That's great!

This is not fair! I can imagine all the walking advices will appear, and I'll be heading home in 30 minutes, and by the time I'll be back to work on Monday this thread may be gone.

Have you tried walking funny, keeping your legs far apart, like letter A?

Oil them.

Good great googlie mooglie...

Cut them off to short shorts and voila...no squeaks.

muffin, if you wear leather pants on a plane ride to Aruba, you will have to wear them for the duration of your trip or cut them off you upon arrival.

The extreme heat and humidity of Aruba will make the pants stick to you and the altitude change will make your legs swell up.

Think about the scene on 'Freinds' when Ross wore the leather pants on the date and had the baby powder incident?

Somehow, I knew who started this thread before I even clicked on it....

Lee Ann

If your thighs rub together enough to squeak when wearing leather pants, then you should not be wearing them. Hit the gym, sweetie.

LOL GoTravel...that's excatly what I thought of when I read this.

prancing around in leather pants...too funny muffin.

Now are they real leather or pleather?
Are they white? will you wear sneakers with them?
I like the oil idea. Are you sure they do not go crunch, crunch cruch when you walk??? Sqeaky pants will highly irritate the flight attendants and therefor take out all frustration on you and nearby passengers.
Perhaps you could wear themSunday and scare the bejesus out of all the trick or treaters!!!!!

Muffin squeaking in leather pants...

Just to think about it will make my weekend.

Muffin, since based on your other thread you apparently travel with a farting dog, won't the sound of the pants be drowned out by the sound of the dog?

Won't leather pants be just a tad warm when you get OFF the plane in a sunny and humid tropical destination? Wouldn't a short skirt and heels or sandals be more appropriate to the heat and humidity that will slam you the minute you disembark, down the stairs, onto the tarmac?

muffin, muffin, muffin....go naked, if that won't do, wear a robe but not the leather pants. I can recommend some people who you can talk to about your ehhh shall we say fetish!

God...I love Fodors

RPTFLOL

OK, make that ROTFLOL

(white wine)

I just read about this in the new issue of InStyle magazine. Which makes me wonder if muffin read it too thus giving her more fodder for her Fodor questions~
They are oiling the leather so much this year, to give it a good shine and softness, that the result is squeaking.
I will get out my magazine and see if there is a remedy.
OR, just don't wear them because that would be a RIDICULOUS outfit to wear to an island!

muffin, I assume you'll also be wearing lizard skin boots?

Jocelyn, and little white fluffy mittens made from used hotel robes LOL

muffin, darling, here you are again today! Life is just too bountiful!

I suggest a 6 hour horseback ride the day before you fly. I guarantee your leather pants will not rub together and squeak, because you will be walking bowlegged.

Unless, of course, you are an accomplished horsewoman who rides all the time. In that case, you will have to think of something else that you are not accustomed to that might have the same effect. **smooch smooch**

Maybe if muffin wore a poncho, no one will notice the annoying squeaking sound coming from her pants

Quote from InStyle Magazine:
I love wearing leather pants but I am embarrassed by the way they sometimes squeak when I walk. How can I keep them quiet?

Answer:
".. more designers are using a heavy wax to give leather a sleeker look. Unfortunately pants with such a finish, make a noise when you walk.
As you wear them, you will eventually wear it off.
Until then, keep the leather well conditioned..oil it. or spray it with Lexol.

muffin, We both got our issues at the same time?

Well, if muffin must continue to oil her pants, she'd better buckle up or she may be slip-sliding down the isle during any unexpected turbulance!

seetheworld
snort!

LOL, just read the same InStyle Q&A article yesterday. Now stupid me, why didn't I think that this would be dear Muffin's next "problem".

The "girl" does have quite a time of it, doesn't "she"?

Our Marilyn is so-o good at solving problems.

AHA!!

I have the solution.

Everyone shall bow to me the great GoTravel at my greatness (and I'm always right).

