Do you like to go about town wearing comfy pajama pants? Not in Shreveport, Louisiana, you won't ... if a local parish commissioner has his way!
Caddo Parish District 3 Commission Michael Williams said it was an incident at a local Walmart that offended him and some elderly customers that spurred him to push for an ordinance that would prohibit wearing pajama pants in public.
"I saw a group of young men wearing pajama pants and house shoes," he said. "At the part where there should have been underwear," his private parts were showing through the fabric. [...]
"Pajamas are designed to be worn in the bedroom at night," Williams said. "If you can't (wear pajamas) at the Boardwalk or courthouse, why are you going to do it in a restaurant or in public? Today it's pajamas," Williams said. "Tomorrow it's underwear. Where does it stop?"
Don't worry people, there's always Pajama Jeans!
So, what do you think, Neatoramanauts? Should wearing pajamas in public be banned? The Shreveport Times covered this important issue: http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20120113/NEWS01/201130311/Caddo-commissioner-pushes-pajama-prohibition (Photo: Mike Silva/The Shreveport Times) - via The Maddow Blow
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Instead, the ban should outlaw display of reproductive organs and underpants.
"PULL THOSE @#$%&!'ING PANTS UP, YA SLOB!!!"
I don't like the pajamas either (same slobby appearance), but at least they tend to keep their butts covered.
But I won't take my kids anywhere wearing those ridiculous pants with cartoon characters on them and those huge plush slippers. One of them would rather stay home than get dressed.
What makes pyjamas unacceptable anyway, and how would you define what the banned items are? Is it the type of fabric used to make them? The pattern/print on them?
If your private parts are showing through, okay, then that's a step too far, but that would apply to ANY clothing, not just pyjamas.
And if you're spending the night, bring a housecoat. I still don't want to see you....unless you're male and happen to be in the bed with me. ~wink wink~
So white hipsters wearing no pants on NY subway is ironic. But black people wearing pj's at Walmart is horrifying. Where did this guy stand on the Zubaz pants issue of the 90's?
I'd add too that pajamas is not the worst thing I've seen someone wear at Walmart. Fat chicks in tube tops should not be a ticket, but a jailable offense
Yes, everyone should check in with Michael Williams before they leave the house.
To some of you whose knickers are it a twist about people wearing pajamas in public, I suggest you walk straight up to one of these individuals and say in a loud, clear voice:
"Teacher said you're not doing it right."
If their junk isn't falling out and I can't see anything showing through thin fabric, then whatever.
They can wear whatever they want.
Pajama pants, like track pants, just tell the world how little respect you have for yourself.
I did see a guy and his wife in the big box hardware store last Saturday, looking at expensive kitchens. He was wearing track pants, and as they walked around, he started scratching his junk. I hung my head in shame for the male sex.
No, where I work you see it on a variety of races. It's more that we tend to see it on people mired on the bottom step of Maslow's hierarchy, and from all appearances happy about it.
Yes, at least they're covered, but it's still tacky looking.
@ Lighthill
Maybe if violators have to stand on a street corner and sing 'Pants on the Ground' while wearing clown hats? (And paintballing guys with sagged pants on their way-too-exposed backsides should not be just allowed but encouraged. That's just me, though.)