The “inspired” choice of linen trousers proved to be my undoing
Just as I was entering the Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia , I caught my right pant leg on the corner of a door.
Gawd knows just how
But it ripped up the seam some seven inches or so as deftly as if someone had taken a knife to it
And so there I was, in one of the most prestigious museums in the world with a pant leg flapping around like a sailors bellbottom.
I continued my tour of the museum looking like a twat
You may have started a new fashion trend.
ReplyDeleteI doubt that
DeleteOops. Well, some fashionistas do wear jeans with huge rips in them... and pay a fortune for them too.
ReplyDeleteIndeed - all John has done there is increased the resale value of his trousers (which he calls pants for a US audience, perhaps? I now wonder what he calls his actual pants - knickers perhaps? bollocks bags?)
DeleteKnackersakki
DeleteThe post made me laugh (sorry John...) but this exchange made me laugh even harder.
DeleteMe too!
DeleteFeel free to call liz
DeleteMost people are only concerned with their own clothes, probably nobody noticed your flapping pants. Maybe nice jeans would be safer in future. Gigi
ReplyDeleteI need an elasticated waist
DeleteYou probably mean an elasticated waistband? Your waist itself is probably already sufficiently elastically bouncy (sorry, more pedantry from me).
DeleteLol if only it would retract rather than just expand
DeleteOh, dear! If the rip IS the seam, or very close to it, it can be repaired quite easily. If I lived close enough I'd pop round with my sewing machine. Still doesn't prevent you looking like something the cat dragged in, though! xx
ReplyDeleteI was flapping like a one winged hen
DeleteGood job you didn't get arrested for indecent exposure.
ReplyDeleteIfnonly
DeleteI hope you ripped the other leg to match, so people would simply think you're "artsy."
ReplyDeleteHumm lol
DeleteIt's strange how we stew over things, I bet few people noticed and even if they did, probably never thought anything.
ReplyDeleteOf course you are right
Delete"with a pant leg flapping around like a sailors bellbottom". Ha Ha !!!!! - Jackie
ReplyDeleteYou could hear the flap
DeleteSince I understand you don't mind self-derision, here's my reaction “Oh Pistache 🤣!”
DeleteI’m sure someone will explain the last insult, I didn’t
DeleteUnderstand it
DeleteI googled Pistache and the only thing that came up but still made no sense is Pistachio. But "nuts" does... does anyone say "oh nuts" when something goes wrong???
DeleteTrying to be clever and failing jo
DeleteAbba John! I was more worried about wrinkles. THAT is the pits.
ReplyDeleteNo wrinkles on a balloon
DeleteWhat is it with you and Alan and pants!! We went hospital visiting, there were no spare chairs so Alan sat on the floor in Mum's room ... revealing that he had inadvertently put on his old jeans with the hole in the crotch. Great for cutting the grass while we were in Llandudno, not so great for visiting and eating out.
ReplyDeleteHe’s my kinda man
DeleteI once wore two unmatched shoes to work, one blue , one black with slightly different heal heights and different styles. No one noticed all day and believe me, if my colleagues had noticed, they would have been unmerciful in their comments. It would have been too good an opportunity to miss, to make fun of it.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed that story , though it’s hard to believe , women notice shoes, I know
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DeleteI was working in a hospital at the time and had unfashionably wide (baggy) trousers as part of the uniform, and that day was hectic. We all wore "sensible" shoes at that time and were later allowed to wear trainers.
DeleteJust to add, a colleague saw me out of work in normal trousers and blurted out " I didn't know you were so slim" then went bright red
10:08 am
Sorry for you but that literally made me LOL.
ReplyDeleteSame here! CatherinefromFrance
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DeleteI somehow missed your whole trip. I'm so glad that concert was everything you hoped it would be. As for a ripped trouser leg, could have been worse, you could have ripped the bum:)
ReplyDeleteI’ve banged on enough about it
Delete"A safety pin! A safety pin! My kingdom for a safety pin!"
