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[JorgeFabregas]

...Eat most of a pineapple in a single pineapple-eating session.99 cents.

[pmcd9]

Fat people never die?

No, they just have one suit and they bury them in it.

[Doc]

I got a tailored wool suit in Vietnam for 120 bucks american. If I had more scratch (and more faith that it's not going to fall apart in a strong breeze) I would have bought four or five more and just worn suits from here on out.

[AugustWest]

The reason I ask is that I have two suits that no longer fit me.  They're almost brand new, but I'm not sure they can be altered to fit me -- I've lost 4 inches off my waist and I don't know how far ##### can be taken in.  So if they'd fit one of my imaginary internet friends ...

This has come up because I cleaned out my closet over the weekend.  I'm getting rid of a huge mound of clothes that are either old, ugly or too big for me now.  I feel surprisingly refreshed by this process, and it's really nice to see the floor and back wall of my closet.

[Choop]

you're a couple months early for spring cleaning, but congrats on the weight loss! i'm trying too

[TedStriker]

The reason I ask is that I have two suits that no longer fit me.  They're almost brand new, but I'm not sure they can be altered to fit me -- I've lost 4 inches off my waist and I don't know how far ##### can be taken in.  So if they'd fit one of my imaginary internet friends ...

A good tailor can take 4 inches out of the waist, but they'll likely have to make other alterations elsewhere, too: the seat, rise, and legs will all need to be altered as well.  In the long run, it's probably a better investment to just buy some new #####.  Unless they're your Lucky ##### and $70 of alterations seems like the right thing to do, of course.

[Arachno-capitalist]

A good tailor can take 4 inches out of the waist, but they'll likely have to make other alterations elsewhere, too: the seat, rise, and legs will all need to be altered as well.  In the long run, it's probably a better investment to just buy some new #####.  Unless they're your Lucky ##### and $70 of alterations seems like the right thing to do, of course.

I have a pair of lucky #####. I have an identical double for my lucky ##### as backup in case something happens to the original.

I got a tailored wool suit in Vietnam for 120 bucks american. If I had more scratch (and more faith that it's not going to fall apart in a strong breeze) I would have bought four or five more and just worn suits from here on out.

There was an article in GQ where the author went to asia for custom hand made suits and discovered it was cheaper to fly there, have the suit made, and fly back to the US than buy a tailored suit in the US.

[jay-ell]

I don't have lucky #####, but I have lucky socks. I wore them to every college exam I ever took. They're getting kind of thin, so I save them for really special occasions now -- the births of both my children as well as my MA thesis defense. I even wore them in the morning on my wedding day, right up to the point where I had to put on panty hose and heels. My mom wouldn't let me wear them down the aisle.

I'm kind of fanatical about my lucky socks.

[AugustWest]

A good tailor can take 4 inches out of the waist, but they'll likely have to make other alterations elsewhere, too: the seat, rise, and legs will all need to be altered as well.  In the long run, it's probably a better investment to just buy some new #####.  Unless they're your Lucky ##### and $70 of alterations seems like the right thing to do, of course.

Yeah, that's pretty much what I figured.  And the jackets would probably need some work too.

Which brings me back to my original proposition -- could anybody use a couple of 48L suits?

[wombat]

There was an article in GQ where the author went to asia for custom hand made suits and discovered it was cheaper to fly there, have the suit made, and fly back to the US than buy a tailored suit in the US.

So what are you waiting for? Take pictures!

[jaydub]

you're a couple months early for spring cleaning, but congrats on the weight loss! i'm trying too

That is a good looking fruit salad. I'm quite the fan of them myself.

[theinevitable]

find out my girlfriend's dad will not be in town when I visit, because it is the last weekend of deer season.

I am not normally this worried about meeting people's parents. this helps.

[Choop]

inev no parental meeting will be as bad as my missus vis-a-vis my mother.

mother: "hey let's go to the mall, i need to pick something up"
then-fiancee: "okay sounds good, maybe there's a sale"
they arrive at the mall
mother *locks doors*
mother: "so, just how old ARE you."
then-fiancee *aghast and afeared*

[Toaster]

I've never let a girl meet my parents because my father would letch at her and my mother would call here a whore.

[jaydub]

find out my girlfriend's dad will not be in town when I visit, because it is the last weekend of deer season.

Good news: He's out of town.
Bad news: He's armed and presumably can gut, dress and butcher a 170lb animal.