January 14, 2012
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Wearing Your Pajamas in Public
Having solved the high unemployment rate, huge deficits and homelessness, lawmakers have turned their attention to making it illegal to wear pajamas in public.
One lawmaker apparently saw a man’s private through his pajamas in public. So we might see a new law to make sure this never happens again. Here is the link: Link
Have you ever worn your pajamas in public?
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I wear them in public often.
yes
bahaha!
I saw a man at walmart wearing Kiss Pj’s. Hilarious. But, really, c’mon.
And, no, I haven’t.
Fuckin commies.
Define pajamas? I wear black loungy pants all the time out in public and i also sleep in them.
If it’s super late at night and I need to go to 7-11 real quick, I’ll wear them.
I have never worn pajamas out in public, not even to class when I was in college.
My brother once wore his Pittsburgh Penguin PJ’s during his drive home from my house.
No! To me it comes off as a lazy look in my opinion.
i mean, isn’t it already illegal to wear seethru clothes? its already public indecency…
I’m guessing that lawmaker has never visited a Texas beach. I’ve worn my pajamas (with a coat over them) to drive my daughter to school. Is my van considered “in public?”
Seeing someone’s junk in public is a completely different issue than wearing pajamas in public, that’s incredibly stupid.
It’s called “golf”. I do it all the time.
Back when I was getting out of my reclusive ways, I used to walk out of my house in my pajamas and see how far I can walk before I start feeling stupid.
I still do it if I’m getting something from the corner store.
Furthest I’ve made it was about a mile from my house.
Probably. I would say, yes. It undoubtedly happened during one of those stretches of time I can’t remember. I would like to add, leave it to lawmakers to tackle the most asinine of issues confronting our society.
“Having solved the high unemployment rate, huge deficits and homelessness, lawmakers have turned their attention to…”
*lol* Yeah, you’d think they’d do this first, right?! Such idiots we pay to run our country. And they are running it………into the ground!
Wow. As stupid as I think it is to go out in public in your pajamas (no, it is not cute or sexy or playful – it’s a lazy bum sort of look) – I think it’s equally as stupid to ban it.
If a man’s junk really was spotted through his pj’s and it was an accident – then give the idiot a heads up. He probably didn’t realize. It isn’t like jeans never have zipper malfunctions (and if the guy is goin’ commando – you might just see some junk).
Now if it’s obvious he had to know his junk was blowin’ in the wind – cite him for public indecency. Don’t ban pj’s altogether. That’s stupid.
Although if they do, there’d best be an age limit because I’m telling you now – it is SO much easier to take the kids out in their pj’s if you know you’re not getting home ’til after bedtime. So I’d say age 7 or 8 should be the lowest they go with that law. *lol*
How wasteful -.-
My pj’s are my undies and a tanktop, so, technically, yes, I have WORN them in public. People can usually only see part of them, though (or maybe none at all if it’s not summer).
NO WAY! LOL
are you kidding me!? i will crawl right out of bed and walk in to any store in my town, who gives a FUCK!?
Throughout high school, and then I got class. Pajamas in public are what I did on my hangover days… I went to the school caf at like 4:30 pm one day in my FOOTIE PJ’s. I got a couple hi-fives, mostly weird looks x]
seriously? wtf! I think we should be able to wander around naked. If someone rapes me it’s not my fault. Walking around in a bathing suit probably makes it worse, ’cause then men become curious about what’s underneathe and wanna rape me even more. Especially when my nipples are poking out. We should make clothes illegal too I guess, since we wanna be safe
It was so cold in California last month that I jokingly wore my feetie pajamas over my exercise gear to my kickboxing class. I was really warm. And I have worn my pajamas (including my feetie pajamas) to walk down my street to check my mail late at night when obviously pajamas are appropriate attire. It’s perfectly acceptable to get your mail in your robe, so why not checking your mail in your PJs when you live in a non-association housing community that has centralized mail boxes.
BTW, the need for people to continue to create new laws is absurd!! Sure, we may need to create new ones (like the dude who got away with secretly videotaping his neighbors in a bathroom because technically there was no law against it), but pajamas have been around forever so I don’t think we need new laws concerning them.
They never want me to go out in public again!? How dare they.
Can’t say that I have. As for the law thing, I mean, if the government has been responsible and solved the deficit, fixed the economy, solved the homeless and unemployment issues, and done so without killing us or robing us blind then I don’t see any harm in letting them pass such a law, provided that they adequately enforce all the ones already on the books and remove the ones that are out-dated and don’t need to be. …however, if they have not done these things and pass the law, I think a few people might be upset enough to pee on their corpses.
No, not even for charity events
Oh my HaShem, no, never, that’s an absurd thing only North Americans would do! I even keep my kids home from school on Pyjama Day, because it is compeletey unacceptable for me to have them walk around in sleepwear publicly. Luckily, Pyjama Day only happened that one year they went to the American school.
He wouldn’t have been complaining if it was some chick’s lady bits.
Legislation against pajamas can’t stop the decline and fall of Western Civilization.
But I haven’t even gotten the chance to wear my PJ’s in public!
Every morning when I drive my kiddos to school.
Well I wear tracksuit bottoms to bed, but I don’t like wearing them in public. There was one exception where I stayed a friends house and had to hurry to get back to my university for lectures so I didn’t bother changing. Usually I would change into jeans or something. But I see nothing really wrong with it, yeah it looks sloppy, but it’s their choice.
Dress codes are good. How about those that walk early in the morning into a grocery store wearing those night slippers that look like bunny rabbits ?
No, of course not! Who would do that??? lol
@hevcoh - Pyjama day? What a weird idea! lol
lol, really? that won’t pass. well hopefully. what if pajama-like pants get in fashion?
So… if a lawmaker were to… I don’t know, get hit by a kid riding a skateboard, he would add a law? What if I get hit by a kid riding a skateboard.
Even when I’m deathly ill and need to go to 7/11 and buy something I will put on a pair of jeans or leggings before I head out. Wearing pajamas out in public is the epitome of laziness and I am appalled when people wear them to class.
I’ve worn sweatpants or pajama bottoms on maybe one or two occasions and I have always felt slightly ashamed while doing it. I’d rather just pull on a pair of pants or something.Takes only 2 minutes.
Pajama style stuff yeah. I’m not out to impress- it’s been late night though so I don’t care. I make sure to keep it decent- why must we have all these ridiculous laws?
I do when I am sick or very tired.
I think this idea for a law is stupid and unnecessary.
First off we would be better of aloud to walk around naked. Its not a bad thing and a lot of people would feel better about their bodies. Also sexually really lies in hinting at nudity not at total nudity it self.
@nattata - There was something called spirit day when the kids went to school in all weird clothes. One day all red, next day pyjamas, then dressed as super heroes, having weird day etc.
@hevcoh - Ah.
This is quite interesting, and shows how different our cultures are compared to the east. In many large cities around China, there’s a growing trend of upper-class citizens wearing their PJs in public. Why? It’s their way of showing off and letting others know they don’t have to work because they’ve so much money.
And no, I’d never wear anything like that in public.
Before you make public pj wearing illegal, make wearing your pants around your knees illegal! Please!
Really, the pj’s in public is for people who are slobs and just don’t care.
haha, yeah. I have a 24+ hour journey to Australia on Monday, and you can get your ass I’ll be wearing pajamas, lol.
One night when I was 14, my sister, about a month away from getting married, came into my room at 2:30 in the morning, woke me up, and said, “Come on! Let’s go drive around!” So I got out of bed and we drove to Taco Bell and then to Kroger (the only 24-hour store in town at that point), where we walked around for about an hour and bought M&Ms. This is the only time I have ever worn pajamas in public.
I agree with @MyTwoCentss – it’s a lazy bum sort of look, particularly in the winter, when I see people shivering at the bus stop complaining about the wind going right through their pajamas–well, of course! They’re for your bed, you nitwit, not bus stops in January!
In the 1940s, people wouldn’t leave the house without a hat on, and my grandmother put on white gloves to go shopping! Now people slouch through the day in the same clothes they wear to bed. But none of this is the government’s business. America was founded on freedom–including the freedom to dress like a slob. If we start with anti-sloppy laws, how many more steps is it to a camera in your bathroom to make sure you’re flossing? Uh-uh. No thank you.
No. Not even when I was pregnant.
College class attendance would plummet.
Yes…I ran out to buy the newspaper a few times and really did not see the sense in putting on clothes because I was only going out for a few minutes. MOst people felt my pain and got a good laufgh for a few minutes.
LOL y’know, because he had never seen a penis before.
I can’t even recall if I have, aside from Pajama Day in high school. I have worn them when I had to drive people places but I didn’t leave the car, so I suppose that doesn’t count.
@rhubarb6 - “America was founded on freedom–including the
freedom to dress like a slob. If we start with anti-sloppy laws, how
many more steps is it to a camera in your bathroom to make sure you’re
flossing? Uh-uh. No thank you.”
I agree. If they want to go after a sloppy crowd, why not REALLY go after the guys who flash half of their underweared butt! *lol* Not the half a$$ laws they have in some places.
Anyway – they’d really have prison overcrowding on the flossing thing I bet! *lol*
I don’t wear my pajama pants in public, but I don’t think it should be illegal. Wouldn’t it have just been better to give the kid a ticket for indecent exposure?
I’ve never seen people wearing their jammies in public.
There should be laws against these laws. Pajamas are not even offensive, on the contrary they are very attractive. What a waste these law makers..
No way. I won’t even step outside onto my front porch to get the mail — let alone out in public somewhere. That’s insanity.
Yes, I wear my PJ Bottoms in public, usually at night after I’ve already gotten home from work or on a seriously lazy weekend.
I pair them with a sweatshirt or a regular top/ t-shirt and flip flops unless it’s raining, then I wear my rainboots.
Don’t really care what people think of me, it’s more clothing then a lot of my other clothes (example, v-neck shirts and tight jeans or even my work slacks)
noooooo. but just because i’m not comfortable with it lol. i prefer jeans or jeggings.
Some people have been unemployed for so long, pajamas is all they have left to wear.
I wear my p.j.s outside all of the time.
While I don’t think that being profoundly lazy in one’s way of dress is a moral issue or an issue that should be legislated on, I’m concerned it’s indicative of a troubled society that sophistication is considered so unimportant.
@FoliageDecay - sophistication
interesting word choice for this little debate.
Is the front yard and down the street public? I don’t think my neigbors would know me out of my pj’s
@DivaJyoti - I’ve actually been thinking about that word a lot lately.
It’s related to the Greek word “Sophia” which means wisdom.
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the rejection of signs of social class.
To be unsophisticated in the way one dresses in a sense might be to dress yourself in a way that is unwise.
Sometimes I wonder if the traditions associated with social class might serve a more important function in a society, than is being considered.
A simple example is how the traditional upper-class in many cultures is characterized as stoic and unemotional.
The older cultures survived so long for a reason, and they died away for reasons as well.
Currently in political debate people who get upset and cry are treated as important leaders.(E.G. Glenn Beck.)
I think they are rejecting the sophisticated way of conducting themselves.
But these thoughts are all doughy and pink in the middle.
@FoliageDecay - To be unsophisticated in the way one dresses in a sense might be to dress yourself in a way that is unwise.
Really? I just don’t see how wearing jeans and a t shirt which is what most people wear most of the time to do ordinary things like grocery shipping is particularly ‘sophisticated.’ “You look so sophisticated in your jeans and t-shirt” just doesn’t quite jive with my way of thinking. Maybe I’ll look it up. To me it’s just another way of saying “older”.
@FoliageDecay - yeah, beck and cry baby bhoner do not come across as remotely sophisticated, when actually it’s their actual job to do so. But they’re usually dressed in a suit and tie!
So it’s legal to buy a handgun without a permit in Louisiana, but it might soon be illegal to go out of the house with pj’s?!!! ha ha.
Back on point, I see a LOT of people wearing pjs in public. I think it’s a ridiculous trend, just like the oversized jeans than were floating down to those white kids’ junk level (no, wearing loose jeans will not make you a REAL gangsta). But, imo wearing pjs out is no worse than wearing sneakers instead of shoes unless you’re actually exercising.
wtf seriously? what’s next?? No hoodies in public? lol. This is ridiculous! Just because you saw one guys privates..I am sure this man/woman who saw that could have discreetly taken the guy aside & told him. I am sure the guy didn’t realize & would have been embarrassed & covered up properly right away. Even if he did it on purpose why try to pass a law banning EVERYONE from throwing on some comfy PJs to run to the store with? I totally have worn my PJs to the convenience store before! Hence the term:
convenience.
@DivaJyoti - Well I’m not basing it on the suggestion that jeans and a t-shirt are inherently sophisticated.
But to wear clothes that make it appear that you just rolled out of bed before going out in public suggests laziness.
Is it wise to project that image of yourself in public?
At certain points we do need to mind what image of ourselves we project to others.
I hate polo shirts, but I wear them to retail job interviews. It makes me look like a worker to begin with.
However, my more professional jobs, I wear dress shirts etc.
I would actually not wear a nice dress shirt to a retail interview because I’m afraid of activating an inferiority complex in my potential employer.
Yep. However, I’d had surgery and couldn’t put on pants.
i like wearing my pj’s when i go out. its just so comfy and i don’t have to change.
Jesus, do something useful you professional political pieces of shit.
Where I live in Southern California, everyone wears pajamas in public. My middle school banned pajamas since it became a trend, lol.
Well, sweat pants to the grocery store at midnight, but that’s about the extent.
I’ve done it once or twice. Think it’s idiotic to make a banning law geezus! There are more important things we should be focusing on making laws for.
NOT EVEN AT GUN POINT!
no!
When I was in middle school I thought it was really cool. I’d sneak off to school with pajamas under my jeans and then change out of my jeans as soon as I got there.
Now, I’d go somewhere dumb (like the grocery store to pick up one thing) in sweatpants, but not full-out pajama pants like that guy.
No, but I want to. Don’t we have indecency laws already anyway?
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