Pull Up Your Pants, Virginia

By Rachael Anne -
Ok, let's try and get this story straight. One guy's constituents complained about kids sagging their pants so that their boxers showed, and he decided to try and pass a bill authorizing a $50 fine if your underwear are showing. How will this fine be passed out? Will police officers stand outside every junior high and high school in Virginia, passing out fines to every male that enters? They may as well, cuz just about every young guy sags his pants. That's the way they're worn in these end times.

What really amuses me about this story is that boxers are probably the least offensive undergarments possible. They're not form-fitting, they cover lots of area, and they're generally opaque.

What I hope happens is that the fuddy-duddy old women who wrote their delegate get fined because their slips are showing.

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