Behind the Pants Wars. April 9, 2010 10:38 AM Subscribe
Today on VH1's Metafilter's Behind the Music Pants: the backstory behind the maker of the Norwegian Curling team's awesome pants. (A follow-up to my now-closed post "Olympic Pants Wars.")
In the backstory article, the owner of the company says they should be back in stock later this month.
posted by ocherdraco at 10:43 AM on April 9, 2010
posted by ocherdraco at 10:43 AM on April 9, 2010
Wait, wait...
posted by Pants! at 10:55 AM on April 9, 2010 [6 favorites]
posted by Pants! at 10:55 AM on April 9, 2010 [6 favorites]
I'm not at all interested in golf pants.
But if they sold cycling shants in that pattern, I'd buy a pair. Especially if they were Team Metafilter blue and yellow.
posted by ardgedee at 10:56 AM on April 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
But if they sold cycling shants in that pattern, I'd buy a pair. Especially if they were Team Metafilter blue and yellow.
posted by ardgedee at 10:56 AM on April 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
ardgedee: "if they sold cycling shants in that pattern"
possibly the most pathetic sentence containing only portmanteau nouns: "I think I just sharted my shants"
posted by idiopath at 11:25 AM on April 9, 2010 [2 favorites]
possibly the most pathetic sentence containing only portmanteau nouns: "I think I just sharted my shants"
posted by idiopath at 11:25 AM on April 9, 2010 [2 favorites]
Let me save everyone the trouble and just state that they are in fact out of the Norwegian pants in almost every size.
Don't worry, there are still Zubaz Pants, available in a variety of colors.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:45 AM on April 9, 2010
Don't worry, there are still Zubaz Pants, available in a variety of colors.
posted by filthy light thief at 11:45 AM on April 9, 2010
Technically, idiopath, I is a pronoun, so you're still good.
posted by ocherdraco at 12:10 PM on April 9, 2010
posted by ocherdraco at 12:10 PM on April 9, 2010
yeah, I framed it all wrong though, because "sharted" is clearly a conjugation of the verb form of shart
posted by idiopath at 12:20 PM on April 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by idiopath at 12:20 PM on April 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
Did you know "mathowie" gets caught by the built-in spell check? That just seems...wrong.
posted by slogger at 12:37 PM on April 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by slogger at 12:37 PM on April 9, 2010 [1 favorite]
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought: Mullet Wig- Black, The Mountain Three Wolf Moon Short Sleeve Tee
I won't be needing a Halloween costume AskMe this year. Thanks, Amazon!
posted by MadamM at 3:27 PM on April 9, 2010
I won't be needing a Halloween costume AskMe this year. Thanks, Amazon!
posted by MadamM at 3:27 PM on April 9, 2010
Holy crap, I want at least three different designs of their pants. Haven't gotten to the rest of the offerings yet. OMG they have matching sport coats, too.
posted by rhizome at 5:23 PM on April 9, 2010
posted by rhizome at 5:23 PM on April 9, 2010
They make women's clothes, too! Somebody please talk me down from the temptation of buying a $70 skort!
posted by jeoc at 6:46 PM on April 9, 2010
posted by jeoc at 6:46 PM on April 9, 2010
> Also, ardgedee: would these do?
Too loose in the crotch. They'll snag on the bike seat and induce unpleasant things to a man's junkular territory just at the time he's trying to get the jump on traffic at the light.
But, hey, that pattern: Plaid, clashing and patriotic is the trifecta of men's fashion.
posted by ardgedee at 7:55 PM on April 9, 2010
Too loose in the crotch. They'll snag on the bike seat and induce unpleasant things to a man's junkular territory just at the time he's trying to get the jump on traffic at the light.
But, hey, that pattern: Plaid, clashing and patriotic is the trifecta of men's fashion.
posted by ardgedee at 7:55 PM on April 9, 2010
Last sentence:
"Who knows what it will be next year? But it will be something," he predicts. "It will probably come out of the blue. And we'll be caught with our pants down again."
posted by jasper411 at 7:23 AM on April 10, 2010
"Who knows what it will be next year? But it will be something," he predicts. "It will probably come out of the blue. And we'll be caught with our pants down again."
posted by jasper411 at 7:23 AM on April 10, 2010
I am so naming my band Ian Poulter's Pants Armada.
posted by Horace Rumpole at 8:42 AM on April 10, 2010
posted by Horace Rumpole at 8:42 AM on April 10, 2010
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I seriously wanted a pair.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 10:42 AM on April 9, 2010 [3 favorites]