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I love Boston, but they've been a bit slow there since the whole tea party thing. After all, they have Denny Crane.

Posted by Dave Coffman | May 4, 2007 11:23 AM
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wait is it 97?

Posted by Vooodooo84 | May 4, 2007 11:25 AM
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Kris Kross'll make ya....

Posted by jackie treehorn | May 4, 2007 11:28 AM
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@1: Obviously you've never experienced a Mooninite attack.

The Globe also does highly encouraging pieces every now and then about women doing "unusual" things. Like: "OMG, Chicks Who Play Drums, LOL!" and "Girls Who Hold The Door Open, ROFL!"

Posted by Ziggity | May 4, 2007 11:30 AM
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I've been wondering when that fashion trend would finally go away. Seriously, it's been in fashion since I was in high school. Maybe now that the Globe has picked up on it, the trend will finally die.

Posted by keshmeshi | May 4, 2007 11:37 AM
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In other news, some women are wearing jeans with extremely low waistlines, known as "low-rise jeans". Those crazy kids, with their Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys and ! What will they do next?

Posted by tsm | May 4, 2007 11:51 AM
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All's I can say is, they better stay off'n my lawn, or there's gonna be TROUBLE.

Posted by OLD PERSON | May 4, 2007 12:05 PM
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It reminds me of the line in How I Met Your Mother:

"We didn't get the 80s in Canada until 1993."

Posted by elswinger | May 4, 2007 12:08 PM
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I’m from Boston, & that’s actually not true about that trend being new--the big pants thing has been around in New England since at least the early 90s. The Globe is just notoriously slow on the uptake.

Posted by Alice | May 4, 2007 12:39 PM
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whatever it takes to stop it is fine with me. when the crotch is below your knees, you look like a fucking idiot. & the t-shirt dress over the top isn't helping.

i didn't get it in 1990. i ain't going to start getting it.

and i'm not about to start getting the baggy pants-to-wearing tom wolfe's suit transition that rappers undergo.

what's next, stovepipe hats like daniel day lewis in gangs of NY?

Posted by maxsolomon | May 4, 2007 1:12 PM
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I love the thing about the 'Droopy-Drawers' bill in Virginia. God, Virginia is for Idiots. My grandma was a Flapper.

Posted by Grant Cogswell | May 4, 2007 1:35 PM
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Hey did anyone notice that the sculpture at Westlake has a fence around it today, and none of those baggy-pants wearing street kids are sitting on it? ITS A MIRACLE!!!

Posted by seattle98104 | May 4, 2007 1:49 PM
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Damn -- I was always proud of Bostonians dressing more up than down. Some level of formality, of self-respect. Last time I went back, everyone was wearing sweats and sweat jackets. Not even J-Lo style sweats; the kind you wear when you're at home doing your laundry.

I blame it on the non-native Bostonians (fuck off in advance - you know what I mean), they'll ruin the place yet.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale | May 4, 2007 2:17 PM
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A dumb article appears in Boston, New York (Gawker) rips on it--and finally it reaches Slog. The circle of life, or perhaps its downward spiral, once again makes a complete turn.

Posted by Boomer in NYC | May 4, 2007 3:00 PM
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this "fashion" will never go away because it is not actually fashion. who the hell is anybody to impede on my comfort? baggy pants are really really comfortable and when worn along with the right sneakers (air jordans), they make your day so much better. seriously. I refuse to wear anything but baggy pants forever. if you want to squish your nuts and lower your sperm count by wearing tight jeans that smash your testicals into your thighs until they shrivel up and retreat and all you have is an empty nutsack, be my guest. but don't you ever give me dirty looks and hate on my baggy pants. At least IIII have nice healthy plump nuts while yours are all small and squished....

Posted by mr saggy pants | May 5, 2007 8:07 PM
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Baggy pants are the greatest. If you stand next to otherwise attractive people, say while they're waiting for the crosswalk light, and step on the puddle of pants on the ground, sometimes they will walk STRAIGHT OUT OF THEIR PANTS.

It's like a Christmas Miracle, I tells ya.

Posted by Sasha | May 5, 2007 9:41 PM
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Posted by Bill | May 12, 2007 6:15 PM
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Posted by Bill | May 12, 2007 6:15 PM
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Posted by Bill | May 12, 2007 6:16 PM

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