[Nightfall]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,117983,00.html

BATON ROUGE, La. — People who wear low-slung pants that expose skin or "intimate clothing" would face a fine of up to $500 and possible jail time under a bill filed by a Jefferson Parish lawmaker.

State Rep. Derrick Shepherd said he filed the bill because he was tired of catching glimpses of boxer shorts and G-strings over the lowered belt lines of young adults.

The bill would punish anyone caught wearing low-riding pants with a fine of as much as $500 or as many as six months in jail, or both.

"I'm sick of seeing it," said Shepherd, a first-term legislator. "The community's outraged. And if parents can't do their job, if parents can't regulate what their children wear, then there should be a law."

The bill would be tacked onto the state's obscenity law, which restricts sexual activity in public places and the sale of sexually explicit items.

Joe Cook, head of the American Civil Liberties Union's Louisiana chapter, said the bill probably does not meet the U.S. Supreme Court's standard for the prohibition of obscene behavior under the First Amendment.

"What about a woman who is wearing a bathing suit under her garment or she has something like a sarong wrapped around her and it's below her waist," he said. "I can think of a lot of workers, plumbers, who are working and expose their buttocks ..."

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While not a national bill, I just found it fascinating that law makers anywhere in America think it within their power to legislate acceptable clothing now... :rolleyes:

[rich2u]

:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: .You know I think Vlad had it right when he impaled the turks to strike fear into them. Maybe we should start doing that to our moronic public officials when the come up with this crap:evil:

[RED-DOG 40]

GEESE....:confused: .....I guess wearing your cap backwards will be next.:scrutiny:

[jamz]

So I guess there are no beaches in that part of town.....

edit: WAIT A SEC!!

He's TIRED of seeing g-strings peeking up from low slung jeans on pretty girls?

That just Does Not Compute. I can't get enough of that stuff. :)

-James

[buy guns]

"State Rep. Derrick Shepherd said he filed the bill because he was tired of catching glimpses of boxer shorts and G-strings over the lowered belt lines of young adults."


is this guy gay? seriously, who doesnt enjoy seeing thongs pop out the back of girls pants?



Edit: damn, jamz beat me to it

[Norton]

While I admit that I don't mind it on full grown adult type females :p ......it does get quite tiresome with the young'ns trying to be all grown up at school. I want to get me a can of spackle to cover up those cracks.:neener:

[M1911]

Given most of the young ladies I've seen wearing these jeans, I'm not sure that I'd be against the ban. For some reason, all the young ladies I see wearing the things these days have at least 30 lbs too much to make them work :scrutiny:

I'm very tempted to go up them and say "Sweetie, first off, we tried the hip-hugger, bell-bottom look in the '70s. We burned all the negatives (we hope). It didn't work then, it doesn't work now. Second, it only works on someone with a really flat belly. I said flat, not fat.:p"

[Matthew Courtney]

To keep some of our idiots off the streets a few months every year, we put them in the legislature. Fortunately, they cancel each other out.

[Smoke]

Kinda gotta go with M1911 on this one.

There are far more people that are trying to pull off this look but not succeding.

I get sick of seeing boys boxers myself. And if olny the svelte and comely young ladies did this... fine. When the fluffy ones try this...it don't work.

Should there be a law? Hell no, it's assinine.

Smoke

[capt_happypants]

Hint for the yoots of America.

Jennifer Garner in low-rider jeans: Excellent

Chunky grrrls in low-rider jeans: My eyes! My eyes!

[XLMiguel]

The fact that you can't legislate good taste has been proven many times over many years.

Don't know what shape the state's budget is in, and I'm sure there are some real issues that could realy use some legislaive attention, Mr. Shepard must have waaaay too much time on his hands.

I do agree, though, that anyone with body fat over 20% should not be allowed thongs, tubtops, lycra, hip-huggers, speedo's, bicycle shorts, tanktops, etc, in public, or at least liable for fines for visual polution.:what: :neener:

[joab]

It's just Generation Butt-Cracks way expressing their individuallity. That's why everybody does it.

[TallPine]

This Shepherd guy must suffer from hiplophobia.

(with apologies to Jeff Cooper)

:D

[sketcherdown]

The guy has nothing better to waste time and money on?:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: Anyone have his email addy ?

