Cajun town bans saggy pants

[The Straight Story]

Cajun town bans saggy pants
The Associated Press | Wednesday, Jun 13 2007 2:02 PM

Last Updated: Wednesday, Jun 13 2007 2:06 PM
DELCAMBRE, LA. (AP)

Sag your britches somewhere else, this Cajun-country town has decided. Mayor Carol Broussard said he would sign an ordinance the town council approved this week setting penalties of up to six months in jail and a $500 fine for being caught in pants that show undergarments or certain parts of the body.

Broussard said he has nothing against saggy pants but thinks people who wear them should use discretion. "It's gotten way out of hand out here," he said.

Albert Roy, the councilman who introduced the ordinance, said he thought the fine was a little steep and should be more in the $25 range, but he still favored the measure.

"I don't know if it will do any good, but it won't hurt," Roy said. "It's obvious, and anybody with common sense can see your parts when you wear sagging pants."

http://www.bakersfield.com/917/story/163829.html

[verse18]

1. Fashion Police?

:shrug:

[file83]

12. Footloose!!

[blitzen]

2. damn, you beat me to it...I was just about to post this...Unfortunately I

have to live down here in LA, a land of racist dumbasses. But I guess it's getting hard to find anyplace that is not.

And we must ask ourselves: why are the mayor and councilman looking at young guys' parts?

[The Straight Story]

3. Those pants annoy me, but I wouldn't ban em

Then again, the way I dress probably annoys people as well :)

[blitzen]

4. I'm no expert...But doesn't it seem that tight, not baggy, would make the parts show?

[verse18]

5. I guess the like those crotch huggin' Wranglers instead.

[blitzen]

6. they're singing "Heaven help us, Baby's got her blue jeans on"

[Der Blaue Engel]

8. Not when they're the kind of baggy where the belt is almost at the knees

I see it a lot in SF, and it makes me laugh out loud every time (which I don't think is the reaction they're hoping for). Watching these kids try to look cool while they're shuffling around with a giant pair of pants hanging between their knees is hilarious.

[la la]

14. I always told my students-

that it looked like they had a 'load' in their pants! Made them look at themselves in the mirror to see how attractive it was. heh heh

[Der Blaue Engel]

16. It totally looks like they have a load in their pants

That's what makes me laugh. They couldn't look worse if they were wearing a diaper underneath. }(

[Berry Cool]

20. Not when the pants are down to your knees. n/t

[theHandpuppet]

21. Around here they wear 'em so low their butts are literally hanging out

Then again, I wouldn't let my kid dress like a ridiculous clown with his ass hanging out. Someone buys those clown clothes, and I'll bet it isn't the kids.

[lpbk2713]

7. I foresee plumbers' rates going sky high.

To offset the fines they will incur.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[TahitiNut]

9. Six months in jail is an ironic penalty for "jail trou"

... so-named because of how trousers fit when the belt is removed in incarcerating a prisoner.

[Gold Metal Flake]

10. It's all the rage in Palmdale.

How the hell did this get started anyway?

[Cleita]

11. So what's he banning saggy pants or indecent exposure? If

it's indecent exposure as he claims, the pants shouldn't be an issue and they probably already have a statute on the books for it.

[Dogmudgeon]

13. So a French-speaking man named Carol is legally dictating fashion and morality?

:rofl:

--p!

[Mythsaje]

15. Admittedly, the damn things look silly as hell

but passing a law?

What a waste of energy.

[Warren DeMontague]

17. I'd like to see laws against the boom-boom-boom car stereos.

Let the damn kids keep their pants.

[pepperbear]

18. Didn't VA try this? They were scorned and ridiculed by the international community. n/t

[Norrin Radd]

19. That fad is sooo six years ago.

It finally hit there?