# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**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 30, 2020, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/61 "2020-01-30T15:34:29Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Presumably the people around you will not be burying their face in your crotch on this particular day… If someone’s gonna be burying their face in his crotch, they probably won’t mind the smell. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/62 "2020-01-30T15:42:14Z")
> [@tricoteuse](#): > > And next time, pack a couple more pairs than you think you’ll need. I even shove a spare pair in my bag for day trips because if you get stuck for two hours on a bus with broken air conditioning in July you’re not stuck walking around with swamp-crotch all day. 😃 > > PS, And a Ziplock bag to put the dirties in, of course. I prefer something that breathes for my laundry. I usually pack a nylong laundry bag (left over from diaper days) but if I dn’t have it, I grab the plastic laundry bag from the hotel closet – it has holes in it, and my damp dirties won’t mildew. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/63 "2020-01-30T17:33:13Z")
Order new underwear from Amazon same day delivery and wait around naked until they arrive. ---
**Author:** ![RioRico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f04885/32.png) [@RioRico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RioRico)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/64 "2020-01-31T03:17:28Z")
I ticked commando, ha ha. That may work. What ALWAYS works is packing undies for one day more than you will be out, which is how we handle our briefer getaways. Longer trips see nightly Grape Stomps: 1. Enter shower fully clothed (remove leather and electronics). 2. Lather head luxuriantly with foamy shampoo. 3. Undress. Drop clothes into shower basin. Scrub self. 4. Rinse much shampoo off head onto piled clothes. 5. Stomp sudsy clothes as if squishing grapes for cheap wine. 6. Rinse underclothes well and hand-wring. 7. Hang stuff up to dry. Yes, we carry light twine and plastic clothespins to hang everything. Hair dryers may be needed in humid climes. I wish we’d thought of the dry-in-hotel-towel trick mentioned upthread. I will admit that we may occasionally buy new undies if a purveyor is nearby. We’ve not yet bribed a hotel clerk for fresh panties. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/65 "2020-01-31T04:30:44Z")
I am jealous of people who can go out and buy new clothes and just wear them, without washing them first. I have to take allergy meds just to try on new clothes, and still run to the shower all itchy the moment I’m done. I’ve never found out what chemical they put on the cloth to keep it nice in transit. Somebody called it “sizing” once, but I’ve never researched it. All I know is that unwashed cloth will make me itchy, so I can’t go near it. ---
**Author:** ![LiveFree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@LiveFree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveFree)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/66 "2020-01-31T16:07:42Z")
Underwear doesn’t really get that dirty just wearing them once. Wearing the pair a second time isn’t going to hurt anything. Nobody is going to know, unless you had a mishap in them. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937/67 "2020-01-31T17:09:25Z")
> [@LiveFree](#): > > Underwear doesn’t really get that dirty just wearing them once. Wearing the pair a second time isn’t going to hurt anything. Nobody is going to know, unless you had a mishap in them. Exactly, and pretty much what I said in post #45. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-ran-out-of-clean-underwear-need-answer-quick/846937.md?page=3)