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To: sodpoodle

Why are pants called a pair?


22 posted on 10/19/2019 4:44:41 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

****Why are pants called a pair?*****

Good one:)

But wait for the engineers and critics to weigh in !!!

They jump on my humor threads and turn them into “scientific” discussions. Should post their own articles/threads.....but they don’t.

I post humor to ‘lighten the load’ in these stressful times. but looks like I’m losing the fight;)


25 posted on 10/19/2019 5:28:39 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
"Why are pants called a pair?"

Because we have a pair of legs (?)

Maybe the original pants were two individual leg pieces which buttoned up together?

29 posted on 10/19/2019 6:46:58 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Eric in the Ozarks
Why are pants called a pair?

In the old days, they were. They were separate "legs" that you put on one at a time, and they were not joined around the waist. Like an overgrown pair of ladies' nylon stockings.

33 posted on 10/19/2019 7:58:01 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

OOOOPS - didn’t read far enough before I posted the same!!!


35 posted on 10/19/2019 9:37:53 AM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

Why do women have a PAIR of panties, but just one bra?


43 posted on 10/20/2019 8:32:52 PM PDT by Nea Wood
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