I did hear that it goes back to hip-hop fashion over in the States
...where they confiscate your belt and shoelaces when they lock you up, so walking round with your trousers at half mast clearly means you're a complete badass and have only just been released from custody.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Thu 26 Nov 2009, 14:59,
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bad
from custody into the community
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Michael Ellis contributes nothing,
Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:04,
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They do that here too...
:(
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Jimbuktu See? Right here,
Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:09,
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or
you're a complete badass moron who got caught and have only just been released from custody.
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration,
Thu 26 Nov 2009, 15:30,
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