Jon's been boring the pants off Big Brother again, this time with a lengthy explanation of how the house air-conditioning works.

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But it's all so we can play in the big leagues with the other fancy pants of the Web.

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For many years parking meters held no fear for Cruzians because a clown, wearing rainbow-striped pants, a wig and a big red nose would drop coins, gratis, into meters about to expire.

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He gave it to me, and I went and knocked on his door, dressed like David Bowie -- big old high heel platform shoes, satin pants, probably had make-up on, with a Les Paul and a notebook pad with all kinds of lyrics in it.

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Rosen bet that he could build a business on unfussy, well-made pants and shirts with no auteur behind them, and he won big.

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Pleats were big in menswear until the mid-'50s, when flat-front pants arrived with that era's slim Continental look, and stayed in vogue, only ending when boxy looks took over in the '80s.

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Embarrassing moments such as asking for a bigger pants size and having a homeless man yell, "Hey, big guy!"

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