# Q about Drawstring Pants **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 25, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114 "2025-06-25T12:18:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/21 "2025-06-26T21:56:55Z")
Somewhat apropos of this topic… I had my wife help me pull some wire through a conduit yesterday. I had her pull on the string, while I pushed on the wires, and we eventually got the wires to pop out of the other end. At dinner, she paused for a second, and said “ Ok, I need to know - how did you get the string in the conduit in the first place.” I gave her an evil grin and said “fluff.” She just looked really confused, and I continued - “You tie a piece of fluff (in this case, some tissue paper) to the end of the string, and then use a vacuum cleaner to suck it through the conduit, pulling the string along. It’s an old trick." ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/22 "2025-06-26T22:21:18Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I’m hoping those aren’t literally roofing shingles. If so you’re cooking a lot of **noxious chemicals** out of that wood and into your salmon. you spelled “ ~~11~~ _13_ herbs & spices” wrong! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/23 "2025-06-26T22:45:50Z")
YES! That knot. It escaped me like a string in a hoodie. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/24 "2025-06-26T22:52:17Z")
I just love that special tang from chromated copper arsenate. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/25 "2025-06-26T23:46:46Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I tie figure-8 knots in the ends of all my drawstrings as soon as I get the item home. When it comes to drawstrings lost inside seams, prevention beats cure every time. And if the knot slips into the fabric, it’s a lot easier to work your than just a string would be. That’s what i usually use, along with the “scrunch it up” technique. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/26 "2025-06-27T00:30:51Z")
I use a double figure-8 on the things w big holes vs. thin strings. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/27 "2025-06-27T00:40:06Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/4q3z6C2GbG8/maxresdefault.jpg "5 Ways to Tie Hoodie Strings (Part 1)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q3z6C2GbG8) [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2coVnuq2u8c/maxresdefault.jpg "How to Tie Hoodie Strings—5 More Ways") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2coVnuq2u8c) ---
**Author:** ![Drummond\_Bays](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8edcca/32.png) [@Drummond\_Bays](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drummond_Bays)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2025, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/28 "2025-06-28T05:15:33Z")
Use a chopstick. Works better if said string has an agelet, works just fine even without. Give about an inch of lead looped over the tip. Then as aforementioned, tie a figure-of-eight knot in each end. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/29 "2025-06-29T09:25:27Z")
Crochet hook is the best implement, truly. It’s metal and has a rounded tip, 5-6” long and stiff, so easy to maneuver. I use sticky tape to attach ribbon or thread to it and it’s a snap, every time. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/30 "2025-06-29T09:58:43Z")
> [@Drummond\_Bays](#): > > tie a figure-of-eight knot in each end Sometimes you get those wide openings. I have always fancied trying #615: [![](http://i.ompldr.pw/hlvajy.jpg) ](http://i.ompldr.pw/hlvajy.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/31 "2025-06-29T14:44:59Z")
> [@DPRK](#): > > I have always fancied trying #615: I have always fancied trying a [Number 6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQ8_Xr_zVY&t=31s) ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114/32 "2025-06-29T15:40:20Z")
Moderating: > [@Spiderman](#): > > I have always fancied trying a [Number 6](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkQ8_Xr_zVY&t=31s) This is a warning for making rape jokes in a thread that’s completely and totally unrelated to anything like that, in MPSIMS. (It’s a clip of _Blazing Saddles_, to spare anyone curious about it) Surely you’ve noticed by now that we are trying to cut back on misogynistic jokes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-about-drawstring-pants/1020114.md?page=1)