Why do people say they "put their pants on one leg at a time" when they're trying to explain that they really are normal people like you or I? Do really famous/rich/uber individuals have a special technique we don't know about? Do they have servants do it for them, but by god both feet at the same time? Do they jump hong kong action flick style across the room into a pair hung in the doorway? Do they have futurama-style cans of paint that create pants as you spray? Can they generate pants with their sheer force of will? Do they breed super-intelligent pants that crawl up their legs while they stand reading the financial section? It does not compute.
Upon further reflection, I know this saying is just to say that, yes, yes, no matter how rich you get, simple tasks remain the same. Which is to say a rich man's bathroom smells just as bad as a poor man's on burrito tuesday. I just always seem to take that phrase to mean that there's some level of rich/famous/uber that they haven't quite achieved yet, and it is only for the moment that they share some things with the poor. "I put my pants on like you guys now, but just wait until I get another 100 million! You don't even WEAR pants at that level! Another 500 million and my shit will turn into rose petals!"
No, you will never recover the minute it took to read this post.
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