# There's something universal about a man wearing woman's underpants on his head **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466 "2006-12-01T14:05:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/1 "2006-12-01T14:05:42Z")
My 2-year-old son just joined this distinguished fraternity. Last night he plucked his (4-year-old) sister’s freshly-laundered underpants from the laundry basket and proudly donned them a la Nacho Libre. He was joyful and proud. So was I. I, of course, have spent many a night chasing my wife around the house wearing nothing but her panties on my head, though sadly it’s been a few years since we’ve engaged in those antics (the kids don’t need to see that). And we don’t have Cinemax. In other words, this idea came to my boy spontaneously, as if by epiphany. He saw the underpants in the laundry basket, and some deep-seated instinct told him they belonged on his head. It’s (really) these moments that make you realize you _are_ part of something great. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/2 "2006-12-01T14:10:54Z")
**Boy, you got a panty on your head.** – _Raising Arizona_ ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/3 "2006-12-01T15:25:01Z")
_sniff_ That was beautiful, **Winston**. I’m touched. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/4 "2006-12-01T15:36:12Z")
[QUOTE=Kythereia] _sniff_ That was beautiful, **Winston**. I’m touched. [/QUOTE] I know. It was one of those moments I’ll forever treasure, and I wanted to share it with you. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/5 "2006-12-01T15:51:16Z")
Ah, the same feeling my husband got when my 2 y/o put my bra on his head, a la Weird Science. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/6 "2006-12-01T15:54:46Z")
Has he started making explosion noises yet? How 'bout car crash sounds? I never could master them, but my brothers seemed to get it without training. My son even does them like a Foley artist, and I was a single mom! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/7 "2006-12-01T15:54:52Z")
My painter (and friend) picked mine up off the bathroom floor and wore them on his head while painting my ceiling. I _thought_ his hat looked familiar! Oddly enough, my husband was amused. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/8 "2006-12-01T16:15:34Z")
Very nice, **Winston**. As of that point, I bet it was like Dave Chappelle talking about the macaroni necklace his kid made for him. “Wow. you came from my _balls_.” Also, underwera, when not in the mundane position, belong on your head. Every morning, my drawers go on my head on the way to taking a shower. (every roommate I’ve ever had, every female I’ve hung around, even my parents can attest to this fact) That’s just how things are. Of course the bra goes on your head, as well. You never truly date a girl until her underwear has been on your head. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/9 "2006-12-01T16:22:25Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] You never truly date a girl until her underwear has been on your head. [/QUOTE] Quite a sig line, that is. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/10 "2006-12-01T16:31:33Z")
You must be very, very, proud **Winston**. A chip off the old block and at least you know he is your sprog following in fathers footsteps ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/11 "2006-12-01T16:50:03Z")
Back in my fraternity days, one of the guys used to let his girlfriend do her laundry in our machines (among the many advantages of being in a fraternity is not having to go to a laundrymat or use a coin-op machine). Well, a buddy and I donned a couple of her bras as wrestlers helmets and proceed to go at it. At the next house meeting, the guy with the GF complained that something must be wrong with the dryers because his girlfriends underwear kept getting stretched out. My buddy and I are like “YESSSSS!!!” ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/12 "2006-12-01T18:11:25Z")
It was a special day at Casa Rasa when our then-eight-month-old twin boys put one of my bras on as a shared hat. Tabby ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/13 "2006-12-01T18:17:26Z")
It was a special day at Casa Rasa when our then-eight-month-old twin boys put one of my bras on as a shared hat. Tabby ---
**Author:** ![Tabula\_Rasa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@Tabula\_Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabula_Rasa)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/14 "2006-12-01T18:21:14Z")
Oops! Pardon that subtly post-modern approach to underscoring the concept of duality. Tabby ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/15 "2006-12-01T18:28:11Z")
Apparently, it was also a shared post. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/16 "2006-12-01T20:52:39Z")
[QUOTE=Tabula Rasa] It was a special day at Casa Rasa when our then-eight-month-old twin boys put one of my bras on as a shared hat. Tabby [/QUOTE] Heh…the twins would have to be about as big as cats to wear my bra on their heads at the same time. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/17 "2006-12-01T21:08:17Z")
My husband doesn’t often wear underwear (mine or his) on his head, but he did stick some tennis balls down the back of some particularly droopy drawers once. I suggest all you guys try modelling that for your ladies - that was a special look. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/18 "2006-12-01T21:11:01Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] Heh…the twins would have to be about as big as cats to wear my bra on their heads at the same time. 😃 [/QUOTE] Cite? 😃 This is the Dope, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/19 "2006-12-01T21:13:18Z")
[QUOTE=featherlou] My husband doesn’t often wear underwear (mine or his) on his head, but he did stick some tennis balls down the back of some particularly droopy drawers once. I suggest all you guys try modelling that for your ladies - that was a special look. [/QUOTE] Can I anti-cite? I mean, if there are pictures, I’d like for them to be NOT shared. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2006, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-something-universal-about-a-man-wearing-womans-underpants-on-his-head/382466/20 "2006-12-02T05:33:40Z")
**Winston** , You know that snow art comes next, right?