# Friends don't let friends wear ponchos (very short and petty) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 27, 2004, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423 "2004-10-27T12:27:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/41 "2004-10-28T21:01:00Z")
_All_ the girls at work wear them and they just look adorable. Of course, I should mention that “all the girls” means the little girls at the preschool where I work. They’re all between three and six years old. 😃 I wouldn’t be caught dead in one. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/42 "2004-10-28T21:09:45Z")
When my brother and I used to play “CHiPs” on our bikes, he’d claim that because his hair was darker, I had to be John while he was Poncho. I still have the emotional scars. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/43 "2004-10-28T22:53:45Z")
ok, I get the panchos, not a fan either, but what about Kilts now THOSE, i like… …cause i own one. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2004, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/44 "2004-10-28T23:40:52Z")
I’m afraid… my Nanna who normally has really good fashion sense sent my mother and I a poncho… a dark purple one. It’s actually nice, meant as outwear if you are dressed up to go to the theatre. But damn it, I don’t have the clothes to wear it with, nor am I going to the opera or ballet anytime soon! ---
**Author:** ![dubs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dubs)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/45 "2004-10-29T01:56:08Z")
> [@Middlecase](#): > > Ponchos are OK as long as you have a sneer, a week’s stubble, a cigarillo clenched in your jaw, a cowboy hat and a six-shooter to back it up. Cue Ennio Morricone: “Oo-ee-ooh! Wah-wah-wah!” . . .and capri pants are okay if you’re Laura Petrie. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/46 "2004-10-29T17:55:34Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > Ahh, pedal pushers have been around for a few years, you’re right about that **chatelaine** , but may God have mercy on us if [Lycra pedal pushers](http://www.fogdog.com/sm-danskin-plus-size-supplex-lycra-capri-pant-womens--pi-1169295.html) ever become popular, which is what I think **Tikki** was referring to. Please note that that monstrosity goes up to _4XL_. Speaking as a fat person, I’d like to reiterate what I’ve said for years. Just because they make it in your size doesn’t mean that you should wear it. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/47 "2004-10-29T19:11:50Z")
For the record, I have no friends who wear ponchos. They wear really ugly dashikis. ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/48 "2004-10-29T19:23:01Z")
I’d wear a dashiki before I wore a poncho. I thought they were stupid when I was eight years old, and I stand by that assessment. Besides, they make me look pregnant. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/49 "2004-11-22T01:21:06Z")
[Poncho Abuse](http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/11/21/bush.dinner/index.html) on a very scary global scale. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/50 "2004-11-22T02:28:26Z")
You are not [wrong](http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3612680&thesection=news&thesubsection=world). EWWWW! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/51 "2004-11-22T02:59:05Z")
They look like they are wearing carpets. Eweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. ---
**Author:** ![calm\_kiwi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@calm\_kiwi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/calm_kiwi)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/52 "2004-11-22T03:01:15Z")
Three very unattractive carpet wearers to boot (specially that darn Aussie :D). ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/53 "2004-11-22T15:34:19Z")
They all look kinda embarrassed for wearing it, don’t they. Kinda like Freshman initiation gone wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423/54 "2004-11-22T16:43:29Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > They look like they are wearing carpets. Are you talking about the ponchos or the hairpieces ? 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-dont-let-friends-wear-ponchos-very-short-and-petty/271423.md?page=2)