# Would you wear just your underwear under overalls when doing a task like this?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 14, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-just-your-underwear-under-overalls-when-doing-a-task-like-this/695537 "2014-08-14T18:49:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Get\_The\_Hell\_Away\_From\_Here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@Get\_The\_Hell\_Away\_From\_Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Get_The_Hell_Away_From_Here)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-just-your-underwear-under-overalls-when-doing-a-task-like-this/695537/1 "2014-08-14T18:49:05Z")

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If you were doing a task like in this video: [House Of Kolor - How To Paint A Car - John Kosmoski - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYB4Yxeq_M8) would you wear only your underwear under your overalls?

Personally, I would and have done.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-just-your-underwear-under-overalls-when-doing-a-task-like-this/695537/2 "2014-08-14T19:18:19Z")

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For anyone curious, it’s a video of a dude painting a car in a car paint shop while wearing full-body overalls (like a paper suit), hood, mask, etc.

Nothing skeevy. Nothing note-worthy, either.

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**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2014, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-wear-just-your-underwear-under-overalls-when-doing-a-task-like-this/695537/3 "2014-08-14T19:21:05Z")

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In that outfit, I’d probably be dressed underneath. For denim overalls like my dad used to wear, probably just a tshirt.
