# all about my panties **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 6, 2003, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822 "2003-10-06T04:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/21 "2003-10-06T12:18:24Z")
Rush Limbaugh in a tight, wet Speedo! ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/22 "2003-10-06T12:25:31Z")
Funny, I always thought Rush would be [this](http://www.manties.net/) kind of guy. ---
**Author:** ![Kaitlin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/59ef9b/32.png) [@Kaitlin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaitlin)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/23 "2003-10-06T12:35:46Z")
I second the “Barely There” suggestion. I found some that are superlow in front and back, and very comfortable, too. Victoria’s Secret hipster-style undies also never need folded-down. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/24 "2003-10-06T13:16:30Z")
> [@](#): > > Funny, I read the thread title and I started flashing back to Steeleye Span Gee, it sounded to me like the porno version of an Almodovar flick. (_Todo sobre mis braguitas_?) ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/25 "2003-10-06T13:26:46Z")
> [@](#): > > Us fat chicks have the same problem except for the undies (high cut briefs) that ride over the hips all the way to the underside of your damn boobs. WTF is up with that? The same goes for maternity underwear. As if we are already not feeling un-sexy enough from the bowling ball effect the baby has on our stomachs…we get the super-high waisted granny panties that come up just below our velcro-front maternity/nursing bras.☹ What’s a gal to do? MetalMaven ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/26 "2003-10-06T13:40:44Z")
I do the v-string. It’s much smaller than a traditional thong, so it doesn’t show. However, it makes me look fat if I gain 5 lbs. Which I did. ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/27 "2003-10-06T14:11:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 80sHairMetalMaven \* > \*\*The same goes for maternity underwear. As if we are already not feeling un-sexy enough from the bowling ball effect the baby has on our stomachs…we get the super-high waisted granny panties that come up just below our velcro-front maternity/nursing bras.☹ > What’s a gal to do? > > MetalMaven \*\* I wore my regular panties/thongs and just let them rest under my belly. It stretched them out a bit, but it was better than the alternative. I’m not big on granny underthings.😃 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/28 "2003-10-06T14:26:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by 80sHairMetalMaven \* > \*\*The same goes for maternity underwear. As if we are already not feeling un-sexy enough from the bowling ball effect the baby has on our stomachs…we get the super-high waisted granny panties that come up just below our velcro-front maternity/nursing bras.☹ > What’s a gal to do? > > MetalMaven \*\* I didn’t bother to wear maternity undies. I just quit wearing them unless I had to. Then I wore them under my belly. Robin ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/29 "2003-10-06T14:43:56Z")
Well, I bought the maternity undies on sale in a fit of pregnancy idiocy and madness and even though they were _cheap_, I wish I hadn’t sometimes. Although…the black pair DOES make my tummy look a tad bit smaller… MetalMaven ---
**Author:** ![BottledBlondJeanie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/0ea827/32.png) [@BottledBlondJeanie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BottledBlondJeanie)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/30 "2003-10-06T15:45:29Z")
Bah, panties…hate em! I see absolutely no need for them except for 4 days out of the month…yes the traditional _period panties_. I’ve _always_ found panties of any size/shape to be uncomfortable…my mom tells stories of me in elementary school going to class without wearing panties and occasionaly getting sent home for it. Poor mom was sooo embarrassed. And **Sj2** I’ll agree with you on the weird/sexual thing with the word ‘panties.’ ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/31 "2003-10-06T16:53:41Z")
Check out _Anatomy of a Murder_, where the judge and the two attorneys (Jimmy Stewart and George C. Scott) are trying to agree on what to call Lee Remick’s underwear in open court… ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/32 "2003-10-06T17:25:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Brutus \* > **All true conservatives ‘free-ball’ it.** Typical conservatives. Leaving the most vulnerable to fend for themselves. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/33 "2003-10-06T18:31:45Z")
Hmm… Never knew political orientation was tied to choice of undergarment. Very interesting … [sub]checks[/sub]… Boxers? Would that make me a moderate? Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/34 "2003-10-06T18:57:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mtgman \* > \*\*Hmm… Never knew political orientation was tied to choice of undergarment. Very interesting … [sub]checks[/sub]… Boxers? Would that make me a moderate? > > Enjoy, > Steven \*\* I guess that would depend on whether or not you have a button. ---
**Author:** ![Mtgman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Mtgman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mtgman)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/35 "2003-10-06T19:35:06Z")
Crap! This just gets more and more complex! Button, no button, silk, flannel, cotton, what does it all mean??!?! Then you get into the complexities of brand name and place of purchase. Am I a detestable big-brother advocate for buying Joe Boxer brand at a upper-class mens clothing store? What does shopping at Wal-Mart say about foreign policy beliefs? Arrggh! I’m lost! I’m afraid I’m caught in some sort of ideology-undergarment conflict and that any second now my boxers will decide I’m just not moderate enough to wear that particular type of underclothes and decide to pinch my boys off! Or worse, they may conspire to embarass me beyond all imagination the next time I’m rushing to the restroom by spontaneously leaping into the stream and soaking themselves and my trousers. Or maybe they’ll conspire with my pants to somehow remove their protective abilities next time I’m zipping up. Can’t someone help me here? I don’t want to be the victim of ideology-underclothes juxtaposition incited embarassment! Enjoy, Steven ---
**Author:** ![sj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@sj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sj2)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/36 "2004-03-08T22:40:38Z")
For the love of things all good and holy! I just saw an ad in a Glamour magazine advertising exercise thongs. Super absorbent. So, now, not only do you have to wear floss with regular pants, now you have to wear them whilst exercising! WTF?? ---
**Author:** ![INSANE1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f0a364/32.png) [@INSANE1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/INSANE1)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/37 "2004-03-08T23:32:47Z")
What about those ‘boy leg’ undies for women (the ones that look a little like hot pants). My g/f has several pairs, they do a good job of keeping everything tucked away nicely, plus, she tells me they are also very comfy. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2004, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/38 "2004-03-08T23:47:31Z")
> [@sj2](#): > > For the love of things all good and holy! I just saw an ad in a Glamour magazine advertising exercise thongs. Super absorbent. Ignorant bloke here…what the hell would they be absorbing that ordinary knickers wouldn’t? (and hey, American gals, learn that word…nothing less sexy that somebody muttering ‘kniccckkkeerrrrsss’ under her breath) ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/39 "2004-03-09T01:01:24Z")
> [@INSANE1](#): > > What about those ‘boy leg’ undies for women (the ones that look a little like hot pants). My g/f has several pairs, they do a good job of keeping everything tucked away nicely, plus, she tells me they are also very comfy. If your girlfriend has stuff that needs tucking away, she may not actually be your _girl_friend, buddy. > [@mhendo](#): > > Originally posted by Brutus: > “All true conservatives ‘free-ball’ it.” > > Typical conservatives. > Leaving the most vulnerable to fend for themselves. THAT was funny as hell. ---
**Author:** ![Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Fuji\_Kitakyusho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuji_Kitakyusho)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822/40 "2004-03-09T01:37:54Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Everyone who free-balls it eventually has an unfortunate encounter with a zipper. This is what is wrong with our educational system - the critical stuff is being left out. Going commando? BUTTON FLY. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-about-my-panties/205822.md?page=3)