# Why would a woman wear a merkin?

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**Created:** [December 25, 2007, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-woman-wear-a-merkin/431173 "2007-12-25T02:51:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-woman-wear-a-merkin/431173/21 "2007-12-26T13:01:27Z")

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[QUOTE=elfkin477]  
This is the more vital question than why. How do they keep it on? Spirit gum? A string about the waist as if it were a freakish birthday hat?  
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In Thailand they complete the theme by blowing a noisemaker.

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