$500 fine if your pants hang low…
Written by OddCulture on June 14th, 2007 in Trainwrecks, culture, fashion, travel.
Straight Outta Delcambre
It seems a mayor of a Louisiana town has picked up the torch from Orlando senator Gary Siplin. Remember the droopy drawers debacle? Well it’s back.
And this time it’s personal.
The Cajun town of Delcambre, Louisiana is banning low-hanging pants. Mayor Carol Broussard said he would sign an ordinance the town council approved this week setting penalties of up to six months in jail and a $500 fine for being caught in pants that show undergarments or certain parts of the body. “It’s gotten way out of hand out here,” he said.
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Albert Roy, the councilman who introduced the ordinance, said he thought the fine was a little steep and should be more in the $25 range, but he still favored the measure. “I don’t know if it will do any good, but it won’t hurt,” Roy said. “It’s obvious, and anybody with common sense can see your parts when you wear sagging pants.”
Broussard’s advice for people who like their pants to hang low: “Just wear it properly. Cover your vital parts. I mean, if you expose your private parts, you’ll get a fine. If you walk up and your pants drop, you get a fine. They’re better off taking the pants off and just wearing a dress.”
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