# Underwear Holes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 4, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277 "2001-05-04T00:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PlantMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PlantMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlantMan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/1 "2001-05-04T00:14:14Z")
Okay people- I don’t know if this has been asked before, but does any guy actually use that hole they put in the front of undies- or do you just pull down the front when nature calls (for number one)??? ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/2 "2001-05-04T00:23:05Z")
I know I don’t use the hole - but I’ve noticed that boxers (that I hardly ever wear) have a longer slit in them that is more convenient than that doorway in briefs. That’s me though - when I’m at the bar tonight I’ll check on other guys. Let’s see if I can get through the night without ending up in the ER. ---
**Author:** ![PlantMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PlantMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlantMan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/3 "2001-05-04T00:27:01Z")
carefull who you ask:-) My fiancee thinks that most guys use the hole- I want to know if she is right- or if there are just a few of us that are too lazy to screw around with the hole in briefs… So far, I have one guy on my side:-) ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/4 "2001-05-04T01:01:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by PlantMan \* > \*\*carefull who you ask:-) > > My fiancee thinks that most guys use the hole- I want to know if she is right- or if there are just a few of us that are too lazy to screw around with the hole in briefs… > > So far, I have one guy on my side:-) > > \*\* SHARE IT BROTHER (the idea, not the briefs, that is) !!! ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/5 "2001-05-04T01:13:28Z")
been asked many a time it has… but I dont think I’ve ever answered so… …nope… much easier to just yank the fronts down. Its probably just something I’ve never changed since childhood (the act, not the underwear) can you imagine a 4 year old trying to fish out through the hole and not piss on himself at the same time? I dont think so. I pulled down the fronts then and I pull down the fronts now. ---
**Author:** ![Zanshin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e274bd/32.png) [@Zanshin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zanshin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/6 "2001-05-04T01:22:16Z")
Yup. Pulling down the front’s the way to go. They just make the hole in the front of the shorts too damn **small**! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/7 "2001-05-04T02:06:24Z")
I plled down the front when I wore briefs (when I was very young), but use the fly in boxers. ---
**Author:** ![Grimace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3e96dc/32.png) [@Grimace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grimace)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/8 "2001-05-04T02:10:16Z")
Nope. Never used it. Kind of a waste of time I always thought. ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/9 "2001-05-04T02:12:49Z")
Here’s another for the pulling down of the front. Oh yeah… ---
**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/10 "2001-05-04T02:28:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gunslinger \* > \*\*I plled down the front when I wore briefs (when I was very young), but use the fly in boxers. \*\* I’m the exact same way, and i’m all boxers now, i havn’t worn real briefs in forever. Sometimes I wear boxer-briefs, which are pretty cool, and then i pull down the front, but i’m mostly boxers. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/11 "2001-05-04T02:33:50Z")
underwear? ---
**Author:** ![Pammipoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/87869e/32.png) [@Pammipoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pammipoo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/12 "2001-05-04T08:11:03Z")
[Hijack]A guy friend of mine was at my house one night, and he used the bathroom. When he came back, he was beet red in the face from laughing, so I asked what was so funny. “I missed the hole in my underwear.” The whole front section of his jeans were soaked. But I guess you had to have been there…[/hijack] (On a related note, he’s since given up underwear completely…) ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/13 "2001-05-04T08:19:22Z")
I always pull down. Some of the boxers I have even have little bottons in the fly. That would be a major pain if I didn’t just pull down. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/14 "2001-05-04T09:07:38Z")
i wear boxer briefs and I intentionally buy those which don’t have a pee hole since not only have I never ever used it but when I’m walking around in them it has the annoying ability to worm its way through and poke out. I can’t understand how people wear boxers with those large slits I mean mine just dived right through when I wore them and I was constantly having to adjust ---
**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:** [May 4, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/15 "2001-05-04T12:41:42Z")
Well, if you’re _really_ interested… [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=55127](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=55127) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=60165](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=60165) (just a thread asking it again, and pointing to the first thread) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/16 "2001-05-04T14:08:01Z")
Depends what I’m wearing over my breifs and where I happen to be when nature calls. If it’s shorts with an elastic waist and no belt, I’ll pull both down when at home. I went to the movies once and forgot the shorts I was wearing had no fly, I didn’t want to drop trou at the urinal so I went in one of the stalls instead. ---
**Author:** ![Skelji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@Skelji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skelji)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/17 "2001-05-04T14:33:31Z")
Yet another who pulls down. I have never known anyone who uses that stupid hole. (yes, it’s a popular question, and not just around here.) I tried using the trap door once, as an experiment. It wastes precious seconds during those times when you’re standing there having to piss so bad that your back teeth are floating. I want out NOW! Pulling down an elastic band is the most efficient way to go, IMO. Provided you don’t slip and snap it back up as you drain away, of course. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Kaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaz)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/18 "2001-05-04T18:24:14Z")
> [@](#): > > _Origionally posted by Dire Wolf_ > \*\*Pulling down an elastic band is the most efficient way to go, IMO. Provided you don’t slip and snap it back up as you drain away, of course. \*\* OK, admit, who’s done this one before? [**Kaz** ’s hand bashfully goes up] Damn is that a mess, I wouldn’t recommend trying it at home, kids. ---
**Author:** ![fenrir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/43a26b/32.png) [@fenrir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fenrir)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/19 "2001-05-04T23:23:56Z")
I pull them down too.That little opening just doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![jaimest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@jaimest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaimest)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2001, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277/20 "2001-05-05T19:15:20Z")
Ain’t the hole there for scratchin’? 😛 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underwear-holes/64277.md?page=2)