witness for a reasonable fee and expenses (I have to go to Tahiti to prepare). ---
**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:** [July 17, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/108 "2007-07-17T13:59:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] I very much resent your using that statement when 1- You know that I don’t speak French and are deliberately trying to invoke humiliation and mental distress 2- Had my direct ancestors not left France for Switzerland following the St. Bart’s Day Massacre and then come to South Carolina, they could well have been SLAUGHTERED in that revolution I demand that Ponder Stibbons pay me $18 million for mocking me and $10 milliong for mocking my near ancestors, and that the SDMB pay double for each for giving him the opportunity to do it! Ponder: swear the mods insisted you do it and I’ll drop my suit against you and give you $3 mil once the mods pay me their $56 mil [/QUOTE] Oh, all right. I give. Let’s work a deal– Hey, wait a minute! If you don’t speak French, how did you know that quote was French? Huh? A ha! Gotcha! Bet you didn’t think of that now, did you? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/109 "2007-07-17T18:55:48Z")
[QUOTE=Ponder Stibbons] Hey, wait a minute! If you don’t speak French, how did you know that quote was French? Huh? A ha! Gotcha! Bet you didn’t think of that now, did you? [/QUOTE] Dissing my critical thinking skills are we? I’m tacking on an extra $7 million… AND A SHRUBBERY! ---
**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:** [July 17, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/110 "2007-07-17T19:52:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] Dissing my critical thinking skills are we? I’m tacking on an extra $7 million… AND A SHRUBBERY! [/QUOTE] Je suis désolé, mais je ne parle pas anglais. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2007, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/111 "2007-07-17T20:38:17Z")
I fart in your general dee-rech-shion! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/112 "2007-09-20T17:00:40Z")
Bumped to update…[Pearson is probably gloating, the ass.](http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2007/sep/19/091907273.html) ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/113 "2007-09-20T17:19:48Z")
Well, they do have another store; it’s not like they’re now homeless and indigent. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/114 "2007-09-20T17:35:20Z")
They had three, now they’re down to one. I can’t see that being a good thing…this stupid judge basically hounded them out of business with his frivilous lawsuit. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2007, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/115 "2007-09-20T17:39:08Z")
One can only hope the new owners have a “Satisfaction Guaranteed - Unless your Name is Pearson” sign up. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/116 "2007-09-21T15:02:14Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Bumped to update…[Pearson is probably gloating, the ass.](http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nat-gen/2007/sep/19/091907273.html) [/QUOTE] OTOH the lunatic’s case is featured in a “frivolous lawsuit” article in the new Reader’s Digest, making him an even bigger laughing stock. I didn’t know his claim included some $5K for acting as his own attorney. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/117 "2007-09-21T16:32:44Z")
I don’t think Pearson cares about all the negative publicity. His goal was to make life a living hell for the Chungs, and he did. Pearson is so clueless as to file a $54 million lawsuit over a pair of pants that I don’t think the fact most of the world is laughing at him is going to register. He’s going to take the closing of their business as some sort of twisted validation. I thought their attorney’s expenses were being covered…is there more heartache coming? ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2007, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/118 "2007-09-21T16:50:24Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Pearson is so clueless as to file a $54 million lawsuit over a pair of pants that I don’t think the fact most of the world is laughing at him is going to register. [/QUOTE] Having that $54 millon albatross around his neck during job interviews might do the trick, assuming he gets put off the bench and/or disbarred. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/119 "2007-11-14T22:47:30Z")
It seems that the good judge has now lost more than his pants. [Link](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gfehedaqYut55AY5xTUd-FWDpRdAD8ST80T00) > [@](#): > > Roy Pearson’s term as an administrative law judge expired May 2 and the D.C. Commission on Selection and Tenure of Administrative Law Judges has voted not to reappoint him, Lisa Coleman, the city’s general counsel, wrote Nov. 8 Sometimes bad things happen to bad people. And I don’t mean the dry cleaners. [Summary](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061201667.html) of the whole sad mess for anyone that wants it. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828/120 "2007-11-15T02:55:06Z")
[QUOTE=Projammer] Sometimes bad things happen to bad people. And I don’t mean the dry cleaners. [Summary](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/12/AR2007061201667.html) of the whole sad mess for anyone that wants it. [/QUOTE] May scorn and ridicule follow him all days of his life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dude-its-just-a-pair-of-pants/407828.md?page=7)