How Many Times Do You Wear a Pair of Jeans Before Washing?

wolf · 02-09-2006, 01:12 AM

Inspired by the discussion prompted by the "What are You Wearing?" thread, I began to wonder ...

How many times do you wear a pair of jeans before washing them?

Skunks · 02-09-2006, 01:57 AM

"If they smell bad", which varies dramatically: last year I had a full outfit of clothes get fairly strongly vetoed because they simply reeked of wood smoke on account of a simultaneous pit, salt and wood-fire weekend, resulting in a nice solid day of burning shit.

More recently, it's been raining: the damp, moldy smell really bugs me. So after a thorough soaking, a pair is pretty much done until the next batch of laundry. And sometimes I accumulate so much rust/glaze/clay/soot/mud/food/crap that I veto them in a weird sort of aesthetic surrender/wimpdom, but that rarely happens before a funny smell.

So on average I would say 3-5 times.

Tonchi · 02-09-2006, 02:46 AM

When the knee area sticks out when I stand up, it's time for the wash,

Griff · 02-09-2006, 05:52 AM

If I'm going out among humanity 2 to 3 times unless one of my charges feels I need a human fluids bath of one kind or another. Bottom line I end up wearing them once unless I'm hanging with goats.

fargon · 02-09-2006, 06:00 AM

What is wash?

FallenFairy · 02-09-2006, 06:55 AM

usually twice - but it does depend on what I am doing

glatt · 02-09-2006, 08:29 AM

Not until they look/smell dirty. Maybe after one time, maybe after a week or two. Depends. If I'm going over to a friend's house or something, I'll take a more scrutinizing look at them and am more likely to switch them.

chimmichunga · 02-09-2006, 08:59 AM

When they are visiably dirty or when I think they may smell. Usually about 3 to 4 times. Does this make us dirty? My mom would die at the thought.

capnhowdy · 02-09-2006, 09:16 AM

Sometimes I can wear them several times. Sometimes I can't hardly stand them all day. Especially in the summer. The weather is very sticky here. I tend to get twice the milage during the winter months.

BigV · 02-09-2006, 09:50 AM

I agree with the majority of posters to this point. When visibly dirty or smelly--wash. But unless I've gotten in a real mess, I can get a week's worth of wear from a pair of jeans if all goes well. I make it a point never to impede their progress to the laundry chute if their dirty enough to make it there under their own steam.

However, there are young'uns 'round here that will send off to the wash a pair of jeans that has been worn 0 times (choice not available on your poll, wolf), claiming "they're dirty" when it's really because that's easier than folding/hanging/putting away. At the other end of the scale, I've interrupted the trip to school when the jeans were too dirty. They have a much wider range of reasons to justify washing/not washing.

lumberjim · 02-09-2006, 10:19 AM

when they smell like ass, it's time to hose em off.

Griff · 02-09-2006, 06:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lumberjim

when they smell like ass, it's time to hose em off.

Your advice will be implemented. thank you g

djacq75 · 02-09-2006, 07:39 PM

I used to get so embarrassed as a kid when my mom would smell the butt of my pants to see if they needed to go in the wash, especially if anyone else was around, lol. But that's the test I use now!

lookout123 · 02-09-2006, 11:35 PM

i am really anal retentive and phobic of body odor. i don't wear any article of clothing more than once between washings. seriously.

Iggy · 02-09-2006, 12:09 PM

Well they always seem to get really baggy after I wear them once. I sit cross-legged a lot and that stretchs them out. So it usually depends on what I am doing when I wear them if I will wear them more than once. But after twice, they almost always need to be washed. I guess I am just weird...

