May 9, 2009
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I’m thinking liposuction…
…or maybe gastric bypass. Or weight gain, instead of loss. Another possibility would be death, I suppose.
I can’t help wondering about the possible reasons for the multitude of very large sweat pants at one thrift store in Wasilla yesterday. They were size 6X: EXXXXXXtra large. None were new, but all were in good condition, not worn out.
Earlier in the week, Greyfox had mentioned seeing some really large sweat pants he could tell were too big for me. He might have gotten a pair for me anyway, if they had drawstrings, because I sometimes do wear several layers of fleece and/or Polar Fleece in winter, and just cinch up the waists of the baggy outer layers. These pants all had elastic waistbands, no strings.
My quest for pants yesterday was made more interesting by the presence of those biggie baggies on the racks. The shop does no sorting by size in that department, and each rack held several pairs alongside a range of other sizes. There were at least ten pair, all in conservative dark colors, presumably all from the same plus-size source. I didn’t check labels, but as far as I could tell, except for color, they were identical.
Your guess is as good as mine. What do you think?
Comments (23)
I love thrift stores. My daughter has an awesome free store where she lives. She gets the cutest things. It really is a free store.I am sorry about the trouble in finding clothes that fit right. I know I put on some weight in the last few years and finally gave up trying to fit in to tons of my small cute clothes. My friend, Fawn, who is tiny, totally scored when I cleaned out my closet.
I’m thinking pride goeth before a fall sale at Value Village and it ain’t even summer yet….
that’s right, i have no idea what i’m talking about other than that lipo shit has to suck…
mitchless
i love thrift stores!!! I also have grown to love the donation room at work,,lol……
@queenie - @benevolentMitch - @misunderstood47 - What?! No guesses as to why all the big pants showed up in the store at one time?
BTW, I found a bunch of great stuff, and the reason I was shopping was not that I’d outgrown my old stuff. It was because I still haven’t gotten any laundry done.
hmm. My guess would be death. Sorry. However, surprisingly, we haven’t had many calls this full moon.
I enjoy thrift stores it seems like I am in an in between size cause the clothes are either a size too small or way big or is everyone in the world size 14 and 16..silly friend go do your laundry…that is what I am doing today oh my all day
My guess would be death. 6xl drawers? That’s a biiiiig human bean!
i’ll be optimistic and say weight loss after having his stomach stapled.
Some stores take returns and donate anything in good condition to thrift stores…
Perhaps something of this scenario?
I hate to be the gruseome one here but whoever wore those probably died of a weight realted disease. They don’t usually live that long once they reach a certain weight. My hubby has had several over the years and the average time they last if they hit the 500-700 mark is about seven years. The body can’t handle it and everything goes south. They really love transporting them! They have to call the fire dept. to help lift them, and because of the health problems they get called a lot. Just a thought… I guess we can think positive and go with a lap band procedure
I never think, I just react.But, now I’m trying to understand the question. Is it lyposuctions, layers of pants, conservative colors or drawstrings? How about Depends in a longjohn version. I think it’s too late to stay awake. I was just stopping by to say hello before I say goodnight.
death…and they are in good condition because fatty didn’t get off his/her bum and actually do anything that would change the condition of them
If all else fails….become a self declared nude…
@Zeal4living - Would that nudity were a viable option, but it’s too cold in winter and there are too many mosquitoes in summer. Nobody would notice what I wear or not, out here, most of the time, except me, and I opt for the comfort and protection of long pants and long sleeves.
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@KarlaandSuperMedic -
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@Mischief_Skittles -
I’m with you on guessing it was death, and the pants in good condition due to inactivity on the part of the wearer. The “optimistic” guesses above have a flavor of whistling past the graveyard.
I read this to Steve and it reminded him of something he wanted to tell me… He was out and about and saw this woman whose “top half” was normal-ish. Not twiggy, but normal. Her “bottom half” was GINORMOUS. Her hips came out of nowhere and her ass was this enormous “living thing” behind her. He’s glad he didn’t have the boys with him, because the poor woman would have attracted their attention and commentary. (Keegan would’ve laughed himself sick and Conor’s eyes would’ve gone wide as saucers.)
