Eeeek! Forgot pants!

jon208
jon208 Posts: 335
edited October 2008 in Commuting chat
Do I :

A) Go commando

B ) Wear cycling shorts all day

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  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    Go commando!

    :wink:
  • DancesWithSheep
    DancesWithSheep Posts: 51
    Commando

    With your cycling shorts on your head.
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Do not wear shorts all day.

    Crotch rot. :?
  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    Commando.

    What are pants?
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • Brixtonbiker
    Brixtonbiker Posts: 100
    I keep forgetting mine, don't bring pants now, go commando everyday lol
  • girv73
    girv73 Posts: 842
    Commando, definitely. Sitting in sweaty cycle clothes all day? Ewww!
    Today is a good day to ride
  • ride_whenever
    ride_whenever Posts: 13,279
    definitely commando

    or pop out and buy some...


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  • prj45
    prj45 Posts: 2,208
    I've never forgotten my pants, I did cycle out a week or so ago without them, but only got about 10 metres.

    If I did I'd pop to M&S and buy some more.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    I have forgotten pants a few times now, always gone to M&S and got more. I wear skirts to work. Commando is not an option.
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  • Greg T
    Greg T Posts: 3,266
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Commando is not an option.

    Arrrrgggghhhh it hurts.......
    Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.

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  • dirk_van_gently
    dirk_van_gently Posts: 826
    In future it may be wise to leave an emergency pair in your office draw or locker.
    Of course you may just get to like "Commando" in which case your worries are over :-)
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  • Nick6891
    Nick6891 Posts: 274
    ive never forgot mine, came as close as going out of the door and then i remembered them but it would have to be commando if i did forget them, no shops that sell them near by
  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    ride_whenever wrote:
    definitely commando

    or pop out and buy some...


    cycling shorts will result in crotch rot

    Don't pop out- you may find yourself getting sacked for inappropriate indecent exposure
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  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    Don't pop out- you may find yourself getting sacked for inappropriate indecent exposure

    Is there approriate indecent exposure?

    There was a film the other day where the secretary had a very short skirt and was commando.......oooops wrong forum :wink:
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    ride_whenever wrote:
    definitely commando

    or pop out and buy some...


    Arf

    Pull out your pockets as well and shout "Here's the elephant RARR"
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  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    I often forget mine...and socks as well. I work opposite Next so I've now got the biggest collection of emergency pants and socks in the World!
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  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    Do you file them under E for Emergency or P for Pants?
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  • Clever Pun
    Clever Pun Posts: 6,778
    I actually keep some socks in my desk draw just in case
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  • Littigator
    Littigator Posts: 1,262
    Clever Pun wrote:
    I actually keep some socks in my desk draw just in case

    How does that help if you've forgotten your pants?

    Or is that the answer to someone's question of earlier as how you can have appropriate indecent exposure? :wink:
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  • Breathless Commuter Man
    Breathless Commuter Man Posts: 82
    Neither option seems good. Having forgotten mine earlier in the year, made a quick trip to M&S for emergency 7 pack of each.4 pairs of socks left and only one lot of underwear.
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    Feltup wrote:
    Do you file them under E for Emergency or P for Pants?

    Or Y for Yesterday's pants. :oops:
  • Feltup
    Feltup Posts: 1,340
    Or Y for Yesterday's pants.

    With a post it reminder to turn them inside out or back to front :wink:
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  • pigeon42
    pigeon42 Posts: 98
    Am I the only one here who thinks it's wrong to wear new pants before you've washed them?!

    Commando is the way forward
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  • snooks
    snooks Posts: 1,521
    I forgot my belt once...spent the day lookin' like an NME journo (who are in the same building) or a yoof with my trousers half way down my rse...didn't realise I'd lost so much weight

    Commando really wouldn't have been an option for me with those jeans!!!
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  • always_tyred
    always_tyred Posts: 4,965
    pigeon42 wrote:
    Am I the only one here who thinks it's wrong to wear new pants before you've washed them?!

    Commando is the way forward

    I don't think that they test them before packaging them, dude.
  • GEPC
    GEPC Posts: 123
    I have forgotten socks and pants a couple of times and have had to go comando all the way to the shops to buy some replacement ones. Luckily I work 10 mins walk from Oxford street so there are plenty of shops near by.
  • The Chingford Skinhead
    The Chingford Skinhead Posts: 718
    Always Tyred wrote:
    pigeon42 wrote:
    Am I the only one here who thinks it's wrong to wear new pants before you've washed them?!

    Commando is the way forward

    I don't think that they test them before packaging them, dude.

    Unless you but them second hand or marked "soiled" :shock: :D

    I haven't forgotten so far but have spares in locker just in case. I did strip off in the locker area on my first time before remembering that it is notionally uni-sex (I usually charge :D )
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  • dondare
    dondare Posts: 2,113
    GEPC wrote:
    I have forgotten socks and pants a couple of times and have had to go comando all the way to the shops to buy some replacement ones. Luckily I work 10 mins walk from Oxford street so there are plenty of shops near by.

    Who doesn't?
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  • Cunobelin
    Cunobelin Posts: 11,792
    AS I am liable to be called in or change sites at short notice I keep a spare set of clothes at each site... so even if I do forget I am covered.
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  • paulorg
    paulorg Posts: 168
    Having on many occasions forgotten either socks, pants or trousers I now keep spares of all the above in my 2nd locker. And of course being a lycra short wearer I keep a spare pair of socks in the front of them as well :oops: :wink: .

    Seriously though, commando and new trousers the next day.
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    ...up to you and say, you didn't want to buy one of them!!!

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