Comments on: Eye-catching trousers from old JC Penny catalog http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 01:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jneilnyc http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926465 jneilnyc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926465 Until recently, I would have said the less-endowed among us might have bought those pants figuring the TSA would never thing of checking "there" - talk about hiding something in plain sight! Until recently, I would have said the less-endowed among us might have bought those pants figuring the TSA would never thing of checking “there” – talk about hiding something in plain sight!

]]> By: Jeff Vader http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926466 Jeff Vader Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926466 I lol'd :) in dottering senator voice FTW I lol’d :)

in dottering senator voice FTW

]]> By: 7-how-7 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926477 7-how-7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926477 reminds me of the Zoot Fenster song "The Man on Page 602", which was a response to a Sears catalog that seemed to show the tip of some guy's package. There is a youtube of the song: http://bit.ly/adBLP8 reminds me of the Zoot Fenster song “The Man on Page 602″, which was a response to a Sears catalog that seemed to show the tip of some guy’s package. There is a youtube of the song:

http://bit.ly/adBLP8

]]> By: Aloisius http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926485 Aloisius Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926485 I really don't understand. It is an artifact of the material, the high waist and tightness of their pants. You put me in a pair of pants like that and nothing will be left to the imagination. I really don’t understand. It is an artifact of the material, the high waist and tightness of their pants. You put me in a pair of pants like that and nothing will be left to the imagination.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926756 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926756 My father had the red ones. I still have nightmares about it. My father had the red ones. I still have nightmares about it.

]]> By: bklynchris http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926254 bklynchris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926254 Who knew any man could ever make a pair of red polyester pants with white naugahyde belt and shoes look....sexy? and, oh yeah.... OHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYY GAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWD!!!!!!!!!! Who knew any man could ever make a pair of red polyester pants with white naugahyde belt and shoes look….sexy?

and, oh yeah….

OHHHHHHHHHHH MYYYYYYYYYYY GAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWD!!!!!!!!!!

]]> By: mellowknees http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926263 mellowknees Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926263 It just occurred to me - does anyone else think that maybe prosthetics were involved in these photo shoots? It's just that these dudes appear to be much more identical in the crotchal area than most guys I see. Not that I spend my day staring at crotches. It just occurred to me – does anyone else think that maybe prosthetics were involved in these photo shoots? It’s just that these dudes appear to be much more identical in the crotchal area than most guys I see.

Not that I spend my day staring at crotches.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926781 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926781 Image search "Gangs of New York"-throw a waist coat and a top hat on with those and you'd be quite the dandy. Image search “Gangs of New York”-throw a waist coat and a top hat on with those and you’d be quite the dandy.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926793 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926793 I would like to get to know the brown plaid on the right :) I would like to get to know the brown plaid on the right :)

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926290 jimh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926290 a series of tubes a series of tubes

]]> By: Donald Petersen http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926291 Donald Petersen Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926291 Where are their hands?? Had me a pair of these in 1976, in patriotic red, white & blue plaid. Nattiest lad in kindergarten, was I. Where are their hands??

Had me a pair of these in 1976, in patriotic red, white & blue plaid. Nattiest lad in kindergarten, was I.

]]> By: MrJM http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926301 MrJM Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926301 I guess there's a reason those guys couldn't go Sansabelt. I guess there’s a reason those guys couldn’t go Sansabelt.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926303 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926303 The reason they look bigger than average is because back then there were less plastics in the bloodstream, the ones that are responsible these days for reduced genital size, sperm count, etc... These are all dropping 10% a decade or something. Funny but also scary in terms of the CHILDREN OF MEN potential. The reason they look bigger than average is because back then there were less plastics in the bloodstream, the ones that are responsible these days for reduced genital size, sperm count, etc… These are all dropping 10% a decade or something. Funny but also scary in terms of the CHILDREN OF MEN potential.

