# I pit the Gaucho **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 27, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681 "2005-09-27T15:42:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/1 "2005-09-27T15:42:10Z")
Why any female would fall into this hideous fashion trend is beyond me. Ladies. A tip. If you _want_ your thighs to look like [Earl Campbell’s](http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nfl/tenhou/EarlHou_196x250.jpg), then by all means. Don the gaucho. Maybe a gal could pull it off if she chose a gaucho in the colors of the Houston Oilers. At least then the sports adled mind of the male may take some notice. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/2 "2005-09-27T15:45:45Z")
Are these the same hideous skirt/pants monstrosities I remember from the '70’s? I was a little kid, but my mother dressed me in some. I HATED them. I still do. Is this what we’re talking about here? Link? Satan himself dresses his demons in those hideous things. It’s what all the minions of evil are wearing these days. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/3 "2005-09-27T16:09:07Z")
I didn’t know what gaucho pants are, so I looked 'em up on Google. [This](http://www.queenconnection.com/Products/Used/Used_Dresses/SJ002.htm) is the first hit I got, and I figured out very quickly that they’re ugly pants. Then I saw the price tag. Speaking as a guy who really hates smilies, :eek:. _$900_??? Does it come with a remote control kinetically-powered tongue in the crotch? I can’t think of anything else that would justify that sort of price tag. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/4 "2005-09-27T16:10:29Z")
> [@Faruiza](#): > > Link? [ugh](http://www.target.com/gp/browse.html/602-1984285-3643826?node=14310511&AFID=Google&LNM=Gaucho&ref=tgt_adv_XSGT2894) ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/5 "2005-09-27T16:13:10Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > I can’t think of anything else that would justify that sort of price tag. It allows you to plow through top knotch defensive lines with ease, and then it takes at least two cornerbacks to take you down. ---
**Author:** ![gaucho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@gaucho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaucho)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/6 "2005-09-27T16:14:25Z")
Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/7 "2005-09-27T16:44:26Z")
This discussion is probably better suited to MPSIMS. They all wear ugly pants over there. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/8 "2005-09-27T16:44:48Z")
> [@gaucho](#): > > Sorry. Heh! ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/9 "2005-09-27T16:47:18Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > I didn’t know what gaucho pants are, so I looked 'em up on Google. [This](http://www.queenconnection.com/Products/Used/Used_Dresses/SJ002.htm) is the first hit I got, and I figured out very quickly that they’re ugly pants. BWAHAHA! Are they \*trying \* to look like samurai? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/10 "2005-09-27T16:52:37Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > BWAHAHA! Are they \*trying \* to look like samurai? They look like _palazzo_ pants that went through the dry cycle too many times. Palazzo pants! Jeezuz does that bring back a nightmare or two. ---
**Author:** ![Giant\_Spongess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@Giant\_Spongess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giant_Spongess)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/11 "2005-09-27T16:56:04Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > I didn’t know what gaucho pants are, so I looked 'em up on Google. [This](http://www.queenconnection.com/Products/Used/Used_Dresses/SJ002.htm) is the first hit I got, and I figured out very quickly that they’re ugly pants. > > Then I saw the price tag. Speaking as a guy who really hates smilies, :eek:. _$900_??? Does it come with a remote control kinetically-powered tongue in the crotch? I can’t think of anything else that would justify that sort of price tag. This woman is trying to deny the existence of her legs. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/12 "2005-09-27T17:02:22Z")
I’ve been seeing these everywhere. I had no idea they had a name. Or a philosophy. I’ve just been calling them ‘those ugly flowing things that aren’t really pants.’ ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/13 "2005-09-27T17:03:27Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > I didn’t know what gaucho pants are, so I looked 'em up on Google. [This](http://www.queenconnection.com/Products/Used/Used_Dresses/SJ002.htm) is the first hit I got, and I figured out very quickly that they’re ugly pants. > > Then I saw the price tag. Speaking as a guy who really hates smilies, :eek:. _$900_??? Does it come with a remote control kinetically-powered tongue in the crotch? I can’t think of anything else that would justify that sort of price tag. The site called the _Queen_ Connection. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/14 "2005-09-27T17:06:51Z")
I think they look comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![buttonjockey308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bcef8e/32.png) [@buttonjockey308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buttonjockey308)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/15 "2005-09-27T17:11:07Z")
I didn’t know they had a name either, but now that you mentioned it…the only people who should be wearing those things have boots up to the knees and are serving meat from a sword [here](http://www.fogodechao.com/). Fashion :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/16 "2005-09-27T17:33:53Z")
Oh my God! They look like bell-bottom capris or something! How utterly _awful_! I’ve never heard of those things or noticed them before, but now that it’s been brought to my attention I’m sure I’ll see eight pairs a day. Christ, what would someone have to be thinking to wear those things? Doesn’t anyone have any _style_? Because a moment’s thought would make you realize that those pants are godawful. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/17 "2005-09-27T17:38:59Z")
Yah - I have to take a pass on the gaucho as well. If you’re 6’ tall and weigh 12 lbs, perhaps you can pull them off. Everyone else just looks dumb. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/18 "2005-09-27T17:47:14Z")
What scares me so much is that I’m starting to see the really hideous stuff from my childhood come back. I wore gauchos in Jr. Hi (I think - it was a long time ago) - what’s going ON??? This stuff wasn’t a good idea back then, and it’s not a good idea now. What’s next? Gunne Sax Dresses? Qiana shirts? Satin baseball jackets? ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/19 "2005-09-27T18:03:42Z")
_splort_ Now I know what those pants that my coworkers wears are called. -Liz, off to find some napkins to clean her monitor… ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681/20 "2005-09-27T18:04:32Z")
Those are hideous. They look like a grown woman wearing a 10-year-old boy’s pants. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-gaucho/323681.md?page=2)