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OK so I'm about to have an old man moment here, bear with me. Earlier today I was browsing Hot Topic's website looking for a pair of stupid pants to email to a friend of mine who asked me what was appropriate to wear to an opera matinee. Among the usual selection of ugly black cargo pants with superfluous zippers I encountered the following:

Tripp Black One Legged Pants

Now there's a few things wrong with this:

1. It's a skirt. Not that there's anything wrong with guys wearing skirts. Back when I was Hot Topic-aged [and Kurt Kobain was still alive] one of my good friends may or may not have worn a skirt from time to time. This, however, is simply false advertising. These are not pants.
   
   
2. It's not really "pants", is it? I mean it's not a pair of pants really. It might be a pant but it's certainly not plural. Stuff like this is why lit majors are 41% more likely to suffer from migranes* Puzzle this one out:

   I have a pair of one-legged pants

   
   Is there blood coming out of your nose yet?
   
   
3. They cost the same as the equivalent pair of two-legged pants. Clothing prices, at least in theory are supposed to be determined by the materials and labor [and marketing] costs involved. Since a one-legged skirt uses both less fabric and less seams to sew it seems like things are a little off-kilter.
   

Anyway, I'm sure whoever buys these pants will suffer the exact amount of anger from jocks, feigned shock from "squares" and disappointment from their parents that these are intended to provide but we're still left with some troubling grammatical and economic questions unanswered.

*I made this up but I do know a lit major [Lit Masters' technically] who suffers from migranes.