# They'll never know I was not wearing pants **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 9, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080 "2013-07-09T21:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [July 9, 2013, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080/1 "2013-07-09T21:24:28Z")
Light long-sleeved shirt, patterned tie, dark suit jacket… And khaki cargo shorts and zoriis. Hey, passport photos only show from the waist up! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080/2 "2013-07-09T22:34:13Z")
Why did you need to get even that dressed up for a passport photo in the first place? ---
**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:** [July 9, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080/3 "2013-07-09T22:38:46Z")
One must maintain an official sense of decorum. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080/4 "2013-07-09T23:41:18Z")
I thought this was going to be about telecomuting. (did I spell that correctly?) ---
**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:** [July 10, 2013, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080/5 "2013-07-10T00:44:29Z")
That goes without saying! 😉 I did get some smiles from the people standing in line at the mailbox place where I had the picture taken – once they knew I was there for a passport photo, and not just strangely dressed. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080/6 "2013-07-10T10:38:30Z")
I think I’m wearing a t-shirt in my passport photo. Not that you can tell - at most, you see the very top. But when the photo was taken, I was wearing my hair long. Now it’s short again. And my glasses are different. Close enough, I guess… ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080/7 "2013-07-10T12:50:00Z")
It would never occur to me to dress up for a passport photo. I would just go in whatever I was wearing that day. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080/8 "2013-07-10T13:26:53Z")
I once had a coworker that did not wear any pants for a significant portion of a day. He just sat behind his desk. If you don’t stand up, it works. Mostly. ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080/9 "2013-07-10T13:28:18Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > It would never occur to me to dress up for a passport photo. I would just go in whatever I was wearing that day. Proof of the downfall of Western Civilization. The next thing you know, people will be wearing sweat pants and flip flops on air flights. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theyll-never-know-i-was-not-wearing-pants/663080/10 "2013-07-10T13:57:42Z")
I wasn’t wearing pants once. The doctor was so mad he smacked my butt and then told my mom “It’s a baby girl!”