[Preacherman]

Tallpine - ROFL! :D :D :D

[YammyMonkey]

I do agree, though, that anyone with body fat over 20% should not be allowed thongs, tubtops, lycra, hip-huggers, speedo's, bicycle shorts, tanktops, etc, in public, or at least liable for fines for visual polution.

I'm well under 20%, wanna see me in my Speedo's?:what:

[Geech]

Heh.

This country is starting to suck so much.

[The_Antibubba]

Hey! No dogging the fat chicks! It's the scarecrows with no hips or derriere that are clueless-you can't show off what you don't have!!!!

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"When thongs are outlawed, only outlaws will have thongs."

[Tamara]

Somebody duct-tape this busybody into a sweaty, unwashed Burkha and chuck his butt into the nearest bayou. :scrutiny:

[tyme]

http://house.legis.state.la.us/H-Reps/members.asp?ID=87
Rep Derrick D. T. Shepherd
Law Office: 6900 Westbank Expy, Marrero, LA 70072-2500 (504) 349-3535
District Office: 2009 Ames Boulevard, Marrero, LA 70072 (504)371-0263
Legislative Aide: Trinette Harris
Committees: Commerce, Insurance, Judiciary
email: larep087 [at-sign] legis.state.la.us

[Langenator]

To quote (badly) Denis Leary:

"The underwear goes inside the pants! INSIDE THE F*CKING PANTS! That's why it's called Under-F*cking-Wear!"

That being said, I guess I'll have to keep my wife out of Louisiana now. :p

[cobb]

State Rep. Derrick Shepherd said he filed the bill because he was tired of catching glimpses of boxer shorts and G-strings over the lowered belt lines of young adults.

Just ban the wearing of boxer shorts and G-strings, problem solved. :neener:

[ID_shooting]

LOL, this is just plain silly. I do not mind at all what someone wants to wear. If some hot young thing wants to pranc around with her butt hanging out, who am I to question that. What strikes my funny bone though is the "thugs" and "wanna bes" that walk around with their boxers hanging out. (to make it gun related) How are you supposed to conceal you sidearm like that? I just love it when they show chases on TV and they "perp" can't keep his pants up. I say it is Darwin at his finiest

[jamz]

Upon reflection, this bill could have been clearly improved if they just made g-strings mandatory and only applied the ban to boxers. :evil:

-James

EDIT: I do NOT want to see any of you guys in G-stings. :p

[ravinraven]

Well, I see that we are all still healthy at least.

If this guy had proposed a total gun ban, he'd have aroused maybe three people. But suggest a "crack" ban and the crowd goes wild.

Actually, I think that the cops should carry a set of scales and a ht/wt chart. If a babe appears over exposed, they weigh her and check the chart. If she's overweight, bust her. If not, pull her pants down a couple more inches and send her on her way.

This would do wonders for the weight watchers, methinks.

rr

[Kharn]

I bet this guy didnt get any in college.
6 MONTHS in jail for showing off a thong? Holy crap, Newark's (Delaware) jail would be full in about 20 seconds...

Kharn

[priv8ter]

But, see, this is why we have such a cool country(despite it's many faults!)

I'm not sure if Mr. Shepherd is motivated by religous reasons, or just the fact that he is a curmedgeon, but, luckily, in the U.S., this is not going to be a law just because he wants it too.

Now, if we look at the fact that he wasted the fine taxpayers in Louisiana's money to actually introduce this bill...well, I'm far more outraged by that.

greg

[madmike]

"hiplophobia." Oh, you KILL me. :D

Somewhere in FL a few years ago, they banned thongs as outerwear. They even had a "draw a line across the tailbone and bisect it with a vertical line between the buttocks, and another horizontal line at the crease of the thighs, and measure (1.5"??) across this line and within the framework of the horizontal lines, and if not enough flesh is covered...."

I believe it came to a crashing halt when a woman said if any cop groped her butt with a ruler in hand, she's beat the living snot out of him and sue him for sexual assault.

And police WIVES were not real happy with the idea, either.

"Seen my ruler, dear? It's thong patrol again. Sigh, the sucky tasks I get, walking around the beach with a ruler, getting young women to bend over, measuring their butts...oh, well. It's my job."

