Pull your pants up


Published on Saturday, May 2, 2009 7:34 PM AKDT

To the editor:

As I go about my business, I often see young boys and men with jeans or pants hanging really low on their hips , darn near showing all their family jewels.

Well, I was watching Judge Greg Mathis last week and he explained how that was started. I think many people will change that habit if they know.

Judge Mathis said when young men go to prison, no one gets clothes that fit them and the inmates are not allowed to have belts. Thus their pants hang low on their rears. But some men (boys) in prison like wearing them very low on their hips and those are the guys looking for a new husband.

Golly kids, you don’t want us to thinking that about you do you?

Pull up your pants and wear a belt. It’s not a fad to be proud of.

Millie Wickham

Palmer

Comments

17 comment(s)

    DJ wrote on May 18, 2009 6:50 PM:

    " to ak2az
    I'm thinking of renting a local hall to host a party for a bunch of grade-school children. Are you available to stop in and make some balloon animals? Make sure to wear your squirting flower and rainbow afro wig, too! "

    ak2az wrote on May 18, 2009 3:06 PM:

    " i am not a boy. btw. and you guys are just lame. really how does it affect your life other then a brief moment of annoyance? it doesn't. if it bothers you so much control what you can..your own kid. "

    Spankles wrote on May 17, 2009 3:04 PM:

    " It's funny when thier pants fall to thie ankles when running from five-o. Whale tails gross me out, not a turn on at all. "

    Uncle Jed wrote on May 17, 2009 3:01 PM:

    " As long as a rapper does it, it is fresh. I teach my kids that it is not normal to act like an inner city African American at the housing projects. Some kids think it is normal. My kids laugh with me when we see it. "

    jp to Ben C. wrote on May 15, 2009 1:20 PM:

    " That's it! i've been trying to figure out what they looked like, HaHaHa !
    you nailed it, thanx! "

    Ben C wrote on May 15, 2009 12:30 PM:

    " And, as a case-in-point...may I present the blogger ak2az, who apparently thinks it's not right to raise an eyebrown over boys walking around with thier britches falling down. Or having greasy, dirty, shaggy hair etc.
    I'm guessing the 'all caps' typing is indicitive of how he speaks, as well?
    Thank you for demonstrating what the rest of us are talking about. But why not just go the rest of the way and get over-sized shoes, a big red rubber-ball nose and learn to ride a unicycle while juggling? "

    jp wrote on May 14, 2009 12:26 PM:

    " one of them came in, pants around his thighs, underwear hangin out, and asked if we were hiring. i think i laughed him out of the store, and i don't think he understood at all. "

    ak2az wrote on May 9, 2009 8:25 PM:

    " GET OVER YOURSELVES. ITS A FREAKIN STYLE. LIKE YOUR GENERATIONS ALWAYS DRESSED THE WAY ELDERS WANTED YOU TO DRESS. YOU GUYS ARE STUPID AND WASTE YOUR BREATH OVER SOME PETTY CRAP. DONT LOOK IF IT BOTHERS YOU SO MUCH. YOUR WORSE THEN TWO YEAR OLDS. ITS JUST FINE. SPEND YOUR TIME MORE CONSTRUCTIVELY. "

    Ben C wrote on May 7, 2009 8:18 PM:

    " ...and to go hand-in-hand with the kids looking like complete fools with the pants and hats on backwards, sideways and over-the-ears....add this new thing with boys having shaggy, long hair on the list of stupid looking. I thought we had put that idiocy to rest in the '70s. But now we got boys with messy, greasy mops over thier foreheads and down to their collars. Looks great! Thier parents must be so proud! "

    bumpersticker wrote on May 6, 2009 1:52 PM:

    " just cause it's in fashion doesn't mean you look good in it. "

    MAXKATT from NY wrote on May 5, 2009 1:09 PM:

    " Regarding thongs peeking out....oh how I love them in the real world! Wonderful.

    I do have to say I recently had to speak with a young woman who was working for me about this and explain it wasn't professional and not appropriate for the office. She looked at me like I was some old creature from Mars or something. But again...in the real world...love em! "

    Ann wrote on May 4, 2009 8:59 PM:

    " Equally bad: Girls with their thongs showing over the tops of their pants. It's very disgusting especially when you're eating in a restaurant and the bus girl leans over to clear the table.

    By the way WOW...
    How do you know one can't LEARN something from watching Judge Mathis unless you've spent some time watching it yourself. Perhaps YOU should stop watching daytime TV, do something worthwhile, and get a life! "

    franny c. wrote on May 4, 2009 1:32 PM:

    " Those who wear these drooping trousers appear to need a diaper change. "

    wow wrote on May 4, 2009 9:45 AM:

    " Millie, you are one of the most ignorant people I've ever heard. Since when do you LEARN things from Judge Mathis? Stop watching daytime television and do something worthwhile with your time. Get a life. "

    Jean wrote on May 3, 2009 8:28 AM:

    " This is so funny! And I also have another to add. I was at a restaurant when the cook (about 23 years old) came out. He had on an apron but when he turned around, you could see his underwear from his pants hanging so low and they were dirty gray tightie-whities.... I got up and left without ordering and never went back. "

    jp wrote on May 2, 2009 9:39 PM:

    " LOL, so true, so true. "

    Agree wrote on May 2, 2009 7:46 PM:

    " I always get a laugh out of these boys walking around with thier pants falling down. It's like 'Hey, being too stupid to know how to dress myself is cool! Looking like a clown rocks!' And to really run the point home, how about a giant, Curious-George looking hat that sits over your ears and points the wrong direction! Truly dressed for success!

    And yes, my high-school son enjoys informing the boys with the idiot pants that if they were in prison, they's be advertising that they're 'available'. HA! "

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