# Odd things you have done while in the buff **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 18, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590 "2003-06-18T00:52:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![that.sound.again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e5b9ba/32.png) [@that.sound.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/that.sound.again)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/21 "2003-06-18T10:54:15Z")
I played the piano, too. Even programmed a modular synthesizer. I really like being naked. Kind of a problem now since I’ve had to move in with a flatmate from my own place. We’re both students and he comes in for office supplies once in a while. “Got any post-its? Paper clips?” would be kinda awkward answering with it all… hanging out. Only thing that keeps him away is having a girl in my room. So I’ve had to go get myself a SO to do things naked. Now I’m only sorry my room isn’t big enough for dancing. [hijack]Am I the only one who takes care to remove my socks before my pants (or at the same time) when undressing? People only in footwear look silly…[/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/22 "2003-06-18T12:03:14Z")
Eaten in a restaurant (it was at a nudist resort), played tennis, went to a wedding (also at nudist resort). ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/23 "2003-06-18T12:03:56Z")
I do my best writing while in the buff. I tried explaining that to the proctors, but noooo, **Wolfian’s** gotta keep his pants on. ---
**Author:** ![Woeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Woeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Woeg)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/24 "2003-06-18T12:22:12Z")
I’ve showered naked… But to make it fair (and to not offend the OP!), I admit that said shower was in a heavy rain storm. I had been working in the shop all day, it was hot and humid, and I had finished work just as the rain started coming down. I figured, what the hell? Stripped down and went out in the rain. It felt fantastic, I washed away the grime and sweat, and enjoyed it thoroughly. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/25 "2003-06-18T13:00:33Z")
I chatted with the police briefly while naked. I had to cut it short to find my clothes. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/26 "2003-06-18T13:17:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by avabeth \* > \*\*😃 > > Don’t I wish. Want to contribute to the “Get Ava Her Own Place” fund? > > Ava \*\* I have a spare bedroom. Have great carpet for naked toes too. D&R ---
**Author:** ![Nangleator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e19adc/32.png) [@Nangleator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nangleator)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/27 "2003-06-18T13:22:48Z")
Put the top back up on my convertible. It was parked in my driveway. The street was residential, 3/4 acre lots. Probably 10 houses could have seen me. Drove naked once, just to see. The night air felt great, but I was so nervous about the potential for disaster that I don’t do it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/28 "2003-06-18T13:58:17Z")
i have been known to fiddle with computers whilst naked. This is largely because i tend to shower first and then get too swept up playing techie to bother dressing. tonight when i get back from work i will shower (As usual) then i need to install a dual-boot red-hat/winxp on a pc i’m building for a mate. Chances are that i will do that naked. I have a web-cam, so if anyone wants to watch let me know 😉 ---
**Author:** ![XJETGIRLX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9fc29f/32.png) [@XJETGIRLX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XJETGIRLX)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/29 "2003-06-18T14:12:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by garius \* > > I have a web-cam, so if anyone wants to watch let me know 😉 w00t!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/30 "2003-06-18T14:26:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by XJETGIRLX \* > \*\*w00t!! 😉 \*\* you’d spend all your time ogling the _Hello Kitty_ Dreamcast on the shelf above my work-area 😛 ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/31 "2003-06-18T15:18:20Z")
I broke up a cat fight naked. My cat goes out on a line in the back yard, and one morning about 9am he somehow got another cat tangled up in the line so they were about three feet apart and screaming. I was unclothed as I got my cat unhooked, which freed the interloper, and they ran into the bushes, my beast in hot pursuit. I entered said bushes to get my cat. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/32 "2003-06-18T15:58:36Z")
I’ve driven naked. I was on a little trip and was getting drowsy. I tried to pull over but could not sleep, so I took off my cloths. For some reason I instantly awoke and had no more trouble. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/33 "2003-06-18T16:46:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by that.sound.again \* > \*\* > [hijack]Am I the only one who takes care to remove my socks before my pants (or at the same time) when undressing? People only in footwear look silly…[/hijack] \*\* No, you’re not. It’s the infamous “sock gap” that Jeff, a character from the BBC show “Coupling” describes thusly: > [@](#): > > My advice is to get them off right after your shoes and before your trousers…that’s the sock gap. Miss it and suddenly you’re a naked man in socks. No self-respecting woman with let a naked man in socks do the squelchy with her. > > [snip] > > Many men have fallen through the sock gap Patrick. Under the sexual arena of earthly delight, there lurks a deadly pit of socks. As for me, I’ve just done boring stuff, like read and watch TV. I do like “naked time,” and I’m looking forward to moving into my own apartment so I can engage in it more often. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/34 "2003-06-18T17:20:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by avabeth \* > \*\*I LOVE walking around the house naked. There is nothing like naked cooking. > > Unfortunately, living with my parents has cut down on that drastically. > \*\* I usually cook with my clothes on, but I wash dishes naked. I can’t seem to do it without soaking myself, so it saves me the bother. When my roommate was away I would make and eat breakfast and check the morning e-mail and news in the buff too. This was especially interesting because I was using a laptop. This has also been curtailed by my own recent move back to my parents’ house. We could be roommates, **Ava** , but everyone would be wanting to eat over. When we had a dog I used to get naked to give him baths, also to save myself from the icky feeling of wet clothes. Since he was a smallish pooch, this took place in the tub, not the yard, so I don’t know if it counts? I’m sure there are other things I’ve done naked, I just can’t think of them right now. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/35 "2003-06-18T17:28:42Z")
I illegally crossed the border into the US naked, shortly after first illegally crossing naked into Mexico. ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/36 "2003-06-18T18:21:59Z")
On a dare, I ran 50 yards down an alley, jumped into a neighbors pool, then back. ---
**Author:** ![Angua](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8baadc/32.png) [@Angua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angua)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/37 "2003-06-18T18:31:23Z")
I’ve had ICQ conversations whilst naked. Fixed my computer, given instructions to my housemate (she was at her parents’ house at the time) on how to fix her own computer, oh, and walked across our landing (there’s a rather large window opposite, and luckily, no one next door was in, because you can see straight onto the landing). ---
**Author:** ![Tommyturtle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@Tommyturtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tommyturtle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/38 "2003-06-18T22:04:36Z")
A long time ago in my old crappy apartment building I was with this girl I knew and she bet me I wouldn’t shut the power off for the building as I was right then(nekked) I went down a 75 foot hall…through a doorway…down one flight of stairs…through another doorway…opened the door to the switches…flipped them all and ran like the wind back On one hand it was completely dark but I passed within a foot of many people in their doorways wondering what had happened The girl paid off after she stopped laughing so it was worth it ---
**Author:** ![Searching\_For\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@Searching\_For\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Searching_For_Truth)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/39 "2003-06-18T22:13:21Z")
If **lieu** and **Kalhoun** don’t come back and give us some details right NOW, I’ma go hunting for them both. In the nude. ---
**Author:** ![Elza\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Elza\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elza_B)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2003, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590/40 "2003-06-18T22:17:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Epimetheus \* > \*\*I have a spare bedroom. Have great carpet for naked toes too. > > D&R \*\* Heehee - the SO probably wouldn’t be thrilled;). **Wolfgrrl** , if you ever move to VA and need a roomie, give me a call. Glad someone else can commiserate with the ‘no nakedness in the parents’ house. I’m so waiting for them to go out of town for a week and a half in July - it’s going to be Naked City around here!😃 Ava [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-things-you-have-done-while-in-the-buff/182590.md?page=3)