Mystery deepens in central Ohio
*"Miller discovered the underwear on Tuesday and called the sheriff’s office. On Wednesday, she and Deputy Gary Hummel donned gloves, climbed down the hillside and began bagging the panties.
They filled 10 trash bags with 1,630 panties, Hummel wrote in the incident report."*
I heard of this a few days ago, although this older story I saw on another forum claimed it was over 3000. Perhaps they overcounted due to panty-panic.
You know, Russell Williams had a HUGE cache of stolen panties and stuff when he was caught. He sometimes like to put it on and take pictures of himself…
Well, maybe there are piles of left and right socks somewhere else … it could explain why undies and socks go missing from the laundry … :dubious:
I guess this is the ??? before Profit.
Odd story.
Am i the only person who gets somewhat creeped out by adults (and journalists) using the word “panties”? It’s such an infantilizing term.
Um, no. Women talk like that all the time; they speak of their “tummy” (how often have you heard an adult male use that term?), they mention their “girly bits”; they often use cutesy or what men would consider childish ways to refer to things. Besides, what would you prefer? “Feminine Crotch Restraint Units”?
How about “underwear”?
Do you refer to your underwear as “panties”?
ETA: Also, it’s not like it’s only women who use the term “panties.” Men do it too.
Anyway, each to their own. I just find it stupid.
Huh? What’s wrong with “panties”? Panties doesn’t mean underwear, it’s a category of underwear.
“Underwear” would leave the reader picturing bras, camisoles, long johns, and various forms of thermal underwear strewn about the bushes in addition to the possibly purloined panties. Preposterous!
No, because it’s a different kind of underwear.
You are a panty-pooper.
It made for a great sequence during the movie “Anatomy of a Murder”:
Judge Weaver: What exactly was the undergarment just referred to?
Paul Biegler: Panties, Your Honor.
Judge Weaver: Do you expect this subject to come up again?
Paul Biegler: Yes, Sir.
Judge Weaver: There’s a certain light connotation attached to the word “panties.” Can we find another name for them?
Mitch Lodwick: I never heard my wife call 'em anything else.
Judge Weaver: Mr. Biegler?
Paul Biegler: I’m a bachelor, Your Honor.
Judge Weaver: That’s a great help. Mr. Dancer?
Claude Dancer: When I was overseas during the war, Your Honor, I learned a French word. I’m afraid that might be slightly suggestive.
Judge Weaver: Most French words are.
I’ve heard men use more cutesy euphemistic terms for their own genitals than I care to recount.
It’s fascinating to find out what you adult and mature men think of us childish women and our silly euphemisms, though.
Back on topic, the thing I find most amusing about this story is that they had an exact count on the Feminine Crotch Restraint Units. I am guessing that is not how someone thought they were going to spend their Monday.
Actually, for me, i find the word “panties” vaguely offputting precisely because men and women use it, and because it’s only used about women’s underwear. It always seems like the word itself infantilizes women.
Anyway, maybe i’m over-reacting. This isn’t something i obsess over on a daily basis; it just strikes me as a childish word, and i was particularly struck by its appearance in a news story.
At the moment, this is still just an amusing littering case. But the police have to keep in mind that these may end up being evidence in a much more serious case.
FWIW, I agree with you here. I’m not going on the warpath about it or anything, but to me it feels somewhat slangy, and not appropriate for use in a news publication. “Underpants” would be fine.
Actually it’s the men who are behaving oddly here. Men change their language and behavior more than women do as they grow up, apparently due to a need to “prove their manhood” or some such.
I really like the term “feminine crotch restraint device”. I’m going to try and use it in a serious sentence. I’ll try and get a picture of the dumbfounded looks that I’ll be surrounded by and if possible I’ll get a video of someone say “Why don’t you just say ‘panties’?”.
Yeah, “underwear” could include bras. Or male undergarments. “Panties” is a specific subset of “underwear”.