For men, if the cargo pockets are on utility pants then its ok


For women they're ok regardless.

10/20/2008 6:31:16 PM

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"Even cargo shorts are pretty much unacceptable these days"

how can people go out nowadays and carry their (hypothetically) wallet, keys, phone, cigarettes, lighter, chapstick, ipod, and whatever else in regular pants/slacks/shorts?

10/20/2008 6:33:11 PM

wallet - back right pocket
keys - front right
phone - back left
cigarettes - dont smoke
lighter - dont need it
chapstick - ok LL Cool J, you can go a few hours without it... apply it at home before you go and when you get back, or leave some in the car
ipod - dont just randomly carry this around with me


see, no problem... even leaves the front left for change, gum, etc.

[Edited on October 20, 2008 at 6:36 PM. Reason : d]

10/20/2008 6:36:08 PM

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"how can people go out nowadays and carry their (hypothetically) wallet, keys, phone, cigarettes, lighter, chapstick, ipod, and whatever else in regular pants/slacks/shorts?"

Manbag

10/20/2008 6:37:41 PM

i try not to carry very much, i hate feeling encumbered by what's in my pockets
bare minimum is keys, phone, cards (debit, credit, driver's license, etc) and chapstick

10/20/2008 6:41:04 PM

SUP FANNY PACK

10/20/2008 6:43:53 PM

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"chapstick"

~

10/20/2008 6:44:18 PM

it's not gay

chapstick is sex for my lips

10/20/2008 6:46:09 PM

someone Cue HUR on his "Jort" diatribe

10/20/2008 6:48:32 PM

Wow, now you people are discussing how fashionable cargo pants are.

10/20/2008 6:49:19 PM

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"how can people go out nowadays and carry their (hypothetically) wallet, keys, phone, cigarettes, lighter, chapstick, ipod, and whatever else in regular pants/slacks/shorts?"

I carry tons of shit in my jeans/pants pockets...haven't worn big cargo shorts in years (I do have a pair of shorter Columbia cargo shorts that I wear every now and then).

Wallet in back left pocket.
Ipod and/or Blackberry in back left pocket.
Keys in front right pocket.
Mints, chapstick, everything else in front left pocket.

It can be done. I don't normally feel like my pockets are too full...but sometimes I do. And when they are, its usually because I'm carrying too much shit around. But I'm not going to look like a high school Abercrombie and Fitch add just so I have "room" to carry a bunch of shit around.

10/20/2008 6:49:59 PM

Abercrombie and Fitch

pshhh

I only wear REI and Eddie Bauer

10/20/2008 6:53:11 PM

Cargo pants/shorts for hiking/camping/etc....ok

normal everyday wear... NO

for work... are you a park ranger or in the military? WTF MATE

10/20/2008 6:54:18 PM

cell phone/pen -- left pocket
keys/change -- right pocket
wallet -- rear right pocket

10/20/2008 6:55:58 PM

10/20/2008 6:56:43 PM

phone/keys - front left
wallet - back right
ipod (if i have it) - back left

done.

10/20/2008 6:56:57 PM

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"for work... are you a park ranger or in the military? WTF MATE"

Uh, I'm a forest ranger under NC GS 113-55, but my regular job is a forester.
I guess that's close enough to a park ranger.

10/20/2008 6:59:59 PM

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"only you can prevent forest fires"

10/20/2008 7:02:12 PM

hah, fair enough

10/20/2008 7:03:15 PM

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"Ipod and/or Blackberry in back left pocket."

whoa whoa whoa

that's like having your mom put a license plate in your underwear- how do you sit?

10/22/2008 12:41:24 PM

This is why I love summer, cargo shorts let me carry all my stuff comfortably. I dislike sitting on my wallet, because it's thick and uncomfortable to sit on, and I don't want to sit on my phone or MP3 player, so I keep all those things in my front pockets.


With cargo shorts I can carry my wallet, phone, keys, zune, digital camera, and DS lite at the same time.

[Edited on October 22, 2008 at 12:53 PM. Reason : ]

10/22/2008 12:52:45 PM

cargo shorts... meh, ok... i still have a few pairs


i've never been much for cargo pants though... i just think they look stupid

10/22/2008 1:12:27 PM

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"that's like having your mom put a license plate in your underwear- how do you sit?"

I usually take most of the stuff out of my pockets when I sit. It's not out of necessity...just out of habit I think.

