"Dad, your pants are glowing!"

[bob4apple]

Imagine my terror when my son spoke those words to me during
the funeral wake for one of my parents. Naturally, people turned
to see which clownish, disrespectful fool was making a spectacle
of himself with some sort of lighting display on his trousers.

Looking downward, I saw a bright, fist-sized spot of light on my thigh!
Noooooooooooooooooo. How long was this thing on me?

Turns out that I had accidentally activated my flashlight,
which easily shone through my light weight dress slacks,
making it appear as if there was a party going on in my pants.
Of course, my face was now blushing a brighter red than the time
I forgot to remove my huge cloth dinner napkin while dancing
at a friend's wedding.

Geez, I really, really dread formal events, ya know? :shakehead

 

[Barbarian]

My condolences on your loss of a parent.

What light did you have in your trousers?

 

[Yucca Patrol]

I'll take a guess and say it was a Nitecore D10. . . . Unless I unscrew the head, mine always turns on in my pocket

 

[bob4apple]

It was an ITP A3 EOS on a keyring.

(Invisible in your pocket when OFF, which I recommend!)

 

[Zeruel]

It happened more often for my twisties than clickies, like LD01 and EZ CR2....
Either I see the glow or feel the unfamiliar heat in my pocket. :green:
That's WHY I always wanted tightened for off.

 

[olrac]

condolences on your loss, I'm sure nobody thought bad of you and probably knew it was accidental.

 

[sabre7]

Been carrying the ITP A3 EOS natural on a keyring myself for about 2 weeks, and haven't had that problem yet. I keep it a full 1/4 turn in the off position.

 

[bob4apple]

condolences on your loss, I'm sure nobody thought bad of you and probably knew it was accidental.

Thanks, I hope so- but those who remember that I once
set off a smoke bomb in my basement, and played softball
using a motorcycle to round the bases, may have their doubts.

 

[jhc37013]

Thanks, I hope so- but those who remember that I once
set off a smoke bomb in my basement, and played softball
using a motorcycle to round the bases, may have their doubts.

\

First off sorry for you loss, second I also was thinking it was a D10 or EX10. My EX10 always turned on "accidentally" in my pocket. Well accidentally or by its own choice anyway. I just eventually came to the conclusion it doesn't like being turned off and left it at that.

 

[Beam Guru]

At least your pants didn't light on fire.....talk about a cooked weiner....
Sorry to hear about your loss.

 

[bob4apple]

Thanks for your kind words, folks. :thumbsup:

 

[WadeF]

It has happened to me. I was using my cheapo DX MTE P7 as a light on my kid's jogging stroller. After I put the stroller away in the garage the MTE went in my back pocket. When I got in the house I realized it had clicked on when I shoved it in my pocket (must have pressed the clicky switch). I then realized when I went into my porch door my back side was facing my neighbor next door. I had to wonder if he saw my left rear pocket glowing away.

 

[Search]

I noticed at a funeral a few weeks back I clipped my E1B to the pocket second nature. I was a Pall Bearer (however it's spelled) so I had a suit on.

Luckily it hadn't come on and no one asked why I had a flashlight.

I feel for you, I'm not sure of people would have laughed at me or been upset with me though. Hopefully people found more humor than anything else.

My family tends to gather at funerals to discuss happy times and give thanks to a good life. If yours is like that, I'm sure it would have been a funny thing and not a disrespectful occurrence.

 

[bob4apple]

The thing is, I've had flashlights come on in my pocket before,
but the light couldn't get through denim jeans, so it wouldn't
show at all. No problem.

This is the first time it was so clearly visible, and at the worst
possible time, with people asking me if I remembered them
("Yes, Mom" and "No, friend of the guy who knew my
cousin's plumber's grandmother").

I guess I shouldn't fight it...
time to get more smoke bombs, schedule a game of "motorcycle
softball", and let happy flashlight beams shine from every pocket.

I'm back!

 

[victor01]

Me it was Liteflux LF2 Cree, luckily I was at home.

 

[Moonshadow]

I'll take a guess and say it was a Nitecore D10. . . . Unless I unscrew the head, mine always turns on in my pocket

Do you have the lanyard ring in stalled ? That can sometimes bump against the end of the piston.

 

[soulrider]

Sorry for your loss but thank you for sharing the story which made me laugh out loud.

Is that a party in your pants or...

 

[CaNo]

My condolences for your loss. Great story though! lol That will never happen with my Ra Twisty though... that sucker tough to twist, but for me that is a good thing. Especially in these kind of situations! lol :twothumbs

 

[Zendude]

My condolences.

You gotta love the innocence of kids. If they see something they will say something (at the most inopportune time). At least it wasn't on strobe! That would have been a pocket party.

 

[WadeF]

It would have been funny if it was blinking SOS and some old timer came up to you and said "Something in your pants appears to be in distress!"