email doubletake

[marcicat]

About 90% of the email that comes to my personal account is advertisements from mailing lists I’ve been too lazy to unsubscribe from. Every once in a while, I will be tempted by free shipping and sales to click through. In an attempt to make their emails stand out, companies seem to be going the extra mile to make their subject lines seem intriguing and fantastic.

Then there’s this.

“7 WAYS TO WEAR YOUR NEW FAVORITE PANTS”

It’s from Land’s End, so I’m pretty sure they really mean ‘please buy some new pants’ as opposed to some sort of Jack Harkness-esque innuendo. But really? Seven ways to wear pants?

It gets better. The promo code to take advantage of this deal is COOLER. Because, you know, people who know seven ways to wear their pants are pretty cool. Maybe even literally cool, depending on how creative they get.

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Comments

[intenselaura]

This cracked me up. Especially "Jack Harkness-esque innuendo". :)

[marcicat]

For Jack, I think pants always have a humorous aspect!

[purplestripe66]

1. Traditionally
2. Backwards
3. As a really bad jacket - Actually, if you use nice dress pants, this actually looks pretty cool. The pant legs look like wide sleeves.
4. Wrapped around your head like a turban
5. With the legs tied around your waist
6. Draped over your shoulders like you can do with a sweater instead of tying it around your waist
7. As a sash

And yes, I did experiment to come up with seven ways. Of course, you could also roll them up and wear them as shorts or capris, but that didn't occur to me because I have to be more unique and creative that way.

[marcicat]

I am super impressed that you came up with seven ways! Many of these seem like bold social statements as well -- I commend you and send many LOLs your way!

[purplestripe66]

Thank you! :D I couln't help myself. It was like a challenge! Though those last couple were a challenge, I'm not gonna lie.