10/22/2008 1:12:32 PM

i hate trying to remember to take out or put back in...which is why i'd just as soon keep it all in there to begin with

10/22/2008 1:13:47 PM

i usually take my wallet out of my back pocket when i sit down and my iphone out so i can charge it

that's about it though

when i get home i just dump everything into the little tray thing i have by the door

10/22/2008 1:15:45 PM

What kind of shorts are acceptable if cargo shorts or not

10/22/2008 1:18:10 PM

i've got no problem with cargo shorts, but when it gets cold, it's jeans all the way

10/22/2008 1:19:24 PM

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"if you are cooking out in the back yard...cool. if you are trying to impress ladies at a nice bar or restaurant...not cool."

Yeah, I'm not impressed by cargo pants. Wear something else and show the ladies you know how to dress.

10/22/2008 1:19:47 PM

http://www.ralphlauren.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3169011&cp=1760781.1903929&ab=ln_men_cs1_shorts&parentPage=family

10/22/2008 1:20:08 PM

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"Since when did cargo pants become not ok? I rock out some cargo pants like all the time."

10/22/2008 1:20:21 PM

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"how fashionably unacceptable are cargo PANTS?"

if you care about being fashionably acceptable, then don't buy 'em. They're in the same category as jean shorts.

If you want to wear cargo pants, don't worry about it. just do it and stop worrying what other people think.
Do you really care if *I* think you look like you're in the wrong decade?

10/22/2008 1:20:37 PM

^^Different for girls.

10/22/2008 1:23:11 PM

and black people

10/22/2008 1:23:49 PM

^^im still wondering why its "out" for guys.

i think they're cute personally.

but then again i'm also not a "fashion diva" or whatever it is.

10/22/2008 1:26:11 PM

Gotta be honest this thread is pretty shocking for me. When I'm just going out casually, I usually wear one of two things: jeans or cargo pants.

10/22/2008 1:27:13 PM

^and i think that's perfectly fine


and as far as "impressing girls"
seriously?

i couldn't tell you what cody was wearing the first time we met.
but i do remember what he said.

10/22/2008 1:28:31 PM

jeans are perfectly acceptable

jean shorts, however, are not. ever.

10/22/2008 1:28:31 PM

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"full of access cards"

where do you work that you don't have one card with different permissions?

very strange.

also, there is nothing wrong with cargo pants at work, as long as they aren't the baggy pocket kind. of course, i wear jorts and a mullet some days, so take that as you will.

10/22/2008 1:29:31 PM

Agreed on the jean shorts.

This cargo pants thing though damn. Totally from left field. Did not see it coming.

10/22/2008 1:30:06 PM

^^inorite, i have one badge (i think it's rfid) that gets me in to whatever i need at work.

10/22/2008 1:30:20 PM

my wife wants me to get cargo-pocketless shorts and sperrys

the problem is, i don't own a boat yet

10/22/2008 1:31:41 PM

^owning a boat is not a requirement, although it does help

10/22/2008 1:32:13 PM

i feel like you have to at least be a part of something if you're gonna wear the uniform

like if i had a fire helmet, i'd expect to be a fireman

or if wore a motorcycle jacket, i'd expect to own a motorcycle

this is just me though

10/22/2008 1:34:29 PM

making the thread doesn't mean i CARE what OTHERS think

rather, the very fact that i don't care means i'm not up on what's "acceptable" and what isn't...i'm not trying to impress anyone, but if absolutely everyone in this thread compared them to hammer pants or something, i'd avoid them (though i must say, hammer pants are really comfortable)

but since there's debate, i'm cool with wearing them...i'll certainly be more comfortable and it's good to know that not everyone will look at me funny (at the very least)

10/22/2008 1:42:51 PM

Rock the cargo pants...just not denim cargo pants

10/22/2008 1:45:29 PM

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"(though i must say, hammer pants are really comfortable)"

napoleon dynamite

10/22/2008 1:47:34 PM

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"i hate trying to remember to take out or put back in...which is why i'd just as soon keep it all in there to begin with"

Taken out of context, this quote can have another meaning entirely.

10/22/2008 2:33:08 PM

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"Wallet in back left pocket. Ipod and/or Blackberry in back left pocket. wallet - back right pocket keys - front right phone - back left"

How the fuck do you sit down? Some of you people baffle me.

[Edited on October 22, 2008 at 2:37 PM. Reason : ?]

10/22/2008 2:36:44 PM

i HATE having things in my pockets.

my key ring is fobless, and only carry 2 keys.

the only wallet i carry is actually a card case that fits the 4 cards i need (see pic below)

dl, cc, work cc, dc (insurance card in the top)

front pocket only.

fuck carrying cash

fuck cargo pants, you loook like a tool.

if you have enough shit to need cargo pockets man up and start carrying a man purse.



[Edited on October 22, 2008 at 2:42 PM. Reason : e]

10/22/2008 2:42:29 PM

lol

10/22/2008 2:45:18 PM