I have purchased corduroy pants from J. Crew. I love them, they fit, and I wear them a lot, as a shabby academic. However, they have created a puzzling mystery. At the end of the day, I often notice that my belt has rotated around my waist by about 90 degrees (sometimes more!). Is is always such that the belt buckle moves to my left side. (Looking down toward my feet, it is a counter-clockwise belt motion.) This does not happen with other pants, and when I wear the cords, it happens to all different types of belts. Q1: Has anyone else experienced this? Q2: What mechanism could cause this? Q3: Why would it only happen in one direction? Q4: If you see someone with a belt buckle on their hip (or even further around), do you think of that person as a dork? My best guess on Q2 is that the cords have a "knap" or an asymmetric fabric texture, leading to a stick-slip belt motion. It slides easily in one direction, but then encounters fabric resistance when it tries to move the other direction. Other possibilities are more horrifying. What if I twist more to the left than the right. What does that mean? Am I experiencing an Exorcist like motion, where I can twist in one direction without equal and opposite twisting in the other? Also, is the Coriolis Effect at work? Even if this thread sets a record for fewest replies and fewest views, I am happy to have posted a wholesome thread that can help clean up this forum a bit.
Regarding Q4.....if I saw someone like that, and they proceeded to theorize as you did in the following paragraph...then..um...how to put this delicately....I think the dorkiness would be pretty much confirmed. Just use a twist tie to fasten your belt buckle to your fly and you'll be JCrew Hip all day long.
It's not so much the belt, it's seeing someone over 10 years old wearing corduroy pants that causes the "dork" thought. When I was 5 I had an awesome pair of Osh Kosh cords. I was a complete badass. Now, not so much. I do wear and undershirt though. I still have a little bit of rebel in me.
Well, fine, but at least I do not own a polo shirt. Not one. I think my belt buckle rotation could catch on, kind of like my favorite band with their unique take on pants. PS -- I note that the excellent company Suzuki approves of this thread topic. "Susuki 7000, with the all new belt straightener as a standard feature."
No way. This thread is incredible. Trying to figure out belt movement in engineering terms? This is awesome. You, sir, are a winner.
What kind of uber-dork starts a thread on a basketball bbs asking for opinions on such an inane topic as clothing preferences?
So then should B-Bob spend a week in the southern hemisphere, would his pants rotate clockwise, or would they cease to rotate at all?
This is the kind of help I've been waiting for. So thanks, FT and meggo. I need to put the cords on, fly to South America, wait for the cords to rotate clockwise, and then use a staple gun to fix the belt... not just fix the belt to my pants but to my skeletal infrastructure. I like the added security, making sure it never rotates again and I never have to start this particular type of thread again.
I notice a similar effect with certain sneakers. Over the course of the day, and this only ever happens with a right sneaker -- the tongue gradually moves down toward the outside of my foot (so the laces are sitting somewhat uncomfortably on the top of my foot with no tongue-cushioning,... and there's an extra lumpiness on the side of my foot). It happens regardless of how tightly I tie the laces or whether I utilize the little lace-tunnel that they sometimes put on the tongue. I've tried many different brands of sneakers and it seems to happen on all of them. Up until now, I've concluded that there's something strange about my right foot relative to the left. This discussion prompts a few questions though. If I were on the Southern hemisphere, would the tongue on the left shoe move? If so, which direction would it move? Or would the one on the right shoe move in the opposite direction (toward the inside of my foot). Thank you B-Bob for the thought-provoking quandry.
Sorry, but B-Bob's problem makes sense. You, sir, on the other hand, are a freak. I'd see a doctor ASAP if I were you.
It's like being the club-footed Lord Byron but without the poetry, incest, bisexuality, or poor money management.
When you walk, you are probably swinging your right arm MORE than your left, and in turn are moving your belt buckle in that direction. Else, you're just being a pansy.
kpsta, one of two things will happen: 1) the tongue on your right foot will correct itself 2) option 1 AND the tongue on your left foot will begin to turn as well. I believe these options are directly related to time spent in the other hemisphere. Therefore, you should stay there no longer than 72 hours, else wise you will be increasing the probability of #2 occurring.
