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‘Yoga pants parade’ planned after man’s letter to the editor
WISH ^ | October 21, 2016 | Courtney Caligiuri

Posted on 10/21/2016 5:15:55 PM PDT by digger48

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BARRINGTON, R.I. (WPRI) — In just a short amount of time, more than 100 women have made plans to wear yoga pants and march in a parade down a street in Barrington.

The parade comes in response to a Barrington Times letter to the editor written by a town man about his dislike for yoga pants.

The backlash to Barrington resident Alan Sorrentino’s letter came almost immediately, with many women taking offense and sharing their feelings on social media and the Barrington Times website.

WPRI’s news partners at The Providence Journal spoke to the woman who organized the event and she said she was half-joking when she first mentioned a parade.

“As a joke, I said I have extra pairs everyone can borrow. Let’s go have a parade,” Erin Johnson said in an interview with the Journal. “I thought it would be funny if everyone went and protested in yoga pants, everyone over 20.”

The “Yoga Pants Parade” is planned for Sunday at 2 p.m. on Sorrentino’s street.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Rhode Island
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To: right-wingin_It

The pants don’t look so bad, but the muffin top hanging over - yuck!


41 posted on 10/21/2016 5:55:32 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: digger48

Sort of a Slut Walk, right?

Did they do those here in the US, or just in GB?


42 posted on 10/21/2016 5:57:43 PM PDT by Chaguito
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To: digger48

Yoga is a cult. It baffles me that people fall into it. They talk up the supposed “health benefits” but ignore the cow and elephant worship parts...

Go for a jog!


43 posted on 10/21/2016 5:58:43 PM PDT by delete306
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To: digger48

I hate it when women walk around naked...think I’ll write a letter to the editor.


44 posted on 10/21/2016 5:58:51 PM PDT by proudpapa (Trump 2016!!)
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To: NorthMountain
HRC in yoga pants?

Sure!

Just as long as they're over her face!

45 posted on 10/21/2016 5:59:10 PM PDT by W. (Blue eyed murder in a size five dress...)
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To: rebelskid

Next thing you know, he will be complaining how bikinis look terrible on young curvy women. Love to be there for that protest.


46 posted on 10/21/2016 6:01:51 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: lurk
Locally we seem to have a three tier + 200 rule. Only women with three rolls above the waist and come in at least at 200 lbs wear yoga pants.

While waiting in a checkout line, there were a few times when I was afraid some of the pants would stress fail, catastrophically. I always had a plan B of where to run to avoid sudden and severe waist band spillage.

Go ahead, I call 'em as I see 'em.

47 posted on 10/21/2016 6:07:26 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: digger48

He’s right, although I’d say they were OK on anyone under 30 and a respectable weight for their height.

He’s right about the mini skirts, too.

Some clothes just should not be made in some sizes.


48 posted on 10/21/2016 6:08:21 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: digger48

Why do I have the feeling that the women who show up to protest will make his point?


49 posted on 10/21/2016 6:12:15 PM PDT by TigersEye (~Questionable Hillary thinks Putin made me post this!~)
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To: Michael.SF.

Holy cow, those are some thighs she’s got.


50 posted on 10/21/2016 6:13:00 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

I hear ya! I am mid-50’s, carry maybe 15 or so excess pounds I’d really like to lose but I pretty much LIVE in yoga pants! I too, wear long outer tops that cover areas that should be covered. My job often requires me to sit on the floor, crouch and climb into cabinets, unpack boxes, pack boxes, put things away on deep shelves, climb step-ladders and move furniture (and not always in the cleanest of homes). Jeans (especially with “spandex”) quickly droop and gap, expensive dress pants are just asking to be ruined, and forget a skirt or dress. Oh and I have the “offensive” pony-tail too (and it’s pure white!) Ha!


51 posted on 10/21/2016 6:13:59 PM PDT by twyn1
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To: metmom

Thighs? she has thighs too? Did not notice.


52 posted on 10/21/2016 6:14:37 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (She calls me Mr. Deplorable.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Yep.

I guess BLM has run its course and they need to jump on women wearing their eaten’ pants out in public.


53 posted on 10/21/2016 6:16:37 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: digger48

54 posted on 10/21/2016 6:17:19 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Michael.SF.

I am not surprised.

But I am female.


55 posted on 10/21/2016 6:18:32 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Mears
I grew up in Barrington, RI.

Lived in the Hampden Meadows section near 100 Acre Cove, not far from where the writer of this editorial lives.

Best town to live in back in the 1960's - still very Republican back then.

FReegards!

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56 posted on 10/21/2016 6:19:07 PM PDT by Agamemnon (Darwinism is the glue that holds liberalism together)
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To: right-wingin_It

Then his letter should have been a complaint about muffin top, not yoga pants.


57 posted on 10/21/2016 6:19:36 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Hillary Clinton is a felon. As yet unindicted, but a felon nonetheless ))))
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To: twyn1

Is this you??!!

https://onsizzle.com/i/where-do-you-see-yourself-in-10-years-me-irl-1637877


58 posted on 10/21/2016 6:20:10 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: digger48

Sitting down to pen a letter to my newspaper complaining about hot women wearing short shorts.


59 posted on 10/21/2016 6:25:39 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: NetAddicted

thought the pants were torn..maybe its drawstring


60 posted on 10/21/2016 6:26:46 PM PDT by right-wingin_It
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