Pant sizes, empanadas and presidential advising pets

[Dim Witty]

As a longtime US immigrant in Argentina with a waste size of 34 inches, I’m baffled by having to buy size 44(!) pants. It’s a completely arbitrary designation having nothing to do with inches, centimeters or the price of empanadas at Vinnie’s (I recommend the bondiola y honey).

I’m calling for a demonstration as soon as possible at Plaza Mayo to demand answers from the president (when he’s not busy, of course, participating in a séance with his dead dog).

Thank you for your attention, bow wow and hearty appetite.

 

[FrankPintor]

Waist. Waist size. Not waste. Waste is something Dutch tourists go diving in in Ushuaia.

And don’t imagine you’re alone (unless you want to go to the Plaza de Mayo and then you’re really on your own). In Europe I take maybe an XL. Here it could be a 2 or 3XL. Sizes are random. It makes it almost impossible to order something from ML. Good luck with the pants.

 

[elhombresinnombre]

Waist. Waist size. Not waste. Waste is something Dutch tourists go diving in in Ushuaia.

And don’t imagine you’re alone (unless you want to go to the Plaza de Mayo and then you’re really on your own). In Europe I take maybe an XL. Here it could be a 2 or 3XL. Sizes are random. It makes it almost impossible to order something from ML. Good luck with the pants.

What's more - and particularly in women's clothes - some manufacturers are persistently inflating clothing sizes to boost the sense of well-being amongst their shoppers.

"Look, Gary! I still fit into a size sixteen!"