Muffin shall cut off the pleather pants into Daisy Dukes.

Hence, Muffin will wear her new PLANTS.









(get it? Pleather hot pants = plants)

PLANTS!

GoTravel, have another glass of wine, dear, and calm down.

Cigale, see you soon!

Marilyn, how did you know?



I love my pinot grigio!

We should really get Muffin and ThinGorjus together.

And to think I used to answer her questions, because I was afraid her feelings would get hurt at some of the off-hand replies.

Yes, ElenDil, I clicked on with the same anticipation!

Muffin, your posts remind me of the contemporary British novels my daughter likes to read, such as Bridget Jones and Shopoholic. Good luck with whatever it is you're trying to accomplish!

Muffin, does your cat have matching pants?

This thread is absolutely hilarious. I really needed the laugh!

Muffin, join the Mile High Club. You'll have to remove your pants while in flight for membership, thus no squeaking noise. (This won't help with the squeaking while walking through the airport, though). Wear your bikini bottoms like they're your underpants, and when you come out of the bathroom you'll be ready to disembark and go straight to the beach.

Now why didn't I think of that, Buffalo Girl?

Oh, Muffin, I needed a laugh today. Thanks for posting...

You didn't say what color your leather pants are. I hope they are a tropical shade that goes good with a tan...perhaps hot pink??

Are they ventilated? I seem to remember some star, was it Cher, wearing air conditioned leather at one time....

I am NOT speaking from personal experience. (But I wish I was - sort of)!

Tate the Pup loves squeaky toys. It might be a good idea to let me know when you will be at the airport and which airport, we would not want my large furry dog to go after your squeaky pants with the gusto he usually spends on his bunny.

Oh my am I going to have to rethink this whole outfit?? Oh dear. As you all know the plane riding outfit is most most important you simply cannot be parading around the airport or the WHOLE PLANE ride in an unsuitable and unstylish outfit. Thank god I came home in time to study up and give this matter some proper thought time. Thanks again....smooch.

Upcoming tips coming on traveling, shopping and packing as relating to women on a specific basis.

Really, muffin, Your are too kind, you don't have to..please, don't put yourself out, we will manage on our own, I am sure.
You just go have a good time and we will stumble along figuring out what to wear all by ourselves.

Scarlett,

A refined poodle going after some unsuspecting woman in leather pants in a crowded airport: I just might pay to see that.

All he has to do is hear that squeak

You might trynamesake product of these websites:
http://www.thighmaster.com
http://www.wd40.com
Hope this helps!

The image of Scarlett's dog chasing Muffin through the airport in her squeaky leather pants is tooo much. I needed a good laugh this evening. Now I am going to go enjoy my glass of wine.

Muffin,
I look forward to your upcoming tips!
I loved fainaAgain advice( 3rd post)I can just picture that - walking like an A through the terminal.

Walk like letter A! yes, that will give pup a better grip!!

chicgal, I try to prance every day 3 times before breakfast. (Apologies to Alice in Wonderland.)

Marilyn,
Some how I just CAN'T picture that!!

I need to "prance" and do a "Cool weather Dance" because it was 86 degrees here, 100% humidity and its a sticky hot mess here. I am off to prance,...well maybe!

OK, Anne, I do have my coffee first, then I prance.

I got up this morning, turned on the computer, and read this post. Now I'm laughing so hard I'm crying. Thanks for the morning mood-lifter, everybody!

Marilyn, I am headed out the door on a bleak Saturday morning to attend a conference (I'm sooo tired). I will trying prancing about three times on my way to my car to see if anything "special" happens. Perhaps you are on to something fabulous - ya know the prancing and such may be the way to start every morning. ~bye~

Take it from THE Harley rider, Ladies.."oiling" leathers does NOT make them shiny...using something such as Armorall DOES make them shiny and will cut down the squeakiness considerably.

As to being "too hot" to wear leathers...it is NEVER "too hot" to be in leathers, EVER!

Really, leather pants are so 1999.

Glue feathers on the inside of the thighs to hush things up a bit or else glue corderoy patches on the inside of the thighs and go vwoom vwoom !

I'm sorry, muffin, this is just plane (yes!) silliness. Of COURSE they're going to squeak, and what is all this ritual and "care and reverence" for NEW and SPECIAL occasion, etc. etc.? If you go ahead with this plan, you deserve the extreme discomfort you're going to feel shortly after the trip begins. Leather for Aruba? I MEAN.....!

And many do not understand why Im not a fan of Aruba..................lol

muffin, if you got the figure to wear that leather on an airplane at 2,400 miles up in the air, by all means, wear it! Those squeaks will get attention from the male gender, and any scornful looks from the other gender only means they are jealous. Me, my feet and waistline swell so badly, I only travel in spandex.

Oh Muffin -
Nothing says loving like squeaking leather. Happy Halloween. Boo!

2400 miles? Yikes, are we shooting muffin into space?

Didn't someone say she was a space cadet?

Will muffineater return tonight?

Isn't that muffin in the fodors.com logo?? Looks like squeeky leather bodysuit to me?

OWJ, you might be on to something LOL!

OWJ, TOOOO funny! Another mystery solved!

So that is muffin, flying across the moon! Thank you darlin OWJ, you have not only solved the mystery but outed muffin! LOL
Is muffin now discussing this dilemma of hers with Ziana?
2400 miles? That could be right if she is indeed circling the globe

Muffin flying to Aruba in her leather outfit!!!!

Too funny. And OWJ, aren't you clever. LOL

talcum powder...of course you'll leave white poofs everywhere you walk....LOL

Best muffin thread ever.

I don't think it's possible to frighten muffin off. One of muffin's very best qualities is her eternal good nature. You've got to admit she's a good sport. *smooch* to you, muff!

Too funny, thanks for the great laughs folks! Kept me entertained between handing out candy to little beggars.

I thought every good cook knew this: you always have to grease your muffin pan(t)s before you bake in them!

Oh, Elizabeth, that's the best one yet!

Muff dear~two things. Are you quite certain you've gotten the right size? It's possible you've gotten a wee bit of "spread" and not really accepting the fact.

And, I'm no expert at this but I think if you consider tipping the pilot he or she might be able to fly the plane in such as way as to allow you prance with nary a squeak.

OWJ, thank you, the mystery is solved, so this IS the flying muffin on the fodor's logo! From now on I will always laugh logging in.

Elizabeth, this is soooo funny, and I agree, every kook should know.

Where is Muffin and the evil twin Muffin Eater? Are all dozen rascals behind these nicknames back to school?

how I missed this wonderful thread the first time I don't know, but thanks for reposting it Faina!

Last I heard from Muffin, she'd changed her plans from Aruba to Cancun...maybe she's squeakily whipping off there as we speak! Happy travels, Muffin!

I need my muff, we are expecting a blizzard tonight.

A classic read!

I miss Muffin!

Me, too! Perhaps she's in an airplane bathroom somewhere stuck in an unsuccessful leather pant yoga position. Where in the world is Muffin?!?

AnnMarie_C

Perhaps she met some marvelous man (or woman) on her adventures and she is being fed grapes by her beloved on a tropical beach, while under a parasol in her leather pants.

Last I heard, she was visiting DC- I htink this was last spring or last summer. I live near DC and thought I might see her in the Washigton Post at that time...but no such luck.

MUFFIN!!! where are you?

I read it in a travel insurance training brochure that Muffin was tragically killed when her farting dog spontaneously combusted on her lap during her Aruba flight igniting her pleather pants causing toxic fumes which caused a terrible rash when she messed herself because she was fused to the airline seat and could not make it to the restroom... she will be missed!

...and the Coroner had to scour the restroom with his eyes...

