# Ever go out without underwear?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-out-without-underwear/105193>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 23, 2002, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-out-without-underwear/105193 "2002-04-23T19:20:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![xanadu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c4cdca/32.png) [@xanadu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanadu)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-out-without-underwear/105193/61 "2002-04-26T05:14:57Z")

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> \*Originally posted by CaptMurdock \*  
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> They were getting ready to go to a fancy engagement; all the guys had rented tuxedos. Joey usually doesn’t wear underwear, and in fact apparently owns one pair only. Chandler, his roommate, has hidden this pair (which Joey is not yet wearing) as a gag. Ross asks why doesn’t he (Joey) just do without for tonight:
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> **"It’s a rented tux! I’m not gonna go ‘commando’ in another man’s fatigues!"**
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> I assume the term “commando” was chosen in light of the military metaphor. OTOH, Scottish men who wear no underwear beneath their kilts (a good portion) were said to be going “regimental.” Perhaps “commando” is a derivation of that. \*\*

Maybe somebody should ask Cecil the origin of the term “Going commando”. ;j He is the all powerful and all knowing Cecil Adams, after all. I’d ask, but I’m not sure how to go about that.

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**Author:** ![Mersavets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aca169/32.png) [@Mersavets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mersavets)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-go-out-without-underwear/105193/62 "2002-04-26T05:20:30Z")

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I remember a nightclub that got into some controversy with one of their gimmicks. They advertised free entry and a couple of drinks to girls without knickers. If she wanted to take up the offer, the girl just had to walk over a mirror near the door bitch for verification purposes.

The only time I go without is when I’m riding a bike whilst wearing knicks. Non-cyclists seem disgusted at the thought of this but it’s the whole reason you spend so much on knicks without any inner seams. Wearing undies would defeat the purpose of knicks. So you can just call me ‘Nicholas’ when I’m on a bike.

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