Stupid Fads Must Die

Or laws must be passed to put an end to stupid fads.

There are reasons that fads come and go. Once everyone starts doing something, it is no longer a novelty. It begins to become annoying.

Lets take a look at a few stupid fads that I was happy to see go away.

Sally Jesse glasses were all the rage for about 5 years. But once the weight of the lenses started bruising noses, people switched to wire frame glasses. And eyewear has continued to shrink over the past decade. I have a hunch this look may be coming back.

Ahh, the Mullet. Business in the front, but a party in the rear. I finally cut my mullet off yesterday.

Big 80’s hair. There is just something sexy to me about using a whole can of aqua net to tease hair into a spiky globe one yard in diameter.

The High Top Fade. Once this hairstyle bombed, so did the careers of Kid ‘N Play.

Parachute Pants. Just in case you were ever trapped in the woods outside of suburbia and needed to fashion yourself a tent, you could do it with these britches.

The Yugo. I have a feeling that this vehicle was the actual cause of the Bosnian/Serbian war. These cars were everywhere in 1984. Then the conflict started in Yugoslavia and carparts were impossible to find.

Finally, there is one stupid fad that must die. Inexplicably, this fad has outlived most other fads, and it persists in defiance of reason and logic-

The baggy pants that shows your underwear. Those of you that still wear this getup are total choads. Whenever I see one of you idiots at the mall, I make it a point to tell you to pull your pants up.

Now a Louisiana town has outlawed this eyesore. From the AP here:

DELCAMBRE, La. – Sag your britches somewhere else, this Cajun-country town has decided.

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.

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.

And those of you wearing Crocs- I will see you on VH-1 in 2011 for “I Love the Aughts.” I expect those rubber shoes to go the same way as Jellies, fanny packs, and the Merlin game.