Posted on 10/17/2005 6:16:44 AM PDT by joesbucks
A Little Monday Morning Humor
Teen Poverty in America
We just spent several hours observing teenagers hanging out at our local mall. We came to the conclusion many teenagers in America today are living in poverty. Most young men We observed didn't even own a belt; there was not one among the whole group.
But that wasn't the sad part. Many were wearing their daddy's jeans. Some jeans were so big and baggy they hung low on their hips, exposing their underwear. I know some must have been ashamed their daddy was short, because his jeans hardly went below their knees. They weren't even their daddies' good jeans, for most had holes ripped in the knees and a dirty look to them.
It grieved us, in a modern, affluent society like America, there are those who can't afford a decent pair of jeans. I was thinking about asking my church to start a jeans drive for "poor kids at the mall." Then on Christmas Eve, we could go Christmas caroling and distribute jeans to these poor teenagers.
But here is the saddest part...it was the girls they were hanging out with that disturbed us most. Never, in all of our lives, have we seen such poverty-stricken girls. These girls had the opposite problem of the guys. They all had to wear their little sister's clothes. Their jeans were about 5 sizes too small! I don't know how they could get them on, let alone button them up. Their jeans barely went over their hipbones. Most also had on their little sister's top; it hardly covered their midsections. Oh, they were trying to hold their heads up with pride, but it was a sad sight to see these almost grown women wearing children's clothes.
However, it was their underwear that bothered us most. They, like the boys, because of the improper fitting of their clothes, they had their underwear exposed. We had never seen anything like it. It looked like their underwear was only held together by a single piece of string.
We know it saddens your heart to receive this report on condition of our American teenagers. While we go to bed every night with a closets full of clothes nearby, there are millions of "mall girls" who barely have enough material to keep it together. We think their "poorness" is why these 2 groups gather at the mall; boys with their short daddies' ripped jeans, and girls wearing their younger sisters' clothes. The mall is one place where they can find acceptance. So, next time you are at the mall, doing your shopping , and you pass by some of these poor teenagers, would you say a prayer for them?
And one more thing .
Will you pray the guys' pants won't fall down,
and the girls' strings won't break?
We thank you all,
Two Concerned Grandmothers
Just make sure that they have no access to birth control. That and some heavy Bible-thumping should solve the problem in no time.
LMAO!!!! My favorite is the girls pants that are low and the tight shirts that are too short that expose that roll of fat over their hips. Tres chic! These kids are all too poor to own a mirror too. Oh the humanity!
Oh God...that whole 'bare mid-riff wtih the roll of fat-thing' really, really bothers me...*gags*.
Did you notice those poverty stricken rioters in Toledo? Their beltless daddy's pants were falling down so much they could hardly run from the police!
I'm an old guy and maybe a fuddy-duddy -- however, I was recently in a chain restaurant in suburbia and saw an 8 year old wearing a t-shirt that said, "Pimpin' Style" emblazoned across the front. When did this kind of thing become acceptable?
Good One!
If they have the later, they don't need the former.
bwhahaha! That was great!
They look like a busted can of biscuits, don't they?
HAhahahahahaha! They sure do, great comparison!
This reminds me of a joke that Red Skeleton told that got him kicked off the radio for a time. He said that if these womens skirts get any shorter they are going to have two sets of lips to paint.
Poverty! I wonder about the ridiculous clothing styles worn by kids today – not at all like the socially acceptable DA haircuts and bouffant hairstyles worn when I was young. Or the tight blue jeans with 3”or 4” cuffs, or the T-shirt worn as outerwear with the mandatory pack of cigarettes rolled up in one sleeve.
We can’t forget the styles that came around in the mid 60’s and early 70’s with ragged bell bottoms, collarless shirts, granny dresses, long unkempt hair. Then there were the disco types with loud colors, Genuine Imitation Gold chains, platform shoes…
Anything to shock their elders.
Is the < /sarcasm> tag really needed?
ROTFLMBO!!! Very apt description!
I was at my son's high school football game Friday night and had to laugh at all the girls in "plumber's pants" leaning forward in the bleachers. They were constantly hitching their pants up to cover what shouldn't be exposed on the backside. How baffling.
U think you have it bad the mullet hairstyle has come in to fashion in Britain.
...and they are soooo stooopid, they can't even wear their hats straight! ... and the rap crap? It is even on Spanish TV.
I heard that syndrome referred to as a "muffin top". Great isn't it?
My kids are teens and can't stand the way girls dress. Even my 15 year old son is turned off by it. My kids call it a "flesh colored inner tube". I should by a can of that biscuit mix and show them what you're talking about. I haven't used those in so many years. It brought back memories of popping open that can, cause no matter wnat my mother did, she couldn't hit it right to open it. All she did was mangle the can. LOLOLOL.
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