ReplyDeleteSellotape would have worked
DeleteEveryone was probably looking at the lovely art and didn't even notice your torn pants, John. :)
ReplyDeleteI have it on good authority that they were looking at his fine bum, Ellen.
DeleteIndeed….I did win best bum of Prestatyn high school 6 th form …..45 years ago
DeleteHere in California they pay good money to have whole areas of their pants cut out to expose knees, hips, So your rip was likely looked at as a fashion choice.
ReplyDeleteHow about a fat ankle?
DeleteI'm sure as I've seen the ankle area shredded or ripped as well. Peek-a-boo buttocks too.
DeleteThis would only happen to you!--The good news , no one noticed probably, or cared if they did. And it wasn't the butt seam that ripped.
ReplyDeleteOf course you are right, I was amused because I felt so chic when I first put them on
DeleteHubris
I love that you felt chic--and I'm sure you were/ are---in your own way of course.
DeleteLol in my own way
DeleteNever a truer word
I doubt anyone noticed but, as Roseanne Roseannadanna's father used to say, "It's always something!"
ReplyDeleteCan you mend the pants yourself?
Now in the picture of ABBA, the guitarist's pants are just tragic.
Hugs!
LOL made me go back and pay attention. All the outfits are "tragic" (LOL again) except the pianist's.
DeleteAs we say in our family, "Oh dear, we can dress you up, but we can't take you out in public".
ReplyDeleteIt was a saying my mother wasn’t unfamiliar with
DeleteOthers may glance and just think - " oh how eccentric " x 👖👞
ReplyDeletethe correct word is scruffy
DeleteI’ve always been scruffy anon, and I’m not changing now
DeleteScruffy is good! At least it's honest and upfront... unlike the various Anonymous characters that show their lack of!
DeleteJo in Auckland - someone else who can't stop themselves from replying to anonymous comments.
DeleteIt could be the next new trend! You've got to laugh.
ReplyDeleteI did
Deletenow i have you beat..stripped off couch cover covered with dog hair , took it to laundromat..washed it still dog hair, saw a young man and his mother ..thought i look better than them, flung the couch cover towards the dryer, big fan going blew dog hair onto their wet laundry...i was humbled and they were very nice about it...lesson learned.
ReplyDeleteOh no,
DeleteSpeaking of dogs trendy carol bathed the Welsh when I was away…..message received and lesson learned
All told, I good memory you'll have though. But I know linen anything isn't cheap.
ReplyDeleteBought on line , holiday wear
DeleteLaughing at yourself, as long as it is genuine as in this case, is an attractive trait.
DeleteI sense you do laugh at yourself easily but I think occasionally you may use it as a safety net go to .
We Americans hate to laugh at ourselves btw
Lee
Of course I do Lee….get in yourself before anyone else does
DeleteSmiling quietly to myself
DeleteLee
I thought you were travelling on your birthday ?
ReplyDeleteHave you celebrated it already ?
Keith
Xx
My birthday is on Saturday Keith xx
DeleteWhat are your plans x
DeleteKeith
Xx
I’m meeting Eleanor for supper on Thursday , and my friend colin on Friday …on Saturday I’m meeting up with all of my family and Sunday me and friend Ruth are going to the cinema and then a Japanese meal
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ReplyDeleteClothing mishaps can happen to anyone,I'm glad you didn't let yours stop you from enjoying the tour
ReplyDelete-Mary
Sorry this is off topic but just read that "Spirited Away" is getting rave reviews. It's a Ghibli theatre production at Coliseum in London. Maybe worth checking out when you are in London next.
ReplyDeleteLinen pants are always a good choice.
Will check it out Margo x
DeleteWell poo! It happens.
ReplyDeleteDon't blame the Linen, blame the door.
ReplyDeleteAh, that was pants!!
ReplyDeleteAt least linen is eminently mendable...I hope you enjoyed going round the museum, flapping trouser leg or not
Once found a blouse hanging in my closet. Couldn’t remember where it came from. Wore it to work anyway but realized about half way through the day it was a pajama top my daughter had hung on a hanger in error! Coworker thought it was hilarious! Kathy near Chicago
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