Oh no! Tell me it ain't so... Long live Muffin...

ahhhhhhhhh. the good ole days on fodors.

Hmm, didn't Muffin disappear about the time Natalie Holloway did?

I heard on the radio this morning that Natalie Holloway's mother is dating the father of JonBenet Ramsey.

hope they don't have any kids!!!

*big eyes insert here* haha hilarious! indeed..and yes! one size up will do the trick! next? a no,no to wear in a fly anywhere !..let alone to an island! My gosh!..gosh!

If you tie your ankles together and sort of hop they won't squeek.

muffin - are you related to madrigal's muffy?

Dearest Muffin,

A pair of leather pants squeaking through the airport will cause you much attention, my advice is to make sure you look fabulous thus giving you many more options should you choose to join the mile high club as suggested by BuffaloGirl.

Failing that take a bottle of oil and ask a very handsome fella if he wouldn't mind giving you a rub down to put an end to your squeaking this might also get you joining the mile high....

If you simply can't be without the pants then head to the gym wearing your leathers and run like mad, making your thighs bigger and stretching the pants, no more squeaking!!!

Have a lovely holiday!

Took a while, but eventually appreciated Muffin for not just the posts, but the inventive replies...now I can get to work with a smile!

The absolute best way to address the squeak is to mask it with the sound of jewelry.
It has been my experience that a belly dancer chain of bells that hang around your abdomen makes enough racket to completely hide embarrassing noises, a squeak, excessive gas, whatever the case may be. You could also wear a nice pair of Candies heels, the kind with the solid plastic sole. It's very hard to hear the squeak over the clip-clop, jingle jangle.
And, as you can imagine, this outfit is quite the attention getter, so make sure you have an appropriate top. Don't show more than 2 inches of midriff. A matching leather vest is really nice if it laces up tight in the front. Arm jewelry, possibly from the same belly dance product line, goes well with the vest. A perfect, stylish mix of east and west!
Your hair must be perfect to pull off this look.
Oh, and you need to use a little extra cologne because the smell of the leather can distract from the fragrance.

The name of this poster tells you all that you need to know.

Gosh...this provided the laugh I needed today. I miss muffin...

I miss muffin, too. For a second before I opened Charlene29's makeup on board the plane post, I thought muffin had returned.

I think we all have a bit of muffin inside us!!!

People took that make up post very seriously...really!!!

Topping for Cigalechanta.

Awwwww, the memories!!!

Thanks for posting Faina!!

oh, faina, kiss, kiss!

I mean thanks for topping this...

Where is Muffin? Is she a new psoter??

NO, not kiss kiss, but smooch smooch

I have some grey leather pants and everytime I wear them I think og muffin.
muffin, muffin come out who ever you are!

I meant to say - Has she resurrected into a "new" poster since 2004?

These threads were great.......

LOL! This thread is a classic.

I wonder if a little butt paste would work?

Seeing this post made me laugh BEFORE opening it! Too funny. Yoo hoo, Muffin? Come out, come out wherever you are!

Faina = Dayenu? Faina, I thought of you on Sunday as I watched the international skate competion from Paris... there was mention Plushenko will return to competitive skate? Hope I heard that right--hasn't been the same since he left though I do see promise in another young Russian whose name I can't recall.

Ann Marie--Me too! Gotta wonder how our Muffy is doing For sure she's had some adventures worth posting about...

OWJ

Ah, Muffin, a name, among some others that will live in infamey. LOL

Somebody ate the Muffin. Account not found

Classic for sure.

Thanks Dayenu for reserecting this again. The Forums used to be fun. I think Billy and Betty were still here and Thin and I know he's around but it's not the same, and I think MK_2 was still around and a few others.

I'm glad some of the threads are still here, but do miss the posters for sure.

"The Forums used to be fun." agree! remember tipping the pilot?

cat ladies aren't very funny... they're very furry...

Muffin, hellooooooooooooooooo!