# Why are my pants so complicated? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 5, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589 "2011-08-05T13:56:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/21 "2011-08-05T20:23:34Z")
> [@leahcim](#): > > [This guy?](http://armorgames.com/play/553/the-fancy-pants-adventure-world-2) No, [this one.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu71EAdnjQ0) ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/22 "2011-08-05T23:40:24Z")
All I know is the last time I was measured for pants, the guy had to move my eqpt to the left/right to get the right inseam length - I assume this had something to do with getting things to drape right, but have started to question it. That is the way they measure pants, right? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/23 "2011-08-06T06:35:50Z")
> [@simster](#): > > All I know is the last time I was measured for pants, the guy had to move my eqpt to the left/right to get the right inseam length - I assume this had something to do with getting things to drape right, but have started to question it. > > That is the way they measure pants, right? The correct expression is, IIRC, On what side do you dress, sir? ---
**Author:** ![Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Crown\_Prince\_of\_Irony](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crown_Prince_of_Irony)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/24 "2011-08-06T06:53:04Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > The correct expression is, IIRC, On what side do you dress, sir? The correct (or at least the funniest) answer? “Neither… I’m always prepared.” ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/25 "2011-08-06T08:45:52Z")
> [@simster](#): > > All I know is the last time I was measured for pants, the guy had to move my eqpt to the left/right to get the right inseam length - I assume this had something to do with getting things to drape right, but have started to question it. > > That is the way they measure pants, right? Yeah… IN PRISON! (can’t believe I’m the first one to get that!) ---
**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:** [August 6, 2011, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/26 "2011-08-06T19:59:07Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > First, I have an internal button to button up the triangular piece of cloth that goes over the dickhole on the inside (what’s that cloth for, anyway? To cover up my unmentionables if I forget to zip up?). Wait a minute, we are suppose to use that button? I just thought it was there because clothing people don’t make any sense. I have discerned no appreciable use for that button. ---
**Author:** ![thelabdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@thelabdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelabdude)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/27 "2011-08-06T20:46:15Z")
How long have they been like that? Is it an annoyance that has only lately has decended to the cheap Saint Johns Bay stuff from Penney’s? I don’t remember it until recently. I have beeen cutting the one button and flap off. So far, no diasters. ---
**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/28 "2011-08-09T14:54:57Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > Wait a minute, we are suppose to use that button? I just thought it was there because clothing people don’t make any sense. I have discerned no appreciable use for that button. It’s the dickhole-flap button. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/29 "2011-08-09T15:01:11Z")
[Raising Arizona convenience store clerk] _Son, you got a button on your dickhole flap._ [/RAcsc] ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/30 "2011-08-09T15:53:31Z")
> [@Leo\_Bloom](#): > > The correct expression is, IIRC, On what side do you dress, sir? Yeah, once a tailor and was fitting a suit for Benny Goodman. He asked him which side, because he needed to leave a little extra fabric there. Goodman said, “Leave some on both sides, because…I like to swing it!” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ajdebosco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@ajdebosco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajdebosco)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589/31 "2011-08-09T20:10:31Z")
> [@Agent\_Foxtrot](#): > > Buttoning up my dress pants has always seemed oddly complex to me… Now people are going to mistake you for Jerry Seinfeld if you keep this type of thing up. Go with the fall front thirteen button dress trousers instead. I do.🆒 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-my-pants-so-complicated/591589.md?page=1)