# Help me find my pants. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 6, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780 "2003-10-06T00:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/1 "2003-10-06T00:41:46Z")
At some point last night, I took off my shorts to put on some trunks to get into the hot tub. This morning, I looked for them and couldn’t find them (They have my wallet in them.) I know they’re not in the following places: My laundry basket Out on the railing of the deck In the washer/dryer Around my waist In the hot tub These are all places I’ve checked. Any help? Winner gets… an empty box, provided they pay for materials and shipping. ---
**Author:** ![BlueMit11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@BlueMit11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueMit11)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/2 "2003-10-06T00:43:47Z")
Were you drunk? If so, they could still be on your head. Or around your ankles. Or on somebody else’s head/ankles. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/3 "2003-10-06T01:01:45Z")
I checked by my hot tub, they are not here either. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/4 "2003-10-06T01:06:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BlueMit11 \* > \*\*Were you drunk? If so, they could still be on your head. Or around your ankles. Or on somebody else’s head/ankles. \*\* Not much at the time. No, they’re not in either of those places. ---
**Author:** ![WomanofScorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b5a626/32.png) [@WomanofScorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WomanofScorn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/5 "2003-10-06T01:25:48Z")
have you checked your closet? your bed? the bathroom? living room? all the rooms? they’ve gotta be somewhere unless someone took them. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thylacine/32/1143_2.png) [@Thylacine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacine)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/6 "2003-10-06T01:29:54Z")
Do you have pets by any chance? My dog used to steal my underwear and chew at the crotch, my cat just takes anything not nailed down. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/7 "2003-10-06T01:34:54Z")
_My_ pants often end up under the bed. Unfortunately, I just checked under my bed, and _your_ pants are not there. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/8 "2003-10-06T01:40:01Z")
Have I checked the following?: Closet, yes, bed, yes, bathroom, yes, living room, yes, all the rooms, not thoroughly, pets, yes, under the bed yes. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/9 "2003-10-06T01:44:23Z")
They’re probably wadded up and stuffed inside the filter and pump housing because you were afraid of getting them wet. Either that or, have you looked at the bottom of the hot tub? ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/10 "2003-10-06T02:18:18Z")
Aha, update: They were behind my bed, between the window and the bed. The search is over (I am also claiming the empty box.) ---
**Author:** ![Stage\_Manager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stage_manager/32/7267_2.png) [@Stage\_Manager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stage_Manager)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/11 "2003-10-06T04:45:58Z")
I just looked, and they aren’t anywhere here that I can see. [Emily Litella] Oh. Never mind… [/EL] ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/12 "2003-10-06T05:11:09Z")
I was gonna say to check the last place you looked. But it looks like you already did that. Any time I lose something, it always ends up being in the last place I look. So now I always make sure the first place I look is the last place I look. Happy ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/13 "2003-10-06T05:19:57Z")
I’m no good at finding pants. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/14 "2003-10-06T13:14:20Z")
I have your pants. And if you ever want to see them again, I demand you free Elmore Stanton right now. !Viva la revolution! ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/15 "2003-10-06T17:19:01Z")
I was sure they were going to be in the refrigerator… ---
**Author:** ![WhiteyFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@WhiteyFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhiteyFoo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-my-pants/205780/16 "2003-10-06T17:49:58Z")
If this ever happens again, check the freezer first. I can’t count the number of times I have found lost pants in my freezer…ok, 7 times. Well 8 if you count the time I put them in there on purpose, then forgot where I had put them for a good hour or so. Sometimes a man just needs frozen drawers.