So I wonder if the former owner of those sweatpants had a similar disorder to that woman. SURELY such a thing has to be a disorder!!
I used to gripe because I couldn’t find pants in my size–they were all too big.
Then I used to gripe because they were all too small.
Now, I just gripe because I can’t find a brand that fits the way I want them to.
Random note to add–I love thrift stores!
thrift stores are where you can get the best deals
I’m thinking death, because the pants were in relatively good condition. Where on earth does one find size 6X anything? I don’t think I’ve seen anything bigger than a 4X.
What do the Inuits wear? Either they are smiling because they are squinting or they got some permahappy living in the permafrost, but for Inuit women, size is of no matter it seems…I have never met any, but it is a grand assumption…they do seem content and happy as they are…you have always seemed to love life, your writing has zeal and hope..I believe in the lap band, I believe in lipo, I believe in just about anything that makes someone feel better or look better or everything inbetween..me, I want hair transplants and I am not bald, just receded in a widow’s peak..what is life but that it will involve death and our death really a matter that will take care of itself..then, being happy as you are, would seem to be key, but like a salmon swimming upstream, swallows flying back to Capistrano…there are greater things to do and endure that fulfill and complete us, but lipo, nudity(love that one) or even gaining weight, it is the choice of the individual..after reading your writings, I would still believe that in a grand scale, you aren’t bothered by this..but then, I could be wrong.
Personally, I know plastic surgeons, my mother in law works for one, great fella..I would have fat sucked out of all sorts of places if I could afford to..
@CastroCafe - The Inuits I have known have worn the same things I wear: comfortable and warm things from dumpsters and thrift stores. Inuits I see in pictures of village life tend to have fur ruffs on their parkas. Some young Inuits I have seen in malls in summertime have worn sandals and baggy shorts… but they might have been Yupik. I’d have a hard time telling the difference even if I heard them speaking. Such is the depth of my ignorance.
Maybe the ones you have seen were smiling for the camera. I have seen and heard them happy, as well as in every other mood from mumbling and maudlin drunk to seething, fist-clenching rage. They have cultural hangups and some traditions that are harmful, but fewer, I think, than Indo-Europeans do.
I’m bothered by things I consider big issues: injustice, rape, torture, environmental destruction…. I just don’t stay bothered for long about anything. I shake it off, look at the situation, ask myself what I can do about it and do what I can. Life goes on. I’d like to know that it will go on without me when I’m dead, that the ones who say our species is headed for extinction, taking the whole biosphere with it, are mistaken. I don’t know. I live now.
@SuSu - well said…down here in Florida, there is a culture of throw away extravagance, I have picked things up that are not broken or old, vacuum cleaners costing over $400 because of a broken belt..garage sales here have Jos A. Banks clothes for men at still a good price but fractions of their retail…the Inuits sound very resourceful out of necessity..but it is necessity that brings change, not extravagance, I think where there is too much often there is a glut of rot and decay…I am the small man in a room of Noetic Science folks and their intentions is to also raise consciousness beyond our own lifespan..but to live in now….I push for victim rights in crime more that they have a voice in the criminal justice system to a greater degree…I admit, I am influenced by the optimism of the camera promoting Alaska, I must go there for a while to experience it, mainly with the natives but the waschutes up there are very resilient and survival minded…it is a mindset I do not find too often in South Florida….
@CastroCafe - Anthropologists have had a lot to say about the differences between people who live where living is easy and those who must work to survive. Lazy and stupid people don’t make it in harsh environments, but one that is overly harsh can take all one’s attention and leave no leisure for philosophy and higher-level thinking.
@SuSu - is Alaska such a place, overly harsh? I have watched many shows about it both in beauty and in hard conditions. The shows make it seem like such a wonderful thing to overcome for the purity and beauty of the last great wildnerness as they call it. Wouldn’t surprise me if they are peddling opportunistic optimism.
I miss working on farms and having my own small form of self sustainance back in Tennessee…down here the cost of convenience is having to work a great deal to enjoy it…I am some sort of novice anthropologist, and I want to learn so much more…one lifetime, so many things pulling…