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MarkSummers
10-30-2005, 12:56 PM
I wasn't aware that there was anything wrong with it. A few weeks ago I was looking for a fall jacket that didn't look too flashy and could be worn to class or the bar or whatever. I got a brown corduroy jacket from the Gap and I thought it looked reasonably good on me.

However when I showed my roomates, they made fun of me for buying a corduroy jacket. They didn't really tell me what was wrong with it except it made me look like a homeless person and corduroy was just plain "whack"

Anyway, does anyone know what's wrong with corduroy? I know people might say I'm weak for caring what other people think but I do and most people that say they don't are full of crap. Thanks OOT.
MrWookie47
10-30-2005, 01:01 PM
5 stars? WTF? Are people just going to start giving their own threads 5 stars at birth to get more attention? [censored].


(Yes, I typed that last [censored] by hand).
Lazymeatball
10-30-2005, 01:03 PM
I don't wear courduroy, but I've never heard of it being exceptionally unfashionable. When I was in highschool it was pretty popular with the alternative rock/punk crowd, especially the super wide courduroy. havn't paid much attention to it since. I would think a courduroy jacket would look pretty good in the college level english professor look, but not as much in the business world.
jakethebake
10-30-2005, 01:05 PM
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corduroy was just plain "whack"

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Is this good or bad? Sick is still good right?
MarkSummers
10-30-2005, 01:13 PM
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corduroy was just plain "whack"

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Is this good or bad? Sick is still good right?

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From what I know, whack is bad. Sick can be good but sometimes it can be hard to tell from the context.
10-30-2005, 01:20 PM
hilarious. i got verbally assualted by a "metro" brit for wearing corduroy pants today. "are those corduroy trousers? i haven't seen those in years. legendary." i happen to be a fan of the cord. comfortable etc...
10-30-2005, 01:21 PM
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Los Feliz Slim
10-30-2005, 02:09 PM
Did you hear about the new corduroy pillows?

They're making headlines!
MarkSummers
10-30-2005, 02:27 PM
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Did you hear about the new corduroy pillows?

They're making headlines!

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This may have been posted a while back but.

What is helen keller's favorite color?

Corduroy
jakethebake
10-30-2005, 02:29 PM
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This may have been posted a while back but.

What is helen keller's favorite color?

Corduroy

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I don't know if it was posted before or not, but I first heard it about 25 years ago. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif
diebitter
10-30-2005, 02:39 PM
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This may have been posted a while back but.

What is helen keller's favorite color?

Corduroy

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I don't know if it was posted before or not, but I first heard it about 25 years ago. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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Jake, you above all should know the old ones are the best ones.
Brain
10-30-2005, 02:39 PM
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This may have been posted a while back but.

What is helen keller's favorite color?

Corduroy

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I don't know if it was posted before or not, but I first heard it about 25 years ago. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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corduroy was just plain "whack"

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Is this good or bad? Sick is still good right?

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If you have to ask, you're too old. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif
10-30-2005, 02:42 PM
What do you get with a corduroy condom?

A groovy kind of love! Yes, I'll seriously consider killing myself now.
jakethebake
10-30-2005, 02:43 PM
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I don't know if it was posted before or not, but I first heard it about 25 years ago. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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Jake, you above all should know the old ones are the best ones.

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There are not nearly enough hot young chicas that believe this. /images/graemlins/grin.gif
Blarg
10-30-2005, 04:46 PM
It's usually very comfy, but it has it's downsides, one of which is funny. You can always hear a guy in corduroys approaching, because the sides of your pants legs when wearing them make a weird noise when they rub together as you walk. I'd guess hearing that noise would make a woman self-conscious about fat legs, too.

Also, it stains and gets its finish damaged from normal use really easily. Then the pile of it goes down - the way the fabric normally stucks up -- in that certain stained or damaged spot, and it looks like when you have some big drag spot across a plush rug. Just off, like you should really be throwing it away. Like you're a bum.

If you can get by the squeaking whenever you walk, and how easy it is to destroy the look, then it does have a retro 70's appeal, if you're into that. And it is comfy. But I've owned plenty and wouldn't buy any more. I don't like getting one little thing on a shirt or a coat and having it look damaged from then on out.