# Bad Underwear Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 30, 1999, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748 "1999-09-30T22:15:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/21 "1999-10-01T18:01:00Z")
I buy those boxer briefs for my oldest…he was always digging his drawers out of his arse…until he got these…now he leaves his rear alone. Personally, I think comfort has alot to do with the shape of your toosh. ---
**Author:** ![Hungry\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hungry\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hungry_Boy)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/22 "1999-10-01T18:23:00Z")
I’m a firm supporter of boxer briefs – and vice versa. Point of Order: It has been argued that the pee-flap that separates bikinis from briefs is a necessary statement of one’s manhood. I don’t disagree but I do have to ask if anyone actually use the pee-flap for peeing? Like my nipples, my pee-flaps are purely decorative. Guys? ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/23 "1999-10-01T19:22:00Z")
- - - Two words: Flannel Boxers. You know they’re comfortable when ladies with access to your underwear drawer steal them. (If she’ll fit into them of course; sometimes she will, sometimes she won’t.) - Cotton is a lousy fabric for underwear and socks. - MC ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/24 "1999-10-01T21:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > - > - > - Two words: Flannel Boxers. You know they’re comfortable when ladies with > access to your underwear drawer steal them. (If she’ll fit into them of course; > sometimes she will, sometimes she won’t.) - Cotton is a lousy fabric for underwear and > socks. - MC Flannel boxers are comfy, about half my underwear are boxer-briefs, the other half are flannel boxers. The only problem with flannel boxers is that they tend to adhere to the pants when you pull 'em up and they ride up. For this reason, I’ve relegated the flannel boxers for mostly bedtime use. Side note: You ever notice how some people say underwears instead of underwear? I know, everybody says pants or shorts, not pant or short. But, underwears just sounds so silly. ---
**Author:** ![beefymeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@beefymeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beefymeg)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/25 "1999-10-01T21:24:00Z")
Hey, is this a gentlemen’s-undies-only thread or can the ladies jump on too? Our underwear can be just as troublesome, albeit less painful. I.E. thongs. * * * Where are we going? And why am I in this handbasket? ---
**Author:** ![JamesCarroll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@JamesCarroll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JamesCarroll)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/26 "1999-10-01T21:39:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Two things: > 1\> Real men don’t throw away underwear. Ever. > > 2\> No real man wears bikini underwear. Ever. 3\> Real men never buy underwear in tubes. Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Valerieblaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@Valerieblaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valerieblaise)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/27 "1999-10-01T22:09:00Z")
I love boxer-briefs, whether they’re on a guy or me! They look good, and they’re comfortable. I don’t get tighty-whiteys, and I SURE do not find them attractive. Actually, they make me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![Gaudere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e495f1/32.png) [@Gaudere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaudere)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/28 "1999-10-01T22:38:00Z")
Yes, boxer-briefs are the greatest thing to ever happen in men’s underwear. Sexier than boxers! More attractive than briefs! Less giggle-inducing than zebra-striped bikinis! * * * “Eppur, si muove!” - Galileo Galilei ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 1999, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/29 "1999-10-01T22:55:00Z")
Satan:You wear underwear to catch farts and such.That way you never wash the pants.Or once a year is enough. Shirts are washed, though. ---
**Author:** ![24KaratGold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/cc9497/32.png) [@24KaratGold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/24KaratGold)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 1999, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/30 "1999-10-02T00:11:00Z")
Oooo, Satan . . . . I don’t wear 'em either! 😉 Goldie ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 1999, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/31 "1999-10-03T11:48:00Z")
I’m afraid of those… whatd’yuh callums… boxer briefs? Don’t the legs ride up and bunch around yer thighs like parasitic cloth donuts? That’s all I need. 1. You boxer guys are nuts. Yer boys are always cold and your lower sperm count will eventually skim you from the gene pool. 2. I thought it was the guys who snagged the girl’s panties? 3. I never met a woman with stretched out unnerwear leg-holes, but I have found a few who wear their “Monday” on Sunday. That makes Monday feel like Tuesday. I refuse to discuss thong underwear, and ass-grubber-outter people are best when they think they are not being watched. ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 1999, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/32 "1999-10-03T13:31:00Z")
Just as a tourist in Denmark, I had lots of time to wait and do nothing.So you notice things. Like most unmarried women wear thong underwear. One even changed from shorts to pants at a park bench.So we have some real evidence. Two moms pushing enormous baby carriages (single moms?) were wearing thong underwear and very transparent long dresses. I was in town with two kids, so I don’t even have observations on evening time underwear fashions. Just in case this men’s underwear is getting boring.I didn’t want to start a new topic. Underwear does seem to be in the SD field. Someone think up an underwear question for Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 1999, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/33 "1999-10-03T18:16:00Z")
