# Jock straps **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 4, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924 "2003-12-04T13:01:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/21 "2003-12-04T16:11:25Z")
**plnnr** , would this picture you mentioned be calendar worthy? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/22 "2003-12-04T17:40:20Z")
Depends on whether you want to be able to tell the phases of the moon when you look at the calendar. White jock or black jock? ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/23 "2003-12-04T17:51:28Z")
Oooh, a phases of the moon calendar! Weā€™ve got to get Opal in on this! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/24 "2003-12-04T19:34:00Z")
> [@](#): > > White jock or black jock? Yes, please! > [@](#): > > Otto, please do tell how you ended up with two! Not to get too Penthouse Forum-y (oh wait, this is about two guys, that wouldnā€™t be in Penthouse Forum, would it), I went out Halloween night and ended up picking up this guy in a caveman costume. He started out the night wearing a jock under it, and ended up the night not. We were going to swap but he ended up leaving his and not taking mine. Thus, I have two. ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/25 "2003-12-04T22:48:42Z")
Ooooh lauramarlane, good move to create this thread. Now, letā€™s keep this a happening thing! Come on guys, spill it all, and as lauramarlane said, donā€™t forget the pics. Spogga, youā€™re incorrigible! String indeed! So, when your camera and scanner arrive I shall be expecting fine pics of said piece of string (or would ā€œropeā€ be more apt?!) ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/26 "2003-12-05T03:09:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lauramarlane \* > \*\*Anyway, tell me, guys, whatā€™s it really feel like? \*\* It feels great. In fact, I wear it all the time to sports events because Iā€™m a huge athletic supporter. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/27 "2003-12-05T03:09:15Z")
Jockstraps are practically unheard of in Australia. I laughed my ass off when I saw them for sale in the US (bwah! underwear without the bum covering material!) ā€“ so I of course had to buy one. šŸ˜ƒ ā€¦ so as a result, thereā€™s a few choice photos of me floating about the internet. šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/28 "2003-12-05T03:21:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Enderw24 \* > \*\*It feels great. In fact, I wear it all the time to sports events because Iā€™m a huge athletic supporter. \*\* Hahahaha. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/29 "2003-12-05T03:54:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wendyrules \* > \*\*Ooooh lauramarlane, good move to create this thread. Now, letā€™s keep this a happening thing! Come on guys, spill it all, and as lauramarlane said, donā€™t forget the pics. > > Spogga, youā€™re incorrigible! String indeed! So, when your camera and scanner arrive I shall be expecting fine pics of said piece of string (or would ā€œropeā€ be more apt?!) \*\* Steel hawser would be apter. BTW donā€™t use big words that I find difficult to unnerstandā€¦incorrigā€¦ What you said!! ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/30 "2003-12-05T04:10:23Z")
Hey now, Is any one actually sending pics of themselves in jock straps? I gotta know. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/31 "2003-12-05T05:06:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Casey1505 \*\*\*[He probably wasnā€™t wearing a cup.](http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/06/14/us_mexico_history/t1_lalas_vert_all.jpg) \*\* I was watching an NFL Films show on ESPN 2 about a week ago and they had a ten minute segment about football players getting knocked in the nards. Iā€™m no sadist, but it was the best NFL Films short Iā€™ve ever seen. Apparently, football coaches often say, ā€œAh, heā€™s ok. Just just got hit in the \*\*\*\*\*.ā€ And, apparently, a lot fewer pro football players wear cups than I would have thought. They had quite a few interviews with players that said they couldnā€™t run fast with them on, so they donā€™t wear 'em. ---
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/32 "2003-12-05T05:34:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*Steel hawser would be apter. > > BTW donā€™t use big words that I find difficult to unnerstandā€¦incorrigā€¦ What you said!! \*\* Hah **spogga**! You canā€™t understand incorrigible, come on now! BTW, whatā€™s a steel hawser? _Thatā€™s_ something that I donā€™t understand! **misstee** , I sure as hell hope theyā€™ll be sending their pics. I know spogga definately will! After all, Iā€™ve heard he has the body of a Greek God and the face of Brad Pitt šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![scott\_evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@scott\_evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scott_evil)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/33 "2003-12-05T10:59:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lauramarlane \* > \*\*Perhaps itā€™s all those frustrated, dateless adolescent years when I would daydream about the boys locker room all clouded in steam from the showers, and boys walking around in nothing but towels, or jock straps, or nothing at allā€¦ > \*\* Honey, Iā€™m 31 and I daydream about that all the time. (Of course, I get to experience it three times a week at the gym. But no one wears jock straps. Nothing at all is fine with me. I never found jock straps particularly arousing, anyway.) ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/34 "2003-12-05T12:34:37Z")
\*\* wendyrules \*\* Of course I unnerstand what incorrigible means [I went to uni yā€™know] A steel hawser is like a thundering great rope made of ::erm:: steel. \*\* misstee \*\* There are those on this board have seen pics of my body (avec shorts on) and they have been in awe of my physique. I kid you not. ---
**Author:** ![lauramarlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a5b964/32.png) [@lauramarlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lauramarlane)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/35 "2003-12-05T13:21:44Z")
Well, **plnnr** was just kind enough to send me a link to his photos and this man could have a calendar all to himself! Now, since **spoggaā€™s** birthday is December 20th, I guess we all have something to look forward to for Christmas! šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/36 "2003-12-05T14:31:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by CalMeacham \* > And they can make things worse. In college they insisted I wear one, and shortly thereafter I got a viscious fungal infection. Whoa buddy, you need to put a TMI warning in front of something like that! Now I know why I like to swim, the suit does all the holding in and little to no chances of getting hit in the nads unless youā€™re an idiot. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/37 "2003-12-05T15:12:29Z")
> [@](#): > > Well, plnnr was just kind enough to send me a link to his photos and this man could have a calendar all to himself! Second that emotion. Woof! ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/38 "2003-12-05T15:31:32Z")
When I played (American) football, the jockstrap and cup went on right before the pants did and came off right after. I wouldnā€™t be caught ā€œwalking around the locker roomā€ wearing only a jockstrap. Rather just be naked. Besides, the jockstrap and cup for me was a necessary piece of athletic equipment. (I played center!) When a game or practice ended, I was usually covered in dirt, sweat, blood and saliva(mine or someone elses). So, as soon as I got to my locker, I stripped and showered. The jock was washed as soon as possible afterward. I probably had seven or eight jocks at and 3-4 cups at any one time. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/39 "2003-12-05T15:51:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\* misstee \*\* There are those on this board have seen pics of my body (avec shorts on) and they have been in awe of my physique. > > I kid you not. Care to prove it? ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924/40 "2003-12-05T15:56:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by misstee \* > \*\*Care to prove it? \*\* You first šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jock-straps/216924.md?page=3)