Yah know... back when I was in school, we had a name for people with pants that didn't fit: Dorks.
I'll plead guilty to being a nerd when I was in school, but at least I wasn't dorky enough to have pants that would fall around my knees if I ran too fast.
Can someone *please* explain to me how in today's world this is now somehow "cool"??
I remember saying to my friends back then that there was just no way there could ever be a "generation gap" between our generation and our kids. After all, here we were listening to AC/DC, The Scorpions, Judas Priest... what could our kids ever come up with that was more radical that what we ourselves were into? Nothing!! No way!!
[sigh]
That was then, this is now. What *is* it with these kids today? :-)
What's really stupid, is they get chased a lot by cops... and they might get away if they didn't trip over their pants.
Sorry for the colors, but it was the only copy of this article I could find quickly...
Davy Barry on the subject:
http://www.lovedungeon.net/humor/dave/big_pants.html
Um, I don't get it and I am their generation. I don't want to see someone's underwear, or worse, their plumber's crack!
Biggest difference I've noticed between my gen and my parents/grandparents is that we're even more cynical and less trusting. I blame it on the blog worldview.
Don't know what Dave Barry said, but the best explanation I heard was that it was a "gang thing", along with colors.
It shows that you've either been in jail, or aren't afraid of going to jail. The drooping pants and underwear are an "easy access" thing. (Sorry).