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926308 bcsizemo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926308 Most flat front slacks (that are not altered) and any jeans that are not super baggy/carpenter tend to have this effect on me... I think it's because I have fairly large thighs front to back, it seems to cause a weird pulling issue. So I don't own jeans, never have. And I mostly wear cargo pants or pleated pants/slacks. Most flat front slacks (that are not altered) and any jeans that are not super baggy/carpenter tend to have this effect on me…

I think it’s because I have fairly large thighs front to back, it seems to cause a weird pulling issue.

So I don’t own jeans, never have. And I mostly wear cargo pants or pleated pants/slacks.

]]> By: gpeare http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-927082 gpeare Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-927082 A Full Cleveland! (Middle model, right panel) Excellent. A Full Cleveland! (Middle model, right panel) Excellent.

]]> By: Jake0748 http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926581 Jake0748 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926581 First thing that came to my mind... My wife, who is a fairly recent immigrant to the US from Eastern Europe, calls the seafood restaurant Long John Silvers, "Long Johnsons". First thing that came to my mind… My wife, who is a fairly recent immigrant to the US from Eastern Europe, calls the seafood restaurant Long John Silvers, “Long Johnsons”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926327 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926327 look at those banana trousers. just look at them. look at those banana trousers. just look at them.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926840 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926840 They all dress on the left. They all dress on the left.

]]> By: Mitch http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926331 Mitch Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926331 Very apropos for a site called "BoingBoing". Very apropos for a site called “BoingBoing”.

]]> By: montrealfilmguy http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926351 montrealfilmguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926351 as Anon pointed out the J in JC is probably for johnson and i guess the C is for ...oh you figure it out boingers ! as Anon pointed out the J in JC is probably for johnson and i guess the C is for …oh you figure it out boingers !

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926366 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926366 Remind me to watch Boogie Nights today... Remind me to watch Boogie Nights today…

]]> By: corestrength http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926118 corestrength Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926118 Guilty as charged....in junior high, no less Guilty as charged….in junior high, no less

]]> By: montrealfilmguy http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926376 montrealfilmguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926376 o.k. now i'm thinking JC penneys started out as JC penis,but could not get past that stupid non-porn registration of commerce name law. o.k. now i’m thinking JC penneys started out as JC penis,but could not get past that stupid non-porn registration of commerce name law.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926123 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926123 I just get the feeling this should have been a "Look at this awesome banana..." post. ;) I just get the feeling this should have been a “Look at this awesome banana…” post. ;)

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926125 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926125 those certainly ARE... eye catching... those certainly ARE… eye catching…

]]> By: OUTSTANDING http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926126 OUTSTANDING Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926126 apparently er'body tucked to the left back in the day. apparently er’body tucked to the left back in the day.

]]> By: kc0bbq http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926130 kc0bbq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926130 Old Sears catalogs are good for the 'raging boner' effect. I want to believe it's the cut of the pants of that era, mixed with the pose and the not using diffused lighting. Either that or everyone was seriously packing in those days. Back when men were real men who wore synthetic pants. Old Sears catalogs are good for the ‘raging boner’ effect. I want to believe it’s the cut of the pants of that era, mixed with the pose and the not using diffused lighting.

Either that or everyone was seriously packing in those days. Back when men were real men who wore synthetic pants.

]]> By: Phikus http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926391 Phikus Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926391 The Bay City Rollers got nothin' on these guys. The Bay City Rollers got nothin’ on these guys.

]]> By: rollerskater http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926136 rollerskater Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926136 i'll bet you those are some wild and crazy guys. i’ll bet you those are some wild and crazy guys.

]]> By: facetedjewel http://boingboing.net/2010/11/01/eye-catching-trouser.html#comment-926392 facetedjewel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-926392 The whole cowboy thing wasn't working out for Ennis and Jack. They do look happy in their new careers. The whole cowboy thing wasn’t working out for Ennis and Jack. They do look happy in their new careers.

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