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Dirty Pants Indicator
Some strip that you put inside your pants that shows how many hours you have worn it. | |
This is especially for guys. We often confuse over which pants we had worn and which ones we had just washed. This strip is like a thermometer thing. You stick it inside your pants and as you wear it, somehow (maybe from bodily fluid uhh) it changes color. The more you wear it, the more it changes
color, so you know how long you have worn it. When you wash it, it goes back to its original color. Wouldn't it be useful for those lazy bachelors who still care about smelling?
The Wrong Trousers
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108598/
It's so last decade [mylodon, Jan 19 2009]
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might come in handy; I use the 'floor' organization system and after a few days the clothing doesn't smell... at least not at room temperature. |
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By 'pants' you mean 'trousers'? (Incidentally, what does
'trousers' mean in the US?) |
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and why in both cases are they plural... does a one-legged person put on his "pant" or "trouser" ? |
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Yes at least for trouser, I suppose he could pant if it helps. |
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Is it just me or are there more bad-smell related ideas round here recently? |
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[MB] Trousers is valid in the US, but somewhat archaic. And
yes, from this context, I'm pretty sure the outer piece of leg
covering clothing is what is being considered. |
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//why in both cases are they plural// probably because
pants/trousers derived from leggings, which were indeed
worn in pairs. Much as scissors originated as a pair of
implements designed to be clip-togetherable (as good cooks'
scissors are to this day). |
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[MB] I can understand pants but I just can't understand panties. Where is the second (beep)?? |
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//Where is the second p'ssy??// |
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That depends upon the breadth of your proclivities. |
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Back to the idea. I figured this would be something to tell you that you'd accidentally shit yourself after drinking too much and losing your sense of smell and control of your bodily functions. Imagine my relief that it was merely a method of sniffing to see how many farts had accumulated in your favourite pair of strides. |
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well, farts are kinda temporary. this idea was more for permanent filth, such as perspiration or body oil. just as my fav pair of underwears went from white to beige, this strip can do the same, only in a reversible manner, unlike my underwears. |
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Farts only smell because they contain particles of excrement and other byproducts of digestion. Some of that gets trapped in the cloth. Methane is completely odourless, contrary topopular opinion. |
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You're right about sweat and sebum (body oil). They are favourite foods of a number of bacteria, including Propionibacterium acnes, which is the principal problem that causes acne. Some of those bacteria create chemicals that smell bad to us. |
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The sweat that's produced by the apocrine glands (which develop in the armpits, groin and scalp areas after puberty), contains fats similar to sebum. The bacterial decomposition of those fats gives us body odour. Some of the fat will transfer to clothing, where the bacteria will continue consuming it. |
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don't you guys mean 'britches'? |
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"Hike up them britches, boy!" |
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Trousers derived from an old Irish / Gaelic word, triubhas, which were shorts, similar to knee-breeches (similar to the lederhosen of German folk dress). It made it into Emglish around 1580 or so. |
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Pants, which arose in the US in about 1840, is a shortening of pantaloons, which were originally tights worn by a character in an Italian play in about 1590 in Venice. The name is after that of the character, Pantaloun, named for Saint Pantaleone, a Christian martyr. By about 1800 the term was applied to long, tight-fitting trousers. |
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Interestingly, (or possibly not) "pantalon" in French is singular. |
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Why isn't it 'a pair of bras', then? |
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The data recorder version could generate pant-o-graphs for stain trace-back and future laundry predictions. Comes with software to help manage "How clean do you want your pants today ?". Runs on Pants OS™. |
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Maybe this makes me a total pig but I need this. I have had embarassing situations were the pants look clean but I might have worn them too many times. Sometimes I will wear a nice pair of slacks or a suit for a couple of hours in one evening and then take them off after I get back home.. thus giving me the ability to wear them again for another short engagement. But if I see them hanging up in my closet, I will not be able to remember if they are clean enough to wear all day. Other adults are too polite to tell you that your clothes smell but a child in his infinite honesty said, "Mommy! Mr. Jscotty smells like he has a dead rat in his pocket!" |
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"Is that a dead rat in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?" |
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Would it kill you to put your dirty clothes in the hamper? Damn kids. /channeling my mother |
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flatulent individuals beware
maybe this strip is a measure of flammability
wearing pants that are more likely to catch fire or burn faster could be dangerous |
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