[madmike]

Buy him a plane ticket to San Francisco? ;)

He'd be safe from chicks in thongs there.

[Destructo6]

What if one were to wear low riders, and no underpants? Is that a freebie?

Does this also apply to plumbers and other working men?

[GSB]

Shouldn't they be trying to outlaw "plumbers' crack" first?

[gunsmith]

"I can think of a lot of workers, plumbers, who are working and expose their buttocks ..."

Of course they come out against working people!

What this guy doesn't realize is baggypants and boxers showing is part of a fiendish plan by the illuminatti to slow the dullwitted criminal underclass!
Have you ever seen a gangbager running from the cops??? 2 steps yank up pants-repeat! The "ghetto limp" of the old school OG has become the "ghetto waddle" as thats the only way to walk when your pants waistline is around your knees.
We must stifle our guffaws when in the presence of the young gangbanger
so as to encourage them to keep wearing the clown outfits,oops I mean baggypants.
They really think that they look tough!http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/images/38040000/jpg/_38040325_baggytrousers.jpg
http://www.xula.edu/herald/issues/20022410/images/sagginpantswalking.jpg

[M1911]

Darnit tallpine, are you gonna come clean the beer out of my keyboard and off my monitor?

[modifiedbrowning]

And if Parents can't do their job, if Parents can't regulate what their children wear, then there should be a law.
:what: :what: :what: :what:

[Diggler]

How could you quickly defend yourself with your 1911 clear down at your knee? :confused:

[d-mac]

Boxers but I do love to see the "whale tail"!!!!!!!!

[sturmruger]

This seems a little OT, but I will play along.

My 26 yearold wife wears the low rise jeans on occasion, and I don't mind a bit.:D In fact I wish they made low rise scrubs. I like low rise stuff, no complaints from me. Now if my 13 yearold sister started wearing the extreme low rise pants I might change my mind.

[Gordon Fink]

Low-cut jeans have been great for my wife too, but not for the same reason. She is not quite five feet tall on a good day, so it’s nice for her to be able to buy pants that don’t have a waistline around her chest.

~G. Fink

[Azrael256]

30 days in jail... $500 fine... do the math on that, and the guy who fixed my A/C would get 20 years in the electric chair.

[Sean Smith]

State Rep. Derrick Shepherd said he filed the bill because he was tired of catching glimpses of boxer shorts and G-strings over the lowered belt lines of young adults.

Solution? "Go commando!" :evil:

And while I would NEVER support a law against a lack of fashon sense, it is also true that very few women can pull off wearing very low-slung jeans. Yet bazillions of them that weigh more than I do (185 lbs) try to do it anyways. :uhoh:

If I'M nice enough to not wear t-back Speedos at the beach, all y'all can be nice enough to not wear clothes that make you look like a mis-packed sausage. :scrutiny:

As for guys in falling-off pants, my advice is to just sic large dogs on them, then point and laugh at the results. :D

[fix]

Solution? "Go commando!"

Nothing wrong with that. You should see ME get pulled aside for a search by airport security!!!:D

[cordex]

I like Tamara's idea.

When it comes to clothing, for some people, less is more. For others, plain ol' more is more.

We oughta pass a law imposing severe fines and time in jail for introducing laws as silly and arbitrary as this one. No one has the right to not be offended.

[Jeff]

Man, I get a kick out of you "Maxim-Hilfiger Poseur" types who are so easily brainwashed by modern advertising, thinking that any chick with a little bit of body fat or a bit "chubby" is not worth looking at. Gimme a break.

Anti_Bubba had it right. It's the scrawny, skanky chicks with the insect arms and pelvic bones who shouldn't be packing such threads. Jennifer Garner is an overrated hag with no breasts. Give me an All-American girl with a nice, healthy voluptuous figure-- even with a little bit of tummy flab-- any day of the week, rather than the cheesy hose-bags looking for their next piece of rock.

[erikm]

Some legislators obviously need some attitude adjustment.

How about using swimwear as underwear? You would have a defense against this idiot piece of legislation and possibly some light entertainment. :p

'Honest mr policeman, it's swimwear, not underwear. (drop pants, maybe pull up shirt) See?' :D

Now using skimpy underwear as swimwear, I'd like to see the US reaction to that . . .

Cheers,
ErikM :evil: