Where's your pants?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/20/8170.aspxThe Halloween costumes (some) women wear has been a water cooler topic twice this week for me.  Questions that came up in conversation: Does it mean anything that for many women, dressing up means dressing sexy? Do we need a Sexy Dress-up Dayen-USCommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)Where's your pants?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/20/8170.aspx#8197Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:37:26 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8197ithink_ithinkCancer can't be cured, that's like curing evolution. Cells split all the time in livings things & when a bunch split incorrectly you get a tumor. People get tumors, so do trees, even the dinosaurs had them. It's just nature doing it's thing & you can't stop that. Instead, science should get zen & go with the flow & help the splitting cells into spandex tights instead of tumors. When life gives you tumors, make super powers.Where's your pants?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/20/8170.aspx#8199Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:05:28 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8199MAC, IllinoisIn regards to the costumes, no costume is NO COSTUME!Where's your pants?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/20/8170.aspx#8249Sun, 22 Oct 2006 03:08:03 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8249Randall K, St. Louis, MOHoly cow, that nerf stuff is amazing... how come they didn't have stuff like that when I was a kid? In regards to 'assassin training'... let's face it, its not much different from first person shooters you find on PCs and Consols... the toy industry is just keeping up.Where's your pants?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/20/8170.aspx#8253Sun, 22 Oct 2006 11:31:37 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8253dustyithink_ithink, there's a difference between a normal, benign tumor and a cancerous one. And the Nerf commercial seriously scares me.Where's your pants?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/20/8170.aspx#8258Sun, 22 Oct 2006 22:04:09 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8258Jane Dumestre--New Orleans, LAI'm a face painter, costume maker and native New Orleanian. In my 50 years, I too have noticed a gender trend in costuming. Men and boys want to be scary, ridiculous or frightening. Women and girls want to be pretty, beautiful or sexy. 30 years of face-painting has reinforced my belief. (and, now, your article) Boys typically want snakes & spiderwebs or to look like a sea monster, a skeleton, tiger or bloody and beaten. Little girls want butterflies, hearts, kittycats, pretty designs or a boy's name on themselves. Where's your pants?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/20/8170.aspx#8298Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:13:50 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8298Tim, Raleigh NCI tried to subscribe to your feed using the links in the sidebar, but I wouldn't work unless I used a different URL: http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/rss.aspx The links in your sidebar point elsewhere.Where's your pants?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/20/8170.aspx#8306Mon, 23 Oct 2006 17:30:07 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8306Alex, Lawrence, KSAfter about the third time Ms. Dewey tried to lasso me I stopped thinking it was cute. Then she did it again. And again.Where's your pants?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/20/8170.aspx#8341Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:08:53 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8341Kitty, OregonI think your text should refer to 300 billion spent on our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, not 3 billion. Where's your pants?http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/20/8170.aspx#8407Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:38:59 GMT8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:8407Will FemiaThanks Kitty, I fixed that.