This week, District of Columbia judge Roy Pearson lost his $54 million lawsuit against a dry-cleaning company for losing a pair of his pants. The ensuing news coverage proved that media outlets are no slacks when it comes to fabricating jokes on the fly. Here are some of Gelf's favorite corny headlines sporting pants-related puns.
CNN
Judge Aims to have Pants Suit Ironed out Next Week
New York Times
Judge Tries Suing Pants Off Dry Cleaners
Denver Post
Pants Suit was Worth Zip
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Torts and Trousers; Justice won't be Taken to the Cleaners
Washington Post
Kick in the Pants
Express (The free daily owned by the Washington Post)
Lost-Pants Trial Is a Stitch
CityNews
$54 Million Lost Pants Suit Gets Put on in Court One Leg at a Time
Star-Ledger
Even in Victory, the Alterer of these Pants gets Cuffed
The Virginian-Pilot
A Crease in the US Legal System
Scripps Howard News Service
Lost his Pants; Now, Losing his Shirt
Associated Content
Roy Pearson's Traveling Pants
Thank God they weren't a pair of Caprisimagine the number of times Pearson's suit would have "come up short."
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