# Why the "janitor's buttcrack"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 10, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419 "2008-06-10T05:38:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/21 "2008-06-10T17:07:54Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] ETA - Sorry. I promised I wouldn’t say “Himself” anymore because people hate me in the Pit for it. Promise this is my last one. [/QUOTE] I’ve been calling my husband Himself for _years_ and nobody’s had an objection to it. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/22 "2008-06-10T17:36:36Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] The “bike rack” is also facilitated by the gut, which tends to push it’s way over the top of the waist band if there’s a lot of bending an push the pants down onto the hips. [/QUOTE] That would be Dunlop Disease, as in “his belly done lopped over his belt”. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/23 "2008-06-10T20:05:38Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] Oh dear, it’s got _#2_ on it. [/QUOTE] Nice, very nice. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/24 "2008-06-10T21:38:50Z")
[QUOTE=Zsofia] That would be Dunlop Disease, as in “his belly done lopped over his belt”. [/QUOTE] a.k.a. “Furniture Disease”: his chest has dropped into his drawers. ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/25 "2008-06-10T21:55:16Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] It’s been teenage to twenty-something girls here for the last five years (the boys are just starting to do it). [/QUOTE] That’s hysterical. About 30 years ago my ex and I spent a few months on the east coast of Australia, and the impression we formed was of a culture that was almost exactly that of California, but 10-20 years ago. Sounds like that’s still the case! Kids been saggin’ for decades here. An unusually persistent fashion statement. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2008, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/26 "2008-06-10T22:06:42Z")
building site bottom or brickie’s crease. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/27 "2008-06-11T00:16:34Z")
[QUOTE=sunacres] That’s hysterical. About 30 years ago my ex and I spent a few months on the east coast of Australia, and the impression we formed was of a culture that was almost exactly that of California, but 10-20 years ago. Sounds like that’s still the case! Kids been saggin’ for decades here. An unusually persistent fashion statement. [/QUOTE] I’m so glad our backward, unfashionable hick ways give you free entertainment. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2008, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/28 "2008-06-11T00:34:56Z")
According to a recent UK television advert, it’s because their wives make their sandwiches with low-calorie bread. ([Link to quite amusing video](http://video.aol.com/video-detail/nimble--builders/731237321)) ---
**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/29 "2008-06-12T01:18:04Z")
[QUOTE=TheLoadedDog] I’m so glad our backward, unfashionable hick ways give you free entertainment. [/QUOTE] Free my ass. My at-the-time wife lost the frickin diamond from her wedding ring somewhere south of Coonabarabran. Then of course the alimony. But I do still get a giggle out of the surfer gear we saw on Bribie Island. Thanks, I’m sure there’s nothing to laugh at in California. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/30 "2008-06-12T04:43:08Z")
Anyone else call it a norge? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419/31 "2008-06-12T19:39:04Z")
[QUOTE=SharkB8] Anyone else call it a norge? [/QUOTE] No, where does that come from? You just kind of take it for granted that slang for the crack of your plumber’s terrifying ass is universal, and then you find out people call it a “builder’s smile”, which seems incredibly cute and witty to you, but to them it’s old hat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-the-janitors-buttcrack/452419.md?page=1)