# I just don't get the thong/no panty line thing **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 25, 2002, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749 "2002-05-25T02:41:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Arwen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7c8e57/32.png) [@Arwen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arwen)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/41 "2002-05-27T15:36:12Z")
Well, I have to chime in as far as the VPL thing goes…if your pants are tight enough to be giving you vpl at the waistband, then YOU NEED NEW PANTS. Or panties that don’t have a half-inch thick elastic. k? Thanks. For the lines across the bumcheek, though, the thong eliminates the embarrassing condition of everyone around you knowing that you have a Monster Wedgie [sup]TM[/sup]. Y’see, if your panties are going on a bit of a road trip, then everyone will know it. At least with a thong, you know where everything is, and you don’t have the lopsided left-leg-normal-right-leg-halfway-up-the-crack look. ---
**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:** [May 27, 2002, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/42 "2002-05-27T15:38:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arwen \* > \*\*the lopsided left-leg-normal-right-leg-halfway-up-the-crack look. \*\* Although I’ve heard that some men like that… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/43 "2002-05-27T16:09:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kaio \* > \*\* > > Comfortable?? I tried a thong exactly once. How can you possibly be comfortable with a perma-wedgie up your butt? 😕 \*\* Trust me, I felt the same way…but somehow you just get used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/44 "2002-05-27T22:15:50Z")
One girl I know has generally baggy pants, but even when she sits (in a way that tightens her pants) there’s still no VPL, and I could almost bet my life on the fact that she wouldn’t wear a thong… are some girls just lucky? ---
**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:** [May 27, 2002, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/45 "2002-05-27T22:43:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Speaker for the Dead \* > **I could almost bet my life on the fact that she wouldn’t wear a thong** This is probably the girl that wears crotchless, PVC, studed stuff under her mild mannered chinos and blouse. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/46 "2002-05-28T04:46:01Z")
More like her mild mannered t-shirt, overshirt, and carpenter jeans 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![techchick68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@techchick68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/techchick68)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/47 "2002-05-28T05:26:54Z")
Screw “panty lines” go commando! ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/48 "2002-05-28T07:17:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kaio \* > \*\* > > Comfortable?? I tried a thong exactly once. How can you possibly be comfortable with a perma-wedgie up your butt? 😕 \*\* YBMV, but I’m much more comfortable with a thin strip of material as opposed to the whole width of each bumcheek worth of material rammed up there. I don’t even notice it. Yet I find ‘normal’ undies incredibly annoying due to continual adjustment… and face it, there’s no dainty way to pull your panties out of your butt. Each to their own and all that. I do honestly find it comfortable, and find ‘normal’ panties extremely irritating. Isn’t it great we all have different opinions 🙂 > [@](#): > > - Originally posted by Zoggie\* > Er, what’s the diff between a thong and a G-string? Iquiring minds want to know… This has been answered, but only from an American perspective. Just in case any of you ever get to Australia, and just for some fun, I’ll explain the difference between a thong and a g-string, Aussie style 😉 G-String : underwear that goes up you bum. If you check out Opal’s drawing, you’ll see a great picture of the American “g-string” and “thong”. These are both called g-strings, or g’s in Australia. We don’t distinguish between them (though the ‘thong’ style is much more common). [Thong](http://www.hawaiian-sandals.com/): often called flip-flops, beach sandals, or in Australia thongs 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/49 "2002-05-30T01:37:42Z")
In the US flip-flops are also called thongs, though I remember that name more from when I was a kid. (btw, I go commando also. Undies are too much trouble) ---
**Author:** ![Stana\_Claus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stana_claus/32/13874_2.png) [@Stana\_Claus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stana_Claus)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/50 "2002-05-30T13:44:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by techchick68 \* > \*\*Screw “panty lines” go commando! \*\* [hijack] So, since y’all were so accommodating in explaining the difference between thongs & g-strings, could someone please explain why not wearing anything is called “going commando”?[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749/51 "2002-05-30T14:44:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MrsEG \* > \*\*But if I need to wear something tight, which is rare, I prefer wearing nothing. Just slip those puppies on and off I go. \*\* Camel toe!! 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-dont-get-the-thong-no-panty-line-thing/110749.md?page=2)