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Video: John Oliver Demands To Know Why Bread Pants Don't Exist Yet
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Ben Yakas
Published May 30, 2016
Modified May 30, 2016
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John Oliver and Last Week Tonight had Memorial Day Weekend off, but they still put a web exclusive online for those of us jonesin' for our weekly dose of British Milhouse. And he took the opportunity to set aside reporting on (and mocking) things that already exist to focus on things that should exist (but don't yet). That includes an All-Dog Blue Man Group, a way to wink without it looking like you're proposing a threesome, biodegradable treadmills, and most importantly, bread pants.
"Which are, of course, sweatpants, but made of bread," Oliver explained. "In my experience, if you're wearing sweatpants, you are concurrently eating something messy, like a plate of nachos or a fistful of hummus. Now, with bread pants, if you spill, you don't wash the pants—you simply tear a piece off the leg and eat that too, how are those not a thing?!" Watch below:
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