**Nickrz:** > [@](#): > > Yer boys are always cold and your lower sperm count will eventually skim you from the gene pool. IIRC it’s the other way around, boss. Keeping team testes too snug against heats things up too much, making the soldiers too few and too tired to take the beach. Heck, I think exteriorality (!) _evolved_ to keep the swim team a little cooler. I apologize in advance if you were being facetious and I didn’t get it, but it was worth it nonetheless just to remember various euphemisms for the little danglers. * * * Livin’ on Tums, Vitamin E and Rogaine ---
**Author:** ![Poto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ab992/32.png) [@Poto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poto)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 1999, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/34 "1999-10-03T21:06:00Z")
Manhattan: so they say. But is there really any correlation between underwear and sperm count? Perhaps I’ll send it to Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 1999, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/35 "1999-10-03T21:17:00Z")
When one’s belly expands with the joys of gestating, there are several options for womens underwear. 1) Thong 2)Maternity undies or 3) Mens briefs. Thongs are fine except if you get hemorroids.There are some puckered women out there that would never wear one and view it as the work of the devil to wear on. So be it. 1. Maternity underwear is so gd ugly and it is something like $8-10 for two pair and they come hermetically sealed in a bag and you cannot try them on to see if the damn things wedge or not. No test drive, no buying, not in my book. 2. Mens briefs are by far the most comfortable during pregancy. The wide bands around the leg and waist prevent creepage. At the end of pregnancy, hubby suddenly has a whole new drawer of underwear of the stuff that I no longer have to wear. ( And I pitch the old stuff out.) PS - that is what he is getting for christmas, a new sock drawer and underwear drawer. Exciting, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Sycorax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@Sycorax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sycorax)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 1999, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/36 "1999-10-04T02:25:00Z")
Well of course you’ve never met a woman with stretched out underwear leg holes! We women don’t wear raggedy underwear - that’s a man-thing. I don’t know how you’d know anyway - I mean, it’s not obvious - it just means the panties ride up and are uncomfortable - and speaking of panties riding up - how in the devil do women stand the thongs? Or do they just get used to it? Here I’m pulling my panties outta there, and some women are putting them in! ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 1999, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/37 "1999-10-05T00:54:00Z")
manhattan - Did you ever notice the white worm and walnut sack after you came out of the cold water? The Emporer has no clothes, but the dynamic duo can nuzzle up close to the body. There’s those little cord thingies (there’s what you should ask Cecil) that keep them “rising and falling” as a thermostatic device to keep sperm at an even temperature. (The sight has been known to fascinate uninitiated females). Some years ago there was talk about the correlation between brief wearing and the gender of babies born of such true manly types. Keeping the testicles warm (it was said) produced more boy babies. Or maybe it was the other way around… anyway, I like to keep them close to home and out of harm’s way. You guys can leave them out in the cold, I’ve already contributed my genes to the pool. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 1999, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/38 "1999-10-05T01:38:00Z")
> [@](#): > > And while I’m on the subject, does anyone ever use that stupid “flap-hole” arrangement in the front? What’s that all about? These are made for men whose penises are 1/4 inch in diameter and attached to the left side of their groin area. These men are easy to spot - they’re the ones standing with their right elbow pointed toward the urinal. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 1999, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/39 "1999-10-05T02:06:00Z")
_sigh_ Sadly, we’re a dying breed. ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 1999, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748/40 "1999-10-05T02:28:00Z")
1. To stop the leg band elastic from stretching out, move up to a larger size. I use the Penny’s brand and the leg band has never given out first. I use a larger size for the sheer comfort. 2. The double flap on briefs is: to provide an opening for those who wear their briefs way too tightly (so as _not_ to wear out the leg band elastic); to provide extra warmth for wee willy; and, to provide extra absorption for dribbles. 3. There does seem to be a medical consensus that briefs do lower sperm count. When couples are trying to conceive, the doc makes the man switch to boxers. 4. Boxer briefs and boxers are excellent for walking around in (esp. flannel boxers). But I do find the legs ride up too easily in tight fitting pants, such a jeans. They do work well in loose fitting pants. 5. Boxer briefs have been very popular in the gay men’s community for years. There was even a joke about it on _Will & Grace_. But you real men don’t have to worry about that now, real men always slavishly follow fashion trends set by gay men – about five years later (denim jackets over hooded sweatshirts, goatees, pierced ears, shaved heads, frosted hair, tattoos, etc…). If any of you real men actually want to get in on the fashion trend at its onset, just rent recently released gay porn – you’ll get an eyeful of what tomorrow’s undie trends will be. Peace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-underwear-day/3748.md?page=3)