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.

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...

Kozmique · 02-09-2006, 01:30 PM

Do you really want to know?

seakdivers · 02-09-2006, 02:51 PM

It looks like I am in good company! I might wear the same pair for a few days if they remain clean, but I am constantly doing construction/ messy projects so sometimes they don't even make it through a day.

LabRat · 02-09-2006, 03:12 PM

Excellent thread/poll!!

Whew, I always thought I was pushing it by going 3 times before washing. I usually wear at least twice before they hit the basket. I work in a lab though, and wear jeans pretty much every day, so you never know what might have gotten splashed on 'em when I wasn't paying attention...I only wash after one wearing if I know I got something on them/went somewhere smokey. God I hate cigarette smoke.

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%
Voters: 45. You may not vote on this poll

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, 12:09 PM	#12
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.

02-09-2006, 01:30 PM	#13
Kozmique Pirate Queen Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Under the black flag Posts: 55	Do you really want to know? __________________ Language is a virus from outer space

02-09-2006, 02:51 PM	#14
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	It looks like I am in good company! I might wear the same pair for a few days if they remain clean, but I am constantly doing construction/ messy projects so sometimes they don't even make it through a day.

02-09-2006, 03:12 PM	#15
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Excellent thread/poll!! Whew, I always thought I was pushing it by going 3 times before washing. I usually wear at least twice before they hit the basket. I work in a lab though, and wear jeans pretty much every day, so you never know what might have gotten splashed on 'em when I wasn't paying attention...I only wash after one wearing if I know I got something on them/went somewhere smokey. God I hate cigarette smoke. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

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