[thenightwriterblog] The Night Writer: Check out these pants in the family!

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Posted by The Night Writer:
Check out these pants in the family!
http://thenightwriterblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1168473313.shtml


   OK, fair warning to all would-be lay-about boyfriends; jerks who let
   their dogs crap in my yard and don't clean it up; yahoos who play
   their car stereos so loud the vibrations can rearrange my internal
   organs; and pouty, sunken-chested boys who don't wash the car when you
   tell them to: I finally bought myself a pair of Haggar slacks as
   advertised by Pete and Red on their how-to show, "Making Things
   Right."
   Alright, that's not really a tv show, it's just a series of tv
   commercials made to look like a show, as I [1]described before.
   Nevertheless, I've been impressed by Pete and Red's demonstrations of
   the flexibility of the "Do-it To-it" waistband, the unbustable seams
   and the un-rippable pockets as they threw slackers through picture
   windows or trowelled dog-doo onto clueless jerks so I went out and
   bought myself a pair in a color I like and made in some mystery fabric
   described as "micro-gabardine". They look great and feel terrific, as
   I've already practiced "bending a the knees and twisting at the waist,
   which comes in handy when you have to grab a squirmy one."
   The only problem is that all the Haggar slacks I had to choose from
   happened to be pleated. The day after I bought them my wife pointed
   out that the gay guys who write the [2]Withering Glance column in the
   Strib had declared pleated pants to be totally out-of-it. Actually, I
   think this would strike Pete and Red as another product benefit:
   "Great slacks and you won't have gay guys checking you out."
   The pants were also a little long, but the Reverend Mother is great at
   hemming slacks for me. Therefore Sunday right after church I changed
   out of my suit and pulled on the new pants, then called downstairs to
   my wife that I was ready for her to come and mark my new slacks for
   sewing. She called back upstairs, "are they the Haggars?" I responded
   affirmatively, whereupon I then heard both my daughters yell, "Run!"
   to the unsuspecting fella who had innocently followed us home from
   church for lunch. Heh, heh, they work great already and she hasn't
   even hemmed them yet.
   Anyway, you can check out "Making Things Right" for yourself [3]here.
   All four commercials are shown in their long form, including some
   details that I'm certain will never make it to network tv.

References

   1. http://thenightwriterblog.powerblogs.com/posts/1162841127.shtml
   2. http://www.startribune.com/389/story/916050.html
   3. http://www.haggar.com/gs/ads.html?v=4