How to shrink jeans...

...have a few pairs of good jeans. Got them in the States in a fit of 'they're much cheaper here than home'. But when I get home, I find they're slightly too big. How do I shrink them on purpose? Dunk them in hot water? Boiling? Freezing? Will the colour drain out?

Archeron

You dont have to shrink them.
This is why God gave us breakfast rolls..

TerrorFirmer

Archeron wrote:

You dont have to shrink them.
This is why God gave us breakfast rolls..

No arguing with that sort of solid logic!

Robbo

HavoK wrote:

No arguing with that sort of solid logic!

I wouldn't call it solid per say, more of a flabby and gelatinous logic.

Hail to the Statoil Breakfast Roll, King of Artery Calcifying Foods.

TerrorFirmer

I think in some breakfast rolls there are well over a 1,000 calories. And when you consider they are solely consider a breakfast, with your other 2 meals, snacks and everything....

I even knew one guy who ate 2 in the morning. No, sadly, this isn't one of those "and that guy never gained a pound..." stories.

He's quite the fat bastard, actually.

Wouldn't take long to fit into the jeans alright!

Robbo

HavoK wrote:

I think in some breakfast rolls there are well over a 1,000 calories. And when you consider they are solely consider a breakfast, with your other 2 meals, snacks and everything....

Around the time of that awful breakfast roll song, some Gillian McKeith spouting professional harridan was on the radio screeching that there was 1500 calories in one, well over your RDA of salt and all the saturated fat you need to get a bypass at 35. I think she stopped just short of "BAN THIS SICK FILTH".

Seriously though, if you can't make the connection between regular consumption of them and excessive roly-poliness, you are too stupid to live.

TerrorFirmer

Does anyone here eat a breakfast roll on a regular basis though? If so, are you an enormus tub? Do let us know.

Archeron

HavoK wrote:

Does anyone here eat a breakfast roll on a regular basis though? If so, are you an enormus tub? Do let us know.

I used to, but gave them up at Christmas last year after realizing/accepting the fact of just how bad for you they are. Couldnt handle the thoughts of them now. One of the funniest things Ive seen is in one of the local butchers, where they give a ridiculously generous helping of everything. Little roundy kid, about 10 or 11, asks for a full monty breakfast roll. Sausages, rashers, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms, beans, hash browns, pudding. Girl asks if he'd like anything else and he says yeah, a portion of spicy wedges on it. She just mushes them in and gives it to him. Cue his jaw opening like one of those snakes that can eat elephants so he can fit it all in. Good Lord.

Edit. Conor74, sorry for the thread hijack

TerrorFirmer

I was thinking this actually was a breakfast roll thread.....oops

Trinity

I think a hotter than normal wash although my mums tumble dryer shrinks everything so stick them in one of those to dry if you have one.

skywalker

Archeron wrote:

I used to, but gave them up at Christmas last year after realizing/accepting the fact of just how bad for you they are. Couldnt handle the thoughts of them now. One of the funniest things Ive seen is in one of the local butchers, where they give a ridiculously generous helping of everything. Little roundy kid, about 10 or 11, asks for a full monty breakfast roll. Sausages, rashers, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms, beans, hash browns, pudding. Girl asks if he'd like anything else and he says yeah, a portion of spicy wedges on it. She just mushes them in and gives it to him. Cue his jaw opening like one of those snakes that can eat elephants so he can fit it all in. Good Lord.

Edit. Conor74, sorry for the thread hijack

Hang on. Your butchers sells breakfast rolls?

Archeron

Archeron wrote:

Edit. Conor74, sorry for the thread hijack

My lovely thread...ruined...utterly spoiled...:(

The 'fill to fit' idea is flawless, but I don't like breakfast rolls. Would Skittles Sours and Creme Bar bars be a suitable alternative?

Trinity1 wrote:

I think a hotter than normal wash although my mums tumble dryer shrinks everything so stick them in one of those to dry if you have one.

Good idea. Just got the tumble dryer plumbed in lately. About time we started experimenting with it. This week, shrinking jeans. Next week, the cat in a spin...

Thanks!

Mr. Presentable

I don't think you can shrink jeans anymore. Don't they all come pre-shrunk now?

The old way was to put them on and get in the bath to shrink to fit.

lau1247

just keep washing them..
Everytime I wash my jeans it gets or seem to get smaller

Endurance Man

Tumble Dry them for a good few hours, always works.

lash them in the dryer for a few days

failing that give them to my ma , she never fails to shrink my gear even my sock's get shrunk
I buy good clothes so i snapped out of letting her do my washing since i was 16 but every now and then she gets her hands on something and it turns out ruined

nipplenuts

nipplenuts wrote:

The old way was to put them on and get in the bath to shrink to fit.

Ah. Levi's shrink to fit.

Was that Nick Kamen?

Sundy

Archeron wrote:

I used to, but gave them up at Christmas last year after realizing/accepting the fact of just how bad for you they are. Couldnt handle the thoughts of them now. One of the funniest things Ive seen is in one of the local butchers, where they give a ridiculously generous helping of everything. Little roundy kid, about 10 or 11, asks for a full monty breakfast roll. Sausages, rashers, 2 fried eggs, mushrooms, beans, hash browns, pudding. Girl asks if he'd like anything else and he says yeah, a portion of spicy wedges on it. She just mushes them in and gives it to him. Cue his jaw opening like one of those snakes that can eat elephants so he can fit it all in. Good Lord.

Edit. Conor74, sorry for the thread hijack

please tell where this butcher is, you know how hard it is to get a good breakfast roll these days? I recommend Declans Sandwich Bar on bolton street for one of the best in dublin.

Archeron

Sundy wrote:

please tell where this butcher is, you know how hard it is to get a good breakfast roll these days? I recommend Declans Sandwich Bar on bolton street for one of the best in dublin.

Of course. Tis the butchers next door to Dunnes Stores in the Mill Shopping centre in Clondalkin. Its calorifically wonderful.

Ruu_Old

Moved from AH.

TerrorFirmer

At this stage, its more a thread for food/drink