# Sell me your pants! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 5, 2003, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-your-pants/146751 "2003-01-05T07:46:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zenpea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Zenpea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenpea)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-your-pants/146751/21 "2003-01-05T22:20:57Z")
Well, I quite often change trousers with people in public for the hell of it. I just happen to have a similar figure as one of my friends and she has as many cool pairs of flares as I do. So often we just switch on the street if we’re bored. Shirts too. So providing I wasn’t wearing anything particularly expensive, I can’t think why I’d mind. Actually, you could probably just have them if you asked nicely and told me something interesting about yourself. Any excuse to go buy trousers. I got some with neon green paint splatter all over them last week. : D Although I suspect I’m the only person in the world who would WANT my trousers given my tendency to attack them with thread and random pairs of curtains. -James ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-your-pants/146751/22 "2003-01-05T22:26:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by norinew \* > \*\*You have fines for **decent** exposure?!?!? Boy, the South really is different! 🙂 \*\* Hell yeah! Anyone caught wearing a 3 piece suit and a henway around here is subject to some stiff penalties. You oughta see what they do to us if we have all our teeth. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-your-pants/146751/23 "2003-01-05T23:58:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Anyone caught wearing a 3 piece suit and a henway around here is subject to some stiff penalties. Sorry, **superbee** , I’m not biting. Find yourself another straight guy. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-your-pants/146751/24 "2003-01-06T02:52:18Z")
What’s a henway? 'Bout 3 pounds! Ha ha! Beat you to it! Me, no. I have a heck of a time finding pants that fit and are comfortable. My pants only cost $4 on the clearance rack at Target, but I wouldn’t be able to replace them for any price, so I’m keeping 'em. ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-your-pants/146751/25 "2003-01-06T04:04:15Z")
I’m with **Green Bean**. No amount of money is worth a pair of pants that actually fits my unique configuration. I’m currently mourning the loss of a pair (died of old age). ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-your-pants/146751/26 "2003-01-06T04:45:14Z")
I’d rather not. Especially if I was wearing one of the pairs that my mother custom made for me. And also not the stripey ones, the embroidered ones, or the really comfy ones. Maybe the tight glittery ones, if there was another pair of pants nearby. But probably not. I’d be more worried about walking around in my undies than selling my pants. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-your-pants/146751/27 "2003-01-06T14:02:18Z")
Does anybody else smell a hidden camera? ---
**Author:** ![Shark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Shark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-your-pants/146751/28 "2003-01-06T17:16:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Honest to God true story. . .I had a guy offer my $25.00 on the spot for my T-Shirt. Since the shirt was given to me (hence I paid nothing for it), I probably would have done it, except I wasn’t wearing a bra, and I was afraid of getting arrested. I tried to talk hubby into giving my his T-shirt for the ride home, but it was chilly out, and he wasn’t biting. Similar thing happened to me many years ago while in grad school. I was walkin on campus and was wearing a Bacardi T-shirt that I had gotten at a bar for free. A girl stopped me and asked if she could have my shirt. I told her it was hers for $25. She gave me the money and I walked home to get a new shirt with some extra money in my pocket. If you want to get someone to sell you a piece of their clothing on the street, just ask a Grad Student. They’re always broke. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sell-me-your-pants/146751.md?page=1)