Highwaters

[Admiral Yi]

For the uninformed highwaters are pants that fit at one point but the wearer grew out of but continues to wear.

I'm a missionary kid and I went to school with a lot of missionary kids.  Virtually everyone wore highwaters.  The poor kids whose fathers worked for really cheap-ass churches wore highwaters that went halfway up the shin.

It struck me that I haven't seen a kid wearing highwaters in...forever.  Was it only a missionary thing?  Have times changed in the US too, do poor families now buy new pants regardless?  What's the Yuro take on the highwater issue?

[Lucidor]

For the uninformed highwaters are pants that fit at one point but the wearer grew out of but continues to wear.

I'm a missionary kid and I went to school with a lot of missionary kids.  Virtually everyone wore highwaters.  The poor kids whose fathers worked for really cheap-ass churches wore highwaters that went halfway up the shin.

It struck me that I haven't seen a kid wearing highwaters in...forever.  Was it only a missionary thing?  Have times changed in the US too, do poor families now buy new pants regardless?  What's the Yuro take on the highwater issue?

I thought poor people wore baggy pants nowadays.

[Brazen]

Trousers are still too short, but you can't tell as young folk wear them hanging halfway off their arses.

[Ideologue]

Most of the pants I've ever owned haven't really fit correctly, because no one makes 32 X 31s.

[Josquius]

I've never heard this term. We'd say has your budgie died.

And no, as a kid you cannot wear such trousers, its a sure fire way to get picked on.

[swallow]

I haven't seen them for a long time either (except as play clothes round the garden and school uniform, because the shops don't seem to stock them sometimes), we have got a pretty good benefits system going here and there's always been a lot of pass me down, hand me round.  Neither have I seen peep toes - cut  the end off shoes with a bread knife to keep them fitting. 

[Admiral Yi]

We'd say has your budgie died.

[CountDeMoney]

We'd say has your budgie died.

I think a budgie is like a canary or something.

[Josquius]

We'd say has your budgie died.

Budgies look like they're wearing short trousers.
I've no clue how that makes it your budgies have died though. Kids aren't known for logic.

[DisturbedPervert]

Highwaters? I wore a potato sack growing up - and there were still potatoes in it.

[saskganesh]

we called them floodpants.

[DisturbedPervert]

We'd say has your budgie died.

Budgies look like they're wearing short trousers.
I've no clue how that makes it your budgies have died though. Kids aren't known for logic.

The confusion is over what the fuck a budgie is...

[Grey Fox]

"Eau dans la cave"

[Jos Theelen]

I have 3 older brothers. I could always get one of their trousers.

[BVN]

"Eau dans la cave"

This, but then in Dutch

Nowadays you can buy very cheap pants, made in South-East Asian sweat shops. So 'poor' people buy new, fitting pants. However these pants mostly look horrible and cheap...