2007-07-13 19:08:35 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
..lol, people!...this is supposed to be a serious question!...lmao..♥
2007-07-13 19:15:17 · update #1
I was preparing to give you an answer but then I saw the "serious question" label :(
<< Fly-front trousers were invented around 1650, although the flap didn't gain its flighty name till later. This center-front opening was considered a little risky (just a little...), and pants closures changed between a fly and a fall-front style for the next century or two.
In 1844, a book about military clothing made the first recorded use of "fly" to mean "pants opening." Thus trouser-wearers have been ''pretty fly'' ever since. >>
There. See? I can be serious from times to times.
2007-07-13 19:59:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
we didn't want to leave you flapping in the wind, so we zipped off to Yahoo!'s Etymology category and secured an answer PDQ. One root of the word "fly" (meaning "to soar through the air") also implies "flapping." Several sites revealed that tent flaps, which cover the tent's fasteners, much like on your 501s, lent their name to fly-front pants. The first documented use of "fly" meaning "tent flap" was in 1810. Europeans started getting into pants, as we know them, in the 16th century. Fly-front trousers were invented around 1650, although the flap didn't gain its flighty name till later. This center-front opening was considered a little risqué, and pants closures changed between a fly and a fall-front style for the next century or two. In 1844, a book about military clothing made the first recorded use of "fly" to mean "pants opening." Thus trouser-wearers have been
2016-05-17 08:39:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you unzip the zipper it sounds like a fly buzzing.
That was just a guess.
2007-07-13 19:12:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
They wanted to pick the name of something that wouldn't go extinct for that particual region.
Sorry, I just can't be serious tonight. Maybe next time?
2007-07-13 22:19:30 · answer #4 · answered by rich e rich 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So a fly can get in there
2007-07-14 04:00:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hmm maybe it is because a zipper heaed is the size of a fly
2007-07-14 05:33:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We can not be held responsible for the straight line lobbed right across the plate can we?
2007-07-13 19:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by Chaz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
cause when you open it somethings bound to fly out
2007-07-13 19:12:28 · answer #8 · answered by lotusflower 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the term " Horse " is a white lie for most of us. lmfao
2007-07-13 19:13:53 · answer #9 · answered by me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cause that's where the cows get out.
2007-07-13 19:11:21 · answer #10 · answered by Max 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