Comments on: Notes on button-fly jeans and heat pipes. http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 21:33:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andy http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-153 Andy Fri, 16 Feb 2007 21:05:51 +0000 http://www.lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/#comment-153 Well, we don't have a Sears. I'm just too proud and stubborn to go into sweated-labour emporium The Gap, which is famous for producing clothes to US sizes to accommodate any and all varieties of American Citizen, or fatso, as some prefer to call them. No, I don't think I've gone too far down that particular road yet. Well, we don’t have a Sears. I’m just too proud and stubborn to go into sweated-labour emporium The Gap, which is famous for producing clothes to US sizes to accommodate any and all varieties of American Citizen, or fatso, as some prefer to call them. No, I don’t think I’ve gone too far down that particular road yet.

]]> By: Jamie http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Jamie Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:37:45 +0000 http://www.lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/#comment-152 These jeans are also too big around the waist (not that I wear them that high), and I have to wear a belt, which is alright. The rest is quite comfy, and dare I say it, flattering and sexy? I got my button-fly jeans at Sears and some other store in a local shopping centre, the kind that has shop attendants who are concerned with fashion, and express opinions like "these are great because they just came in and nobody else will have them". I told the little peckerhead that I wasn't in junior high anymore. These jeans are also too big around the waist (not that I wear them that high), and I have to wear a belt, which is alright. The rest is quite comfy, and dare I say it, flattering and sexy?

I got my button-fly jeans at Sears and some other store in a local shopping centre, the kind that has shop attendants who are concerned with fashion, and express opinions like “these are great because they just came in and nobody else will have them”. I told the little peckerhead that I wasn’t in junior high anymore.

]]> By: Andy http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-151 Andy Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:26:44 +0000 http://www.lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/#comment-151 Never mind button vs. zip flies. It's the shape of the damn things that's getting my goat. I'm a 32 inch waist, not bad for an inveterate slob you might think, but I got a shock when I tried to buy some verdammte jeans a couple of weeks ago. The waistband fits, I can fasten the buttons etc., but I'm concerned that the current generation of trouser has been designed for some kind of pipe-cleaner/twig boy. I tried on some 34 waist, I could just about move in those, but the waistband stuck way out in front as though I was a clown waiting for a colleague to pour a bucket of water in there. If any of your readers here can recommend a brand of denim trouser which has been built with the "regular bloke" body shape in mind (as opposed to the car radio aerial variety of specimen - who, incidentally, you don't actually see all that many of), please let me know through the usual channels (I've always wanted to say that). Cheers. Never mind button vs. zip flies. It’s the shape of the damn things that’s getting my goat.
I’m a 32 inch waist, not bad for an inveterate slob you might think, but I got a shock when I tried to buy some verdammte jeans a couple of weeks ago. The waistband fits, I can fasten the buttons etc., but I’m concerned that the current generation of trouser has been designed for some kind of pipe-cleaner/twig boy.
I tried on some 34 waist, I could just about move in those, but the waistband stuck way out in front as though I was a clown waiting for a colleague to pour a bucket of water in there.
If any of your readers here can recommend a brand of denim trouser which has been built with the “regular bloke” body shape in mind (as opposed to the car radio aerial variety of specimen – who, incidentally, you don’t actually see all that many of), please let me know through the usual channels (I’ve always wanted to say that).
Cheers.

]]> By: Gaelan http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-150 Gaelan Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:59:56 +0000 http://www.lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/#comment-150 Where do you find button fly jeans? I've been looking to replace my last pair, and I can't find them anyplace. Where do you find button fly jeans? I’ve been looking to replace my last pair, and I can’t find them anyplace.

]]> By: naI http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-149 naI Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:48:51 +0000 http://www.lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/#comment-149 (To the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star") Button, button, little fly Keep my pants up nice and high You let me down when winter hits Freezing off my manly bits Button, button, little fly Rapid exits, you deny. (To the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”)

Button, button, little fly
Keep my pants up nice and high
You let me down when winter hits
Freezing off my manly bits
Button, button, little fly
Rapid exits, you deny.

]]> By: boR http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-148 boR Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:47:47 +0000 http://www.lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/#comment-148 Oh, that bottom one is impossible to get to. I skip it entirely. It's even a tougher one to get at because the fabric is bound just below it, giving even less play to rotate the button enough to make it through the buttonhole. This is a serious problem! Maybe in a few months I can attempt a public urinal. When sporting my button-pants, I'm reduced to hiding in a stall since I can't seem to work the fly mechanism with enough subtlety to be comfortable knowing I won't elbow my neighbor (a capital offense, second only to speaking and/or glancing, according to the Unspoken Urinal Law, third revision) or drop the pants altogether (I hate standing next to the guy who just doesn't understand urinals). I think I've almost embarrassed myself enough on the internet for one day. I'd better use a clever alias. Oh, that bottom one is impossible to get to. I skip it entirely. It’s even a tougher one to get at because the fabric is bound just below it, giving even less play to rotate the button enough to make it through the buttonhole. This is a serious problem! Maybe in a few months I can attempt a public urinal. When sporting my button-pants, I’m reduced to hiding in a stall since I can’t seem to work the fly mechanism with enough subtlety to be comfortable knowing I won’t elbow my neighbor (a capital offense, second only to speaking and/or glancing, according to the Unspoken Urinal Law, third revision) or drop the pants altogether (I hate standing next to the guy who just doesn’t understand urinals).

I think I’ve almost embarrassed myself enough on the internet for one day. I’d better use a clever alias.

]]> By: Jamie http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-147 Jamie Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:07:45 +0000 http://www.lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/#comment-147 It is an advanced skilled, congratulations on acquiring it - Ian is still trying to master not getting anything caught in his zipper, for instance ("<em>oh! just a little bit of shirt there, you almost got it!</em>"). The next lesson is that you typically don't have to undo the bottom button, and sometimes if you're running lean, you can leave the second lowest one fastened as well. It is an advanced skilled, congratulations on acquiring it – Ian is still trying to master not getting anything caught in his zipper, for instance (“oh! just a little bit of shirt there, you almost got it!“).

The next lesson is that you typically don’t have to undo the bottom button, and sometimes if you’re running lean, you can leave the second lowest one fastened as well.

]]> By: Rob http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-146 Rob Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:22:35 +0000 http://www.lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/#comment-146 Alright! I figured it out. The reflex of "top button first, then fly" does not apply to button flies. Starting at the bottom and working your way up to the belt-level shaves at least 30 minutes off of your time. Alright! I figured it out. The reflex of “top button first, then fly” does not apply to button flies. Starting at the bottom and working your way up to the belt-level shaves at least 30 minutes off of your time.

]]> By: Jamie http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Jamie Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:01:23 +0000 http://www.lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/#comment-145 Just wait till you have frostbitten dangly bits, you won't have much else to do either. Just wait till you have frostbitten dangly bits, you won’t have much else to do either.

]]> By: Ian http://lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Ian Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:46:03 +0000 http://www.lonelyfridge.com/2007/02/08/notes-on-button-fly-jeans-and-heat-pipes/#comment-144 This is probably the nerdiest discussion of clothing I've ever seen. This is probably the nerdiest discussion of clothing I’ve ever seen.

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