RIP

[cosmolinguist]

No pun intended. But since it's there, I'll leave it in.

I was innocently walking to the bathroom just now and snagged my pants (that's trousers to you British; don't get all excited) on the corner of something. They'd ripped in a long, straight line, from just below the front pocket almost to the ankle.

Worst of all, guess with pants I'm wearing.

The Che Guevara pants!

They're unsalvagable. An inexplicable purple stain is no sweat, but being torn so profoundly is not the sort of injury one's clothing can bounce back from. I didn't realize they were worn so thin, but I guess they are. I practically lived in them until Mom forbade me from taking them with me to England.

The only consolation—well, the two consolations*—I have: Firstly, that the Ches have only sentimental value for me these days anyway; I'm really too small for them now and since I lost the drawstring long ago and, having a drawstring, the pants have no belt loops, they're always on the verge of falling off, so they were retired to around-the-house-pants upon my return from the UK. Secondly, at least this is an incidence of pants-tearing with an obvious source, so I'm less worried about a recurrance of the Suicidal Pants Debacle of '03 than I might otherwise be.

But still, you never know...

Maybe I'll wear a skirt tomorrow, just in case.

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* No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

Comments

[wonderlandkat.livejournal.com]

I once, incredible hulk style, ripped the back out of my shirt. Since it was a man's dress shirt and I am a small-shouldered individual, this was particularly impressive.

[hephaestos.livejournal.com]

Wimp. You think Che never ripped his pants? ;)

[karaksindru.livejournal.com]

NOOOO!!!!

Not the Che Guevara pants!

I never got to see them... :( I never got to say ... goodbye...

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

You could sew a zipper down the tear.. that would be uber.

And (obvious statement ahead) what's wrong with your pants falling down???

[stealthmunchkin.livejournal.com]

You beat me to it...

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

I"m good that way.

[cosmolinguist]

Yeah, but he's the one who got me to fly to visit him for a few months.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

point.

[cosmolinguist]

That would be cool, if I could sew.

What's wrong with my pants falling down? There's no one here to enjoy it.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

By that do you mean that you're going to bring them when you come to The City?

[cosmolinguist]

Your optimism is charming.

[angel-thane.livejournal.com]

Yes, but is it charming you?

[kalieris.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. *lays flowers on the grave of the Che pants*

I still miss my favorite hoodie sweatshirt. The *only* good thing to come out of my eyeblink in the Navy.

[cosmolinguist]

Those of us close to the Che pants would like you to know we appreciate your sympathy and thoughtfulness during this difficult time in our lives.

I have great fondness for hoodies as well (often other people's; I know I'm setting myself up for disappointment, wanting what I'll never have, but sometimes I can't help it), so I feel your pain, sister.

[gentleman-lech.livejournal.com]

The friends and family of the Che Guevara pants have my most sincere and heartfelt condolences.

So what are you going to use the fabric for? :p