How-To: Keep Your Fly From Falling Down

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By Andrew Salomone
Posted November 4th, 2011
Category Craft, General

This useful “first world solution” to a fly that won’t stay zipped was posted on reddit by user ANatale (warning: NSFW). The original tutorial was written in a vernacular reminiscent of The Wu-Tang Clan’s seminal “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers),” so I’ve just posted the images here.

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10 Responses to How-To: Keep Your Fly From Falling Down

miriam on November 4th, 2011 at 8:12 am said:

This is genius.

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LIndsay on November 4th, 2011 at 9:43 am said:

NO WAY!!!! Why didn’t I think of that?! I’ll have to read the other website this weekend.

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Jamie on November 6th, 2011 at 12:58 am said:

Smart idea. However, the original post lost my attention w/ all the jargon. I expected something more clever.

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sarah on December 20th, 2011 at 8:11 am said:

Putting the little zipper handle in the down position actually “locks” the zipper. I have been quite surprised in the past that not a lot of people know this! No need for any key ring (although the creativity is admirable), just make sure the zipper handle is in the locked position.

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- daisy on October 8th, 2012 at 10:47 am said:
  
  It’s too bad that sometimes this “lock” breaks sometimes and the zipper slides down when you least expect it. This little trick is a neat way to take care of the problem without replacing a zipper or safety pinning the zipper in place.
  
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sarah on December 20th, 2011 at 8:14 am said:

p.s. in Swedish we call it a “lightening lock” because the zipper has a locking mechanism built in when in the down position to keep it from sliding down.

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Paula on April 10th, 2012 at 5:46 pm said:

Awesome idea

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Song on October 16th, 2012 at 1:58 pm said:

fixed my prob in 5 mins when it has been bothering me for mths!! thanks!

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claudia on November 1st, 2012 at 9:42 pm said:

I have always used a safety pin!!!!

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akismet-af5ad8e82e5a34f6c0c25e0ce13e7349 on December 9th, 2012 at 9:38 am said:

Not all zippers have locks. Often you can find excellent jeans at a second hand store, given up on by the previous owner because the zipper kept sliding down…

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