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24 March 2008

Zubaz are staging a comeback. Oh dear god. Does anyone else out there remember these things?→[More:]What really cracks me up about this story is that the "Roseville gym" it mentions, run by the creators of Zubaz, is where I used to work out in the late '80s, and a bizarre, testosterone-stanky, heavy-metal-pounding place it was. I remember that the airplane-hanger-sized warehouse space right next to the weight room was full to the rafter with boxes of Zubaz, waiting to be shipped out and afflict the sensibilities of humanity; and that damn near everyone in the place, except me, wore the horrid things.

Oh, Zubaz. So funny, and so, so hideous.

post by: kat allison at: 19:52 | 18 comments

Up until the moment I clicked on your link, I was blissfully ignorant of what Zubaz might be.

I want my innocence back.

posted by bmarkey 24 March | 19:59

The Minnesota creation grew into such a worldwide fad that they could be found everywhere from the sidelines of NFL games and NBA arenas to the wilds of Antarctica.

More like WWF Wrestling!

posted by pieisexactlythree 24 March | 20:07

god, no!
NO.

posted by ethylene 24 March | 20:14

Yes, but this time fashionistas will have the option of wearing them with crocs! Or uggs! Imagine the possibilities!

*gouges out her eyes*

posted by elizard 24 March | 20:15

Zubaz. With. Crocs.

Oh, elizard, I thought I had plumbed the depths of life's horrors, only to discover not so.

[*goes to join you in the eyes-gouging-out*]

posted by kat allison 24 March | 20:24

with crocs! Or uggs!

Or cruggs! I've seen these at the mall, too. ::shudder::

posted by CitrusFreak12 24 March | 20:35

There is no god.

posted by elizard 24 March | 20:47

No shoe god.
But the god of the sad excuse for pants has been resurrected, and i have been denying it for over a year.
It's the Voldemort of pants.
Maybe they can bring back the bad metal hair to go with it so we can always spot them from a distance, even in a parking lot.

posted by ethylene 24 March | 20:55

I'm not going to be able to stop myself from laughing if I see these in the wild.

posted by moonshine 24 March | 21:06

My dad will be excited.

posted by mullacc 24 March | 21:40

Oh, for the love of God! Cruggs, Zubas, and really big hair. Will our suffering ever end?!

posted by MonkeyButter 24 March | 21:47

(that was supposed to be Cruggs, Zubas, a midrif tank, and really big hair.)

posted by MonkeyButter 24 March | 21:49

bmarkey: Same with me. I cannot recall ever seeing anyone wearing them.

posted by Ardiril 24 March | 21:50

i did once, and i couldn't stop laughing.
i did not apologize.

posted by ethylene 24 March | 22:20

What bmarkey said. GAH!!!

posted by arse_hat 24 March | 22:31

THOSE HAD A NAME??? (Well, I suppose even the lowliest of Satan's minions in the fiery pits of hell has a name, so why not these monstrosities?)

posted by scody 24 March | 23:16

Want. I used to wear them in high school when the ex and I would go four-wheeling and stuff. He was a wrestler, football player, and weightlifter, so he had a bunch of them.

posted by youngergirl44 25 March | 00:51

Believe it or not, some varieties still exist. Case in point: my neighbor across the street. He has treated me to the visual of himself, shirtless, in a pair of those hideous pants. Before I give you the wrong idea, the man has a gut that should be wheeled around by itself. Oh, and the Big Hair to top it off. Next time I see him, I'll get evidence to show you.

P.S. Until now, I had no idea they really had a name.

posted by redvixen 25 March | 18:27

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