Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Leather Pants

I have never bought anything on ebay and have rarely visited the site. However there’s an ebay auction that is taking place right now that warrants your attention. Someone is selling a pair of men’s leather pants and last I checked there were 22 bids on them. The seller posted a picture of the pants and they look like they’re in good condition but I think it’s the product description that has compelled people to bid. It reads as follows:


You are bidding on a mistake.
We all make mistakes. We date the wrong people for too long. We chew gum with our mouths open. We say inappropriate things in front of grandma.
And we buy leather pants.
I can explain these pants and why they are in my possession. I bought them many, many years ago under the spell of a woman whom I believed to have taste. She suggested I try them on. I did. She said they looked good. I wanted to have a relationship of sorts with her. I’m stupid and prone to impulsive decisions. I bought the pants.
The relationship, probably for better, never materialized. The girl, whose name I can’t even recall, is a distant memory. I think she was short.
Ultimately the pants were placed in the closet where they have remained, unworn, for nearly a decade. I would like to emphasize that: Aside from trying these pants on, they have never, ever been worn. In public or private.
I have not worn these leather pants for the following reasons:
I am not a member of Queen.
I do not like motorcycles.
I am not Rod Stewart.
I am not French.
I do not cruise for transvestites in an expensive sports car.
These were not cheap leather pants. They are Donna Karan leather pants. They’re for men. Brave men, I would think. Perhaps tattooed, pierced men. In fact, I’ll go so far as to say you either have to be very tough, very gay, or very famous to wear these pants and get away with it.
Again, they’re men’s pants, but they’d probably look great on the right lady. Ladies can get away with leather pants much more often than men can. It’s a sad fact that men who own leather pants will have to come to terms with.
They are size 34x34. I am no longer size 34x34, so even were I to suddenly decide I was a famous gay biker I would not be able to wear these pants. These pants are destined for someone else. For reasons unknown - perhaps to keep my options open, in case I wanted to become a pirate - I have shuffled these unworn pants from house to house, closet to closet. Alas, it is now time to part ways so that I may use the extra room for any rhinestone-studded jeans I may purchase in the future.
These pants are in excellent condition. They were never taken on pirate expeditions. They weren’t worn onstage. They didn’t straddle a Harley, or a guy named Harley. They just hung there, sad and ignored, for a few presidencies.
Someone, somewhere, will look great in these pants. I’m hoping that someone is you, or that you can be suckered into buying them by a girl you’re trying to bed.
Please buy these leather pants.


I gotta tell ya, after that little essay I was tempted to bid on the pants just as a way of thanking him for the laugh.

Kyra Davis
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6 comments:

Meike said...

*giggles* Me, too!!

Amra Pajalic said...

I have got to start checking out ebay. If nothing else it's great for entertainment value.

Priscilla said...

Kyra,
Ha, that was funny! But that guy has a point...you really don't see "normal" guys wearing leather pants. Hey, I wrote about leather pants on my blog too....although it was about how hot Chayanne and Alejandro Fernandez looked in them at their concert last August. Yeah, I went and they were fabulous!

kyradavis said...

See rock stars can get away with them!

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