Return of the Pants
Channel: Angela Brett
Date: 2011-02-06

A long time ago, in a country far, far away, my sister Liz (wishes1973 on YouTube, velofille everywhere else) gave me some red corduroys which didn't fit her any more after she had her first child (he's almost as old as me now!) I've since worn the pants in a few videos that required red pants, and highlighted that fact due to my habit of only twittering about pants and goats. 

Now, Liz lost 80kg or so, perhaps enough that she'd fit into the pants again, so before long she was posting crazy-sounding comments on my videos asking for her now-famous pants back. So in May 2010, when I went to see my family in New Zealand, I gave her the pants. This is what happened.

I blogged about this here: http://angelabrett.wordpress.com/2011/02/06/video-return-of-the-pants/

Words:

YouTubers, I have a confession.
Two tubes in my possession,
once used to belong to my sister.
From before she was fat,
and she's no longer that,
so in keeping them, I think I've pissed her.
 
While I wasn't at fault just to wear them,    
when their owner was not even near them,
to not give her credit was rude.
While they've not made me famous,
They've saved me from shame, as
They certainly made me less nude.
 
So it's time to put things right.
I've suitcase and pants and a flight,
some chocolate to sweeten the deal and,
with a smile and a wave,
if the volcano behaves, (this was just after flights resumed after the Eyjafjallajökull eruption)
I'm off to see Liz in New Zealand.

Liz: I'm sure glad she's coming;
the lack of pants is numbing.
I had to grow pubic hair to cope. (Note: this was originally 'leg hair' but she only had pubic hair handy)
After many a year
in just underwear
I'd just about given up hope!

Me: Here you go, sis, have your trousers;
their stardom is greater than ours is,
so go in the bathroom and strip.
Liz: I got my big bum in,
and my gruts hold my tum in 
though I can't quite do up the zip.

The underwear seen in the middle (which I was wearing over the top of normal underwear, for the sake of hygiene) were later used to tie together a ball of panties and thrown at Paul and Storm, as you can see in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-EiUfuXPQo

The rimshot-like thing and the word 'pants' which you hear after that come from Christian Davis's recording of Jonathan Coulton playing 'Mr. Fancy Pants' at Park West on 28 February 2009. I actually intended to use a clip from my recording of his Manchester show, in which he stops in the middle of the song, swears, and continues, but I was hesitant to include the swearing, and as it happened I accidentally clicked on the wrong recording and found that nice little bit.