# Ultra low plumber's butt **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 2, 2001, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402 "2001-09-02T13:24:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/1 "2001-09-02T13:24:30Z")
So I’m watching this Gap ad for these new ultra low jeans and it struck me: when you sit down in a pair of these things aren’t you gonna show off some serious plumber’s crack, especially wearing a short mid riff shirt? Not being a 6 foot blonde with 2% body fat I can’t exactly experiment. ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/2 "2001-09-02T14:10:16Z")
I think you answered this yourself with the line, “Not being a 6 foot blonde with 2% body fat I can’t exactly experiment.” I’m not a blonde knock-out babe myself, I’m a guy. Being a guy, I’ve had any number of chances to scope out every good looking girl around me. From my field observations, the babes that wear that cut don’t have much of a problem with falling jeans. They pretty much stay where there supposed to. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/3 "2001-09-02T16:54:39Z")
I dunno… There’s some kind of mutant arms race going on to see who can make and wear the lowest-cut jeans. Britney was wearing a pair a couple of weeeks ago that showed a ‘plumber’s crack’ while she was standing up, and threatned to show just about the same thing in the front as well. They couldn’t have been more than two inches above her crotch. “Hey Britney, you working on an old Norge?” ---
**Author:** ![CnoteChris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/278dde/32.png) [@CnoteChris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CnoteChris)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/4 "2001-09-02T17:06:21Z")
You make it sound like there’s actually something wrong with that look, **Sam**. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/5 "2001-09-02T22:21:13Z")
A lot of girls at my school wear low-cut jeans. The jeans do go very low when they sit down, but their underwear always creeps up so you get a big eyeful of panties. There are girls who buy ultra-low underpants, because sometimes you do see the crack. The appropriate thing to do at this time is to drop a coin down into the crevice. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/6 "2001-09-02T23:37:38Z")
The big difference, of course, is that a sweaty old plumber’s crack is gross. Having Britney’s pants halfway down her butt isn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/7 "2001-09-02T23:50:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FireUnderpantsBoobs \* > \*\* The appropriate thing to do at this time is to drop a coin down into the crevice. 😃 \*\* \<—Silently handing over a roll of new Sacajawea dollar coins. If you have to drop, drop gold. 😉 Cartooniverse ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2001, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/8 "2001-09-02T23:52:15Z")
I haven’t ever had the problem of a twentysomething young woman coming over to do plumbing and getting a peek while she is under the sink or whatever. Come to think of it, this wouldn’t be a problem. It’s the fat middle aged men with hairy backs that is blinding. ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/9 "2001-09-03T00:16:17Z")
Now I just caught the Levi’s ad for the same low-type jeans. Given the choice I think I’ll take a little butt crack over singing belly buttons. Gads they’re creepy. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/10 "2001-09-03T00:26:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JamesCarroll \* > \*\*Now I just caught the Levi’s ad for the same low-type jeans. Given the choice I think I’ll take a little butt crack over singing belly buttons. Gads they’re creepy. 😛 \*\* I like both. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/11 "2001-09-03T01:19:11Z")
Being a late 30s _paterfamilias_ who’s working from home, I don’t get out much to places where nubile young women are modeling the latest fashions. However, on at least two occasions recently I’ve seen young women committing what has to be a major _Glamour_-don’t: Extremely low-cut jeans with thong panties, sitting on a bar stool or a bench and leaning forward. The entire “T” back of the thongs were visible well above the waistband of the jeans in each case. It didn’t look sexy or attractive, it just made me feel sort of sorry for the girls in question, since it looked really dumb and I’m fairly sure they had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Clare\_Ashworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Clare\_Ashworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clare_Ashworth)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/12 "2001-09-03T03:40:54Z")
Hey now - I’ve just got to put a word in for plumbers here! I happen to be the partner of a gorgeous to-die-for plumber that most of you would be happy to have tweak your ball valve washer any day! They aren’t all fat and hairy-arsed. (They do tell lies about when they’ll turn up, though. It’s the law). Clare. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/13 "2001-09-03T05:35:10Z")
Actually, I think that ‘show the thong’ thing is an actual popular style. I guess it’s sexy to display the fact that you’re wearing a thong, or something. I’ve never seen that particular style, so I don’t know how I’d react. ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/14 "2001-09-03T05:43:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sam Stone \* > \*\*Actually, I think that ‘show the thong’ thing is an actual popular style. I guess it’s sexy to display the fact that you’re wearing a thong, or something. I’ve never seen that particular style, so I don’t know how I’d react. \*\* So what you’re saying is that I’m really old and really out of it. I suspected as much, but it’s still kind of unpleasant to have it confirmed. ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2001, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ultra-low-plumbers-butt/79402/15 "2001-09-03T08:48:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DPWhite \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by JamesCarroll \* > > \*\*Now I just caught the Levi’s ad for the same low-type jeans. Given the choice I think I’ll take a little butt crack over singing belly buttons. Gads they’re creepy. 😛 \*\* > > I like both. \*\* So which marketing genius is going to be the first to come up with singing butt-cracks? Any bets?