# I lost a pair of shorts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 30, 2005, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417 "2005-01-30T10:18:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/21 "2005-01-31T21:49:06Z")
They went on vacation. To Bermuda. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/22 "2005-01-31T21:58:58Z")
Are they on your head? Lots of times when I can’t find my glasses, they’re on my head. What? ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/23 "2005-01-31T22:15:28Z")
I found a pair of socks, and a pair of undies (clean) in one of my suitcases today. But much to my dismay, no shorts. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/24 "2005-01-31T22:25:19Z")
That’s some great coding, dude. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/25 "2005-01-31T22:30:54Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > \ Ok, I made the drop. YAY!!! I get my shorts back!!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ashes\_Ashes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/db5fbb/32.png) [@Ashes\_Ashes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashes_Ashes)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/26 "2005-01-31T22:42:22Z")
Did they make your butt look big? If so, they may have been confiscated by the Fashion Police. Look for a faaaah-bu-lous fix-it ticket somewhere. Or maybe inside some other clothes, the dog’s bed, your gym bag, or behind the dresser. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/27 "2005-01-31T23:15:12Z")
> [@ccwaterback](#): > > Ok, I made the drop. YAY!!! I get my shorts back!!! 🙂 You really shouldn’t telegraph things like that. Thanks for the money. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/28 "2005-02-01T00:40:57Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > IF yOu wANt to seE yOUR SHortS AGaiN, pLAce One MILliON DOllARs iN THE trAsH cAn at 8tH & WEstERn …I’m sorry, I have nothing to say about your shorts… ☹ But I just had to look at the coding on this thing in the quote window!!! Well done! ---
**Author:** ![Caiata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e56c9b/32.png) [@Caiata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caiata)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/29 "2005-02-01T01:29:56Z")
I went nuts for four hours the other day looking for the pair of pants I intented to wear after getting out of my shower. I checked the clothesline, the dryer, the washer, the closets (thrice!), the laundry baskets, under the bed, under the couches, etc. They were in the fridge. Have you really checked _everywhere_? 🙂 – I’m missing a bread knife. It just up-and-disappeared. WTF? It’s like 37cm long! How do you misplace a _bread knife_? ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/30 "2005-02-01T01:34:39Z")
By sticking it in your underwear drawer? Have you realy checked _everywhere_? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/31 "2005-02-01T02:55:42Z")
Well I did my annual house cleaning today, no shorts to be found. I’ve looked in every drawer, every closet, every piece of luggage, behind, under, and inside every piece of furniture, no shorts. I even sorted through 4 stacks of dirty clothes, no shorts. Maybe they were stuck under one of my mountains of dirty clothes and the pressure was go great they vaporized. It could happen. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/32 "2005-02-04T22:55:09Z")
OK - it’s a week later. Any luck with the disappearing shorts? ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/33 "2005-02-07T21:45:47Z")
I think **ccwaterback** must’ve went the way of the shorts. ---
**Author:** ![ccwaterback](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@ccwaterback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ccwaterback)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/34 "2005-02-07T22:11:57Z")
> [@harmless](#): > > I think **ccwaterback** must’ve went the way of the shorts. I think perhaps socially and emotionally I have, as I continue my short-less path in life. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417/35 "2005-02-07T22:17:34Z")
Maybe your shorts just need a little time to themselves and will come back when they’ve sorted through their issues? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-lost-a-pair-of-shorts/287417.md?page=1)