the beer is crucial, actually, because the hand holding the beer will get colder as the hand in your pants warms up, bringing you to a natural switching ppoint
― the call of the taint (HI DERE), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
But that's the thing. No one ever alternates.
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:03 (fifteen years ago) link
i disagree but this is the point where we need lab research
― i'm grand like auto theft 3 (Jordan), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I do this all the time but I'm not sure that I didn't pick it up from emulating Al Bundy. I kinda hope that's the only thing I picked up from that show.
Yeah, I don't alternate.
― Euler, Monday, 23 March 2009 19:05 (fifteen years ago) link
i never do this, never even think about the possibility of doing it, so i'm waiting for the findings of this thread with "bated" breath.
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I wonder if truly ambidextrous men alternate. Exhibit A is using his right hand, which I imagine is his dominant hand. Do left-handed men use their left hands?
― unexpected item in bagging area (sarahel), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Uh I just found some Married With Children fan-fiction:
http://www.bundyology.com/fs1.htmlhttp://www.bundyology.com/fs2.html
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:09 (fifteen years ago) link
really though, why dudes? not a single good reason so far. it's weird and gross.
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I was going to mention the ambidextrous thing too. I hear the point about drinking beer leading to a cold hand and then a switching of the hand that goes down the pants, but when I think about it, I always drink with my right hand. Drinking with my left hand just doesn't happen.
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Come to think of it, I routinely keep one hand (alternating subconsciously) in some socially acceptable warmer place, like resting on my knee or thigh (or kind of under my knee toward the edge of a chair cushion, which is less awkward than it sounds when described).
― nabisco, Monday, 23 March 2009 19:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Do left-handed men use their left hands?
speaking as a left-handed man, i think this might very well be true.
― i'm grand like auto theft 3 (Jordan), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:12 (fifteen years ago) link
If you are looking for a reason to put your hands down your pants when lounging around, you are doing it wrong.
xp: I often stick a hand underneath one of my legs to keep it warm.
― the call of the taint (HI DERE), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:13 (fifteen years ago) link
i put my hands under my legs/ass when i'm sitting all the time. maybe this is a top / bottom divide.
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:14 (fifteen years ago) link
haha whew, Dan, I was worried I was going to be found weird for doing that
― nabisco, Monday, 23 March 2009 19:15 (fifteen years ago) link
oddest thing I probably do is, when stretching, putting a hand down the collar of my shirt behind my head (I mention it because I subconsciously just did it now)
xp: I was going to recopy yr post and substitute "between the asscheeks" in it for lols but (for once!) figured I might as well not go there
― the call of the taint (HI DERE), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:16 (fifteen years ago) link
I think it's weird that someone would put their hand in such a position that I'd think would be painful/cause hand to fall asleep.
― unexpected item in bagging area (sarahel), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
that is under the legs while seated.
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Monday, March 23, 2009 2:10 PM (6 minutes ago) Bookmark
besides dan otm, i've been doing this since i was a teenager, dunno why it started. just figured it was a dude thing
― Hoos Passansteeno (J0rdan S.), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i'm realizing that me putting hands under my legs is just as irrational so w/e
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
to challenge the middle-aged gut pressure-relief hypothesis: I think the gut pressure-relief is more easily accomplished by unbuttoning or unzipping the pants to the point where the gut can comfortably emerge.
― unexpected item in bagging area (sarahel), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:23 (fifteen years ago) link
ew
― I think no pants is sexy. (Matt P), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
clearly it is much more socially acceptable to unzip your pants in public than it is to put a hand in your pants
― the call of the taint (HI DERE), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:24 (fifteen years ago) link
The implausible option:http://i44.tinypic.com/2j0fe6q.jpg
― I f'd up the word rear (Z S), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Thanks to Z S's photoshop skills, my workload has been cut by 90%!
― WmC, Monday, 23 March 2009 19:26 (fifteen years ago) link
xp Hi Dere: when lounging around. That is, sitting at home in front of the television set then eventually falling asleep. My dad does this.
― unexpected item in bagging area (sarahel), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:27 (fifteen years ago) link
ew Dad!
― the call of the taint (HI DERE), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:28 (fifteen years ago) link
I just think it feels relaxing. I don't have a better reason for it than that, and certainly don't do it when people are around.
― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:29 (fifteen years ago) link
the untucked shirt covers anything untoward. I'd be more "ew" if he sat around with his hand down his pants.
― unexpected item in bagging area (sarahel), Monday, 23 March 2009 19:30 (fifteen years ago) link