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Remember Winkers? Those weird jeans with eyes not exactly on the butt, but just under the butt (i.e. right where you want them), that kind of wink at people when the wearer’s butt meets the back of their thighs? Well, you might have thought that everyone was joking and LOL’ing when that video went around last week, but actually they were ordering them. To wear! On their bodies! From the Associated Press:
EVERETT, Wash. — Everett artist William Jones has hit it big with his latest creation called “winkers.”
They are jeans with eyes painted just below the butt so the motion of walking makes it appear as if the jeans are winking — when viewed from behind.
In less than a week since video of the painted pants went viral on the Internet, the Winkers Design Web site has received a quarter-million hits.
Jones says he’s swamped with orders. So far the 73-year-old has been making each pair of Winkers by hand.
Aw! A classic American success story*!
“High five, William Jones.”
–Horatio Alger
So, how many pairs did your mom order, anyway? It must have been a lot! (Thanks for the tip, Spencer.)
*Seriously. That is great for this guy!
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that guy looks like he crapped his pants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is the funniest thing i have ever seen!!!1 hahahahhaha lol!!!!!! or at least peed himself
seriously doggs!!!! thids is so funny!!! im laughing so hard my mom asked me whats wrong!!!!!!!
this just makes me strangely happy. it mean, the dude is 73 and coming up with this! what have you done for America lately, Anna Wintour?
I know! Just the mental image of an adorable senior working hard to make these is too much! I mean, can’t you just see him with his little needle and thread, and his “God Bless America” sweatshirt? Plus, the internet needs a new adorable old man after the whole eccentric Youtube guy who turned out to be a pedophile/sex offender.
Me too. I was wavering, but now I’m 100% pro-winkers.
Winkers are the Faygo of pants.
His website must have an “Ironically add to cart” option.
and of course the whole website is in comic sans
Double Dog?…I…I think…yes, definately, this has Double Dog written all over it. Do it in the name of School Spiritgum!
Ooh you beat me, +1!
And you beat me! Damn! Such a fantastic Double Dog idea…he *has* to do it now, right?
BTW, is your avatar the guy from that weird Thriller-like video?
Nope it’s Tim Curry from The Worst Witch movie.
I got too excited for spelling
Double Dog: Gabe orders a pair and just walks around the block. We monsters just want to see if it’s a quality product.
The City of Everett, Washington: Home of William Jones and Winkers.
William Jones, when your neighbors from Forks, WA inevitably ask you to do Twilight-themed Winkers, please have the decency and good taste to shut it down.
An internet mockery with a happy ending? I love it.
I think that the same thing happened with the Snuggie. Mean-spirited internet mockery can inspire lots of ‘ironic’ purchases ending in actually supporting the target of said mockery. Who knew?
Because I’m suffering from a snark deficit, I did a google image search for “winkers”. I was hoping to find a suitable image that I could use as a snark performance enhancer. All I found were images from series of pornographic videos called Winkers. That’s okay. I’m with PattyO: good for this guy and his handmade winking pants!
Do one with this:
At 73, this guy may have really high-fived alger.
And winker jeans were a funny LOL-thing. Winker khakis are a straight up menace to society.
It’s only ok because he’s old. That makes it cute.
ok, winkers might be the worst idea jeans, but a 73 year old man created them? and they are a success? that is adorable.
I think I found this one on Dark Roasted Blend once:
Better.
Oh I see… so when an old guy spouts off a bunch of racist hyperbole everyone clamors for him to shut up, but when he shits himself and paints eyes on your ass you love him to death… fuck this dichotomy. WHAT SIDE ARE YOU ON VIDEOGUM? HUH?
“High five, William Jones.”
–Horatio Alger
is one of the funniest things I have read in a really long time
Aw, he’s 73-year-old dude? I’m willing to look like a complete tool to make that little old guy happy.
I ordered a hundred and replaced all my friend’s clothes with them. In his closet, in his dresser, nothing but eyes.
(i didnt actually do this but i want to)