# Lady Things, With Frilly Bits... and shit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-things-with-frilly-bits-and-shit/349686 "2006-03-24T04:55:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LucyInDisguise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucyindisguise/32/18064_2.png) [@LucyInDisguise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LucyInDisguise)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-things-with-frilly-bits-and-shit/349686/21 "2006-03-26T17:12:07Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Try being a “big” guy. Apparently, if your waist size is larger than a 48, you’re supposed to be 7 1/2 feet tall. With cankles the diameter of a Rubbermaid trashcan. > > I call all of my jeans “clown pants”. If I caught a stiff tailwind I could fly in these things. The flapping of the extra material in my pant legs could cause injury in small children. It’s not pretty… IF … I ever … manage … to catch … my breath … I am soooo going to walk over there and slap you … 😃 > [@jayjay](#): > > That’s not mentioning, by the way, the fact that Big & Tall stores are legal franchises for highway robbery… Funny thing is, I always walk in with my hands up and nobody seems to think that is at all unusual … 😕 Lucy ---
**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:** [March 26, 2006, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-things-with-frilly-bits-and-shit/349686/22 "2006-03-26T18:14:56Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > That’s not mentioning, by the way, the fact that Big & Tall stores are legal franchises for highway robbery… Sing it, sister! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-things-with-frilly-bits-and-shit/349686/23 "2006-03-26T19:33:18Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Not a chance. There’s nothing hotter than a girl who looks happy and comfortable with no makeup, loose jeans and a t-shirt. I completely agree. She looks real. > [@Guano Lad](#): > > Absolutely! In fact, you know the kind of sloppy clothes women tend to wear when they’re doing something practical, like an old top so you don’t mind if it gets paint on it - and they have their hair up in an untidy jumble as they’re sitting outside painting a bookshelf or whatever? > > That is just sooooo adorably WOW! Oh yeah. It says ‘I am both confident and competent’. 🙂 When I see someone wearing spike heels in winter, tottering across the ice, my opinion of her goes dramatically down. > [@aruvqan](#): > > As a girly girl, I am awful. I hate pastels and frills… > > I have 5 identical pair of black work pants, and 5 indentical polo shirts [each a different color, but the exact same shirt] as work clothing. The polo shirts come from a mens store because they are cut square, and are hence looser and not body hugging like womens shirts tend to be. They are better made, they are in bright vibrant color [well, except the black one, and the gray one] and were almost $20US cheaper than the more flimsy girly polo. I wear a pair of mens loafers. They are a lovely soft heavy leather, with padding around the opening so they don’t rub the ankles. :: fans self :: ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2006, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-things-with-frilly-bits-and-shit/349686/24 "2006-03-26T21:28:52Z")
> [@Enginerd](#): > > Not a chance. There’s nothing hotter than a girl who looks happy and comfortable with no makeup, loose jeans and a t-shirt. Make that a skirt of sensible length and you’re dead right; loose jeans come a close second. ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-things-with-frilly-bits-and-shit/349686/25 "2006-03-27T08:55:15Z")
You know why this is, don’t you? Women are the deciding force when it comes to spending money. 80% of disposable income is spent by women, and they have the deciding vote on about half of the other 20%. In an average couple, it will be the woman who has the last word on the house, the car, the kid’s clothing, the soft furnishings, the linens, food, what her husband wears and most of all, what she wears. Guys, if you’re lucky, you get to buy your own wine, shoes, toiletries, electrical goods and power tools and don’t have to check with your wife before you buy new clothes. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-things-with-frilly-bits-and-shit/349686/26 "2006-03-27T12:53:32Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > Guys, if you’re lucky, you get to buy your own wine, shoes, toiletries, electrical goods and power tools and don’t have to check with your wife before you buy new clothes. Actually, I like mrArus fashion sense =) Although a seriously hot look is a guy in engineer boots, nicely worn jeans, and a dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up halfway up the forearms. And a faint smell of machine oil slighly covered with a fresh soap smell 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-things-with-frilly-bits-and-shit/349686/27 "2006-03-27T14:00:44Z")
> [@](#): > > …the market for Bloke Crap™ is large and extensive (Guns, Cars, Fishing, Alcohol, Porn…) I would sooo live at this store. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lady-things-with-frilly-bits-and-shit/349686.md?page=1)