# Pants lengths **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2000, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311 "2000-01-31T12:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/1 "2000-01-31T12:11:00Z")
Why is it most pants come lin lengths like 28, 30, 32, 34, 36? Are there no odd number inseam length people? Or, I think half the people end up wearing the wrong length pants. Once in a while I find slacks in 31, never jeans. ---
**Author:** ![fuzzy-wuzzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b38774/32.png) [@fuzzy-wuzzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzy-wuzzy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/2 "2000-01-31T12:15:00Z")
Yes there are odd number inseam people. My ex was a 33. It was hard to find pants to fit him length-wise. Usually he went with a 34 just because too long is better than too short. JC Penny is about the only place that I could really find them…maybe once in a while in other stores. * * * “Do or do not, there is no try” - Yoda - Intern to El Presidente Self-Righteous Clique \* ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/3 "2000-01-31T13:53:00Z")
Waist sizes, too. * * * Designated Optional Signature at Bottom of Post ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/4 "2000-01-31T13:57:00Z")
## All of you people can cry all you want about being in-between lengths, but just try to find pants with a 38 inseam and a 36 waist anwhere. Have you nominated and/or voted for your favorite huggable Mullinator today? ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/5 "2000-01-31T15:01:00Z")
I’m 6’2" and I have 32" inseam, I can’t imagine trying to find an inseam that long! Yeah I know… I have stubby legs, and all my height is in my back. On a side note, shoes don’t come in half sizes after 13, and they’re pretty hard to find in 12 1/2. Enright3 ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/6 "2000-01-31T17:24:00Z")
How does one ever figure how much they shrink? ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/7 "2000-01-31T17:29:00Z")
Byron’s a 28/32…too skinny for the men’s section, too tall for the boy’s section. I’d rather have a root canal than go clothes shopping for him. * * * “…being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage.” ---
**Author:** ![Lanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@Lanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanna)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/8 "2000-01-31T22:59:00Z")
I’m a 27/34. It’s next to impossible to find jeans in that size, and the two pairs I have I treasure. Now, finding anything other than jeans, like chinos, that’s just impossible. I need a size 2 waist with a 36" inseam… If anyone ever finds a pair, lemme know. -Lanna ---
**Author:** ![ChrisCTP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@ChrisCTP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChrisCTP)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/9 "2000-01-31T23:07:00Z")
Damn, Lanna…considered taking up modeling? I hear you have to be really thin and tall for that. 🙂 Hey, if you do it, you’d be able to have your pants made for you. * * * “…being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage.” ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2000, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/10 "2000-01-31T23:10:00Z")
Heck, forget about matching the waist & inseam. I had the worst time just finding anything in my _waist_ size. I’m a 32, and whenever I go shopping, I have to dig through a mountain of 38s & 40-somthings. And don’t tell me I’m skinny… I am just near the upper limit on that new body mass-index-height-weight thingy. If that’s such a popular size that it’s always sold out, why haven’t the stores’ buyers wised up & adjusted their ordering practices? HUH? Then once I find a pair of jeans that fit, I go dig through the mountain of XXX-large shirts in search of a medium. ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/11 "2000-02-01T04:07:00Z")
With jeans, I’ve had to resort to turning up the cuffs an inch. Doesn’t look too good, but what do I care at home? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/12 "2000-02-01T05:39:00Z")
## I guess I’m lucky… As a fat guy in a little coat, I am able to find pants in size 40x34 in a lot of places. Usually, I can even by them in 42x36 so they are really comfortable. Thank you, oh baggy pant wearing masses of teen-age Korn worshippers! Did you know that if you play Korn Ass-backwards, it commands you to go and exterminate carp with environment friendly chemicals? 'strue. BTW, Korn kicks ass. Snootchie-bootchies. _Fat Guy in a Little Coat, SDMB Self-Righteous Clique_ > [@](#): > > “And on the eighth day, God Created beer > to prevent the Irish from taking over > the Earth.” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2000, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pants-lengths/13311/13 "2000-02-01T13:44:00Z")
True story. A lot of gangsta-wannabes wear their trousers half-way down their butts. A woman I work with was at a stop light and one of these kids was crossing the street. His pants fell down. Geez, I wish I was there! I could do my Jerry Lewis impression: “Hey! Hey, your pants fell down! Hey!”