# Thongs **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2003, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900 "2003-11-29T11:22:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![wendyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85e7bf/32.png) [@wendyrules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wendyrules)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/141 "2003-12-02T11:55:17Z")
Hehehe! No I didn’t Chavardz! I looked in there a couple of days back, but to be honest THAT place doesn’t do a thing for me! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/142 "2003-12-02T13:01:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wendyrules \* > \*\*OK spogga, you should have received it. Now, you realise that you have to return the favour. I expect to receive your pic post-haste! 🙂 \*\* I’ve been in from work about 45 mins, had a couple of sandies made a coffee…and no pic!!! what’s going on? ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/143 "2003-12-02T19:41:47Z")
At last! **Spogga** the gods have seen fit to chastise you for your good fortune and have decided to pluck the e-mail form cyberspace. Or the mail servers acting up again. Any of those two. Excuse me, has anyone here seen an _evil_ **wendyrules** around here? I really need to find her… ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/144 "2003-12-02T19:46:31Z")
CAVARDZ: I’ve emailed wendyrules, no answer thus far and I’m devastated, DEVASBLOODTSTATED I tell you ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/145 "2003-12-02T19:50:48Z")
Actually, I spoke to her some hours ago, I think she’s still asleep, it being the early morning over there. But she’s not the _evil_ **wendyrules** … > [@](#): > > _originally posted by wendyrules_ > **Evil?.. Me?.. Nah! You’ve got the wrong wendyrules, I’m afraid!** I MUST find the _eeevil_ one. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/146 "2003-12-02T20:02:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by elfje \* > \*\*well, i’ve been looking thru my digital pics, and I’ve one completely starkers (so that’s out of the question), one where you can see my thong sticking out over black pair of trousers, so you can’t really make out much. > I know I’ve a hard copy pic somewhere with me in black bra and thong and a pair of red pumps. > I’ll see if i can scan that one in. > > 🙂 > > If I’m satisfied with that one, I’ll mail it to you. > It’s a profile shot, so maybe not completely satisfacory, come to think of it… \*\* …and you haven’t submitted to the [calendar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=211905) why? ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/147 "2003-12-02T20:09:08Z")
HEY OPAL: The pic that elfje sent me is more than suitable for the calendar., not to much on display[but enough] Ask her nicely to send it to you as well, which then means that everyone who gets the calendar sees what I thought was a private thing 'tween me and her. Humph!! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/148 "2003-12-02T20:11:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by congodwarf \* > \*\*Oh, by the way, there are two kinds of thongs. Regular thongs with a quarter of an inch or more of material in the crack are evil. G-strings usually have only a thin piece of material and you can’t even feel them. \*\* I’m the opposite. I like thongs (which usually have 3/4 inch to an inch wide strap) and hate g-strings. G-strings tend to not have enough of a crotch to them, and they ride forward. NOT comfortable! Thongs, on the other hand, have a decent crotch to them and “sit in place” where they’re supposed to be. For those who aren’t “in the know” here is a diagram I actually made several years ago: [http://fff.fathom.org/pages/opalcat/thong-gstring.gif](http://fff.fathom.org/pages/opalcat/thong-gstring.gif) I used to have to wear “industrial strength” thongs for work when I was dancing, and even those got comfortable once I got used to them. AZ law stated that they had to be at least an inch wide at the narrowest point, made of spandex or similar (swimsuit) fabric, and fully lined. That’s a lot more fabric than thong undies have, and it still manages to feel like it isn’t there. I found tie dye thongs at Wal-Mart on the $1.50 rack, btw! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/149 "2003-12-02T20:19:44Z")
“Industrial Strength”…like made outta steel? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CairaJade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@CairaJade](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairaJade)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/150 "2003-12-02T20:46:00Z")
Thongs are evil. I wore them exclusively for a week once to “get use to it.” Most uncomfortable week of my life. Ladies, if you have constant wedgie problems with regular panties, then you need a larger size or a different cut. Well fitting panties should not creep up. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/151 "2003-12-02T20:49:06Z")
Steel? It’s been done. I’ve seen chainmail thongs. Regarding the g-string vs thong symantics: the diagram I have above will be accurate for example when you order lingerie from Frederick’s of Hollywood or something and if it says it comes with “matching thong” or a “matching g-string” you can refer to that diagram know which to expect. There may be regional differences in usage, but that’s the majority of the lingerie industry’s usage (at least as far as I’ve seen.) Oh, and for those who want to take sexy photos in thongs but have too much cellulite or other stuff going on… position is key. For example, I have a wrinkly butt but if I bend over just right, the wrinkles go away. I have saggy boobs, but if I arch my back and put my arms over my head they almost hold their own! If you have a trouble spot that you just can’t contort into the shape you want, hold something over it–feathers, pillows, cheese wheels, whatever. Use a mirror when having someone photograph you, too, so you can get yourself looking just so, then have the person with the camera stand in front of the mirror right in your line of vision. Just a tip. Try it out. _Then send the results in for the calendar! 😉_ Regarding commando: I go commando some of the time. I used to go all of the time, back when all I wore was skirts or sweat pants. Now I wear undies maybe half of the time–like when I wear jeans (ow! seams!). Still working on getting into the bra habit, though. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/152 "2003-12-02T21:06:32Z")
OPAL: You’ve done this posing thing before haven’t you? Just a guess you understand but the way you offer up the hints/tips leads me to believe that at some stage or other you were either glamour model/fashion model or at least something along those lines. Like I said just a guess and no offence intended. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/153 "2003-12-02T21:39:20Z")
1. Thongs are not evil the _evil_ **wendyrules** is evil. 2. Is this thread is really going somewhere? Can I go there too? 3. Hi Opal! 🙂 I’d never done that and felt the need. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/154 "2003-12-02T22:01:35Z")
No, I was just an exotic dancer. Lonnng time ago. ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/155 "2003-12-02T22:03:20Z")
You should start an Ask The former exotic dancer thread, opal ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/156 "2003-12-02T22:36:25Z")
Thongs? How about: Theventy-Thikth Tromboneth in the Big Parade – … what? ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/157 "2003-12-02T22:56:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by OpalCat \* > \*\*…and you haven’t submitted to the [calendar](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=211905) why? \*\* well-eeerrm…, the thing is… I’m akshully quite shy, you see… I’d like to keep myself mostly to myself, you know, with a few expetions here and there. ofcourse. (they really should get a blushing smilie, goddammit!) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_scratch\_fever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/73ab20/32.png) [@Cat\_scratch\_fever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_scratch_fever)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/158 "2003-12-03T00:58:29Z")
LOVE LOVE LOVE thongs there is nothing better anything else is a granny panty ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/159 "2003-12-03T03:16:04Z")
Cat scratch fever, nah nah nuh nuh… Poor old Ted… he went from hunting down the ladies to hunting down deer just like that. I feel obliged to link to a thread I started while back on a related subject… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=195652&highlight=thong+taller](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=195652&highlight=thong+taller) ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900/160 "2003-12-03T04:19:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chavardz \* > \*\*You should start an Ask The former exotic dancer thread, opal \*\* Nah. I’d just get accused of attention mongering. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thongs/215900.md?page=9)