View Poll Results: How many times do you wear a pair of jeans before washing them?
1	2	4.44%
2	5	11.11%
3	7	15.56%
4	3	6.67%
5 or more	6	13.33%
They were clean when I wore them to that Dead concert back in '73 ...	1	2.22%
Depends on what I was doing in them	16	35.56%
I wear them until they fail the crotch sniff test	5	11.11%
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02-09-2006, 01:12 AM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	How Many Times Do You Wear a Pair of Jeans Before Washing? Inspired by the discussion prompted by the "What are You Wearing?" thread, I began to wonder ... How many times do you wear a pair of jeans before washing them? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

02-09-2006, 02:46 AM	#3
Tonchi Victim of gravity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Hiding in plain sight Posts: 1,412	When the knee area sticks out when I stand up, it's time for the wash, __________________ Everything you've ever heard about Fresno is true.

02-09-2006, 05:52 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	If I'm going out among humanity 2 to 3 times unless one of my charges feels I need a human fluids bath of one kind or another. Bottom line I end up wearing them once unless I'm hanging with goats. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

02-09-2006, 06:00 AM	#5
fargon Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 8,924	What is wash? __________________ Annoy the ones that ignore you!!! I live a blessed life I Love my Country, I Fear the Government!!! Heavily medicated for the good of mankind.

02-09-2006, 01:57 AM	#2
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	"If they smell bad", which varies dramatically: last year I had a full outfit of clothes get fairly strongly vetoed because they simply reeked of wood smoke on account of a simultaneous pit, salt and wood-fire weekend, resulting in a nice solid day of burning shit. More recently, it's been raining: the damp, moldy smell really bugs me. So after a thorough soaking, a pair is pretty much done until the next batch of laundry. And sometimes I accumulate so much rust/glaze/clay/soot/mud/food/crap that I veto them in a weird sort of aesthetic surrender/wimpdom, but that rarely happens before a funny smell. So on average I would say 3-5 times.

02-09-2006, 06:55 AM	#6
FallenFairy nope Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 322	usually twice - but it does depend on what I am doing __________________ ~going, going... gone now

02-09-2006, 08:29 AM	#7
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Not until they look/smell dirty. Maybe after one time, maybe after a week or two. Depends. If I'm going over to a friend's house or something, I'll take a more scrutinizing look at them and am more likely to switch them.

02-09-2006, 08:59 AM	#8
chimmichunga Soylent Greenhorn Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central Texas Posts: 25	When they are visiably dirty or when I think they may smell. Usually about 3 to 4 times. Does this make us dirty? My mom would die at the thought.

02-09-2006, 09:16 AM	#9
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Sometimes I can wear them several times. Sometimes I can't hardly stand them all day. Especially in the summer. The weather is very sticky here. I tend to get twice the milage during the winter months. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-09-2006, 09:50 AM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I agree with the majority of posters to this point. When visibly dirty or smelly--wash. But unless I've gotten in a real mess, I can get a week's worth of wear from a pair of jeans if all goes well. I make it a point never to impede their progress to the laundry chute if their dirty enough to make it there under their own steam. However, there are young'uns 'round here that will send off to the wash a pair of jeans that has been worn 0 times (choice not available on your poll, wolf), claiming "they're dirty" when it's really because that's easier than folding/hanging/putting away. At the other end of the scale, I've interrupted the trip to school when the jeans were too dirty. They have a much wider range of reasons to justify washing/not washing. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

02-09-2006, 10:19 AM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	when they smell like ass, it's time to hose em off. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-09-2006, 07:39 PM	#13
djacq75 Rational Anarchist Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Michigan Posts: 79	I used to get so embarrassed as a kid when my mom would smell the butt of my pants to see if they needed to go in the wash, especially if anyone else was around, lol. But that's the test I use now!

02-09-2006, 11:35 PM	#14
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	i am really anal retentive and phobic of body odor. i don't wear any article of clothing more than once between washings. seriously.

02-09-2006, 12:09 PM	#15
Iggy Back and ready to tart up the place Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 850	Well they always seem to get really baggy after I wear them once. I sit cross-legged a lot and that stretchs them out. So it usually depends on what I am doing when I wear them if I will wear them more than once. But after twice, they almost always need to be washed. I guess I am just weird... __________________ Chock-full of naughty goodness.

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