# I've ran out of clean underwear... need answer quick **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 25, 2020, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937 "2020-01-25T03:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/21 "2020-01-25T05:44:58Z")
Looks like people have ran out of answers too. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/22 "2020-01-25T06:00:16Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Rinse a pair out in the bathroom sink, hang them to dry in the shower. If they aren’t dry by morning, use the blow dryer to finish drying them. ^^^ This. And succinctly expresses at that. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/23 "2020-01-25T07:35:41Z")
Take your cleanest dirty pair, turn them inside out, and wear those. Then, take the next cleanest and wear them over the first. Frees up space in the suitcase, too. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/24 "2020-01-25T08:21:55Z")
**Gato** - that’s really ingenious of you. How long did it take you to figure that out? (Jeez, men!) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/25 "2020-01-25T08:22:10Z")
In the future, buy so-called “travel” underwear like Ex Officio (I prefer the Give-N-Go fabric). They can be washed in the shower at night and they’ll be dry by morning easily. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/26 "2020-01-25T08:23:43Z")
If you are flying Tokyo to Chicago, you will arrive earlier than you left, so just keep wearing the ones you have on. Alternatively, if you go Chicago to Tokyo, you will be wearing the same ones for two days, and you will realize that is perfectly acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/27 "2020-01-25T08:32:20Z")
I’ll endorse the travel underwear. It works well. I’m going to disagree on ran versus run. I can’t find a source for how you’re using it. Could you point me towards a reference for this? ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/28 "2020-01-25T09:09:42Z")
1 pair of underwear will last 4 days. Day 1: Wear as usual Day 2: Rotate underwear 180 degrees. Day 3: Turn underwear inside out. Day 4: Repeat day 2 procedure. Day 5: (Emergency Only) - Switch used underwear with a close friend. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/29 "2020-01-25T09:27:34Z")
**I have run.** It’s the third irregular form in the conjugation “run ran run”. As in “speak spoke spoken”, hence “I’ve spoken”, or “I’ve run”. Wear underwear two days, no big deal. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/30 "2020-01-25T09:47:56Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > As others said. Wash in the sink night before you are going to leave. Wring them fiercely. Hang them to dry. Blow-dry **before** hanging (post wringing) and once again in the morning. > Seriously, I thought this was standard knowledge? I’ve never considered it but then, I’ve never run out of underwear. It’s the least-bulky item in your suitcase - why not bring a few spares? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/31 "2020-01-25T12:15:49Z")
> [@nate](#): > > I know the difference. It’s “ran”… as in, “I’ve ran out of underwear”. No, it’s “I’ve RUN out of underwear”. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/32 "2020-01-25T13:01:48Z")
> [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](#): > > I always just buy some more. > [@elfkin477](#): > > No…if you’re going to stick “have” in the sentence, it’s run. > > Anyway, the real answer is none of the above. Either rinse a pair out or buy another. I would wear uses ones before I would put on an unwashed from the store. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/33 "2020-01-25T14:00:02Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Rinse a pair out in the bathroom sink, hang them to dry in the shower. If they aren’t dry by morning, use the blow dryer to finish drying them. ^ This. Seriously, you can’t wash a pair of underwear in the sink? You don’t even have that as an option in the poll so I’m assuming it didn’t even occur to you even if it’s the obvious solution for me. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/34 "2020-01-25T14:52:43Z")
I’m assuming you’re a guy but don’t go commando, that just sounds very uncomfortable and will possibly leave you over exposed and if you forget to zip oh lordy spare the rest of us. YOu could go down to the laundry and pinch a new pair, j/k… Look for a bvd dispenser in the airport if you must, lol. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/35 "2020-01-25T14:57:41Z")
Sitting in the lobby with a hat out and a sign saying “underwear for a poor packer”. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/36 "2020-01-25T14:59:16Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > ^ This. > > Seriously, you can’t wash a pair of underwear in the sink? You don’t even have that as an option in the poll so I’m assuming it didn’t even occur to you even if it’s the obvious solution for me. That is what the OP ended up doing, according to post #8. I assume that no, they did not think of it, which is why this poll was useful and helpful to our hapless OP. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/37 "2020-01-25T18:54:10Z")
Glad we were of help. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/38 "2020-01-25T19:04:30Z")
Just keep wearing your existing pair. Plenty of people go hiking, camping, on deployment, etc. where they have to wear the same clothing (including underwear) for days on end without changing, and they are fine. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/39 "2020-01-25T19:29:59Z")
> [@chela](#): > > I’m assuming you’re a guy but don’t go commando, that just sounds very uncomfortable and will possibly leave you over exposed and if you forget to zip oh lordy spare the rest of us. > > YOu could go down to the laundry and pinch a new pair, j/k… > > Look for a bvd dispenser in the airport if you must, lol. Being over exposed is not the worst wardrobe malfunction a guy could have Involving a zipper while going commando. PM for grisly details. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/40 "2020-01-25T20:24:13Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Rinse a pair out in the bathroom sink, hang them to dry in the shower. If they aren’t dry by morning, use the blow dryer to finish drying them. Word. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937.md?page=3)