# Can We Start a New Doper Underwear Swap? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 8, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257 "2001-11-08T19:45:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/1 "2001-11-08T19:45:00Z")
I know there was one a few months ago, and I requested to be in it, but got passed over. ☹ So I didn’t the drawers from some other Doper in the mail. So I’d like to try to get another one going. Who’s interested? We can divvy it up so that guys get girls and vice versa, unless specifically requested. Do we have a volunteer to come up with a nifty logarithm to decide who gets who, or do we leave that up to whim? ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/2 "2001-11-08T19:59:04Z")
Can We Start a New Doper Underwear Swap? No, no we can’t. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/3 "2001-11-08T20:18:12Z")
I second the idea of “no”. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/4 "2001-11-08T20:28:18Z")
Can I ask why? Personally, I think the thought of **bobkitty** or **Nocturne** or someone sleeping in my boxers is a pretty sexy idea. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/5 "2001-11-08T20:32:33Z")
Hey, to all parties interested in participating, knock yerselves out. Just strikes me as borderline creepy. Actually, scratch that “borderline”. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/6 "2001-11-08T20:37:14Z")
Ummmmm… I’d have to say no to that idea. There may be a few posters on this board who’s undies you might want into, but chances are you’re going to get someone you don’t want (or maybe even know) with a fuckin’ skid-mark in them. Yech. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/7 "2001-11-08T21:10:55Z")
Well I thought it sounded like a good laugh, I haden’t thought of the skid marked one’s though (ewwww) but I’m sure it would be a success going by the White elephant swap, wasen’t like people sent used condoms in that or anything (not that I heard anyway) and that was open to everyone. ---
**Author:** ![bernse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@bernse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bernse)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/8 "2001-11-08T21:25:46Z")
Ugh. I can see it now: **THE OFFICIAL SDMB USED CONDOM SWAP!!!** I bet that if someone posted it as a topic it’d get massive reads though! ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/9 "2001-11-08T21:32:24Z")
Woah there just one moment!!! I would just like to state for the record that all underpants that were given in the Secret Underpants Gnome Exchange[sup]tm[/sup] were NEW. NEW, NEW, NEW. Off the rack/shelf at a reputable major chain store. I even _washed_ the ones I sent to my beloved **thinksnow** prior to packing them up. I mean, it would be a little freaky if I’d actually gotten **think’s** undies, considering he sent me thongs. Unless there’s yet another thing we don’t know about him… ::shudder:: Exchange used undies? What kind of person do you think I am??? [sub]don’t even THINK about answering that[/sub] And **Supe** , nice try at getting back in my good graces. Didn’t work, but it’s sweet. After all, I spent _all_ weekend waiting patiently for a surprise, and… nada. But feel free to keep trying. -BK ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/10 "2001-11-08T21:44:44Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by bobkitty \* > \*\* the Secret Underpants Gnome Exchange_\* Just remember folks Step one : Exchange Underpants Step three: Profit ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/11 "2001-11-08T21:57:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Superdude \* > \*\*Do we have a volunteer to come up with a nifty logarithm to decide who gets who, or do we leave that up to whim? \*\* Um… a nifty logarithm to decide who gets who? Might I recommend my personal favorite, the natural log? Tenebras ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/12 "2001-11-08T22:32:29Z")
As the only other participant in the original **Secret Underpants Gnome Exchange[sup]tm[/sup]** arranged and coordinated by **Rue** , I’d like to note that the boxers I got from **bobkitty** were [sub](to steal military terminology)[/sub] new and in working order in all respects. New. New and unused. New, unused and unworn. The same goes for the panties I sent her (being the other of the total two participants), except that I wore some of them on my head first. 😃 It was (relatively) cheap/inexpensive and it ads a bit of spice to your undie-drawer, if for no other reason, you’ll be wearing underwear that someone else bought you (and not your spouse or mother.) ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/13 "2001-11-08T22:37:21Z")
Well, I would be happy to package up some ginch and send them off to someone. And I never turn down a nice, fresh thong. 😃 Al. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-start-a-new-doper-underwear-swap/92257/14 "2001-11-08T22:40:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by thinksnow \* > \*\*It was (relatively) cheap/inexpensive and it ads a bit of spice to your undie-drawer. \*\* Spice? I don’t think I want Cayenne Pepper in my panties. Personally, I find it vaguely creepy. In principle, I have no problems sharing my underwear with dopers; I’m just selective about who I share with. \