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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn response to all of the boring political news, I hereby announce:
My big news for the day:
I have 12 brand new Fruit of the Loom "fashion briefs" in the washing machine. When they are dry, I'll be throwing out all of my old ones.
That's how exciting my life is right now, so I thought I'd share my glee. Aren't you glad you read this?
RussBLib
(9,006 posts)I'm about to do the same thing.
dhill926
(16,336 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)I am glad that you are relatively happy.
-Laelth
RainCaster
(10,865 posts)Being part of the Trump Economy has narrowed my choices for many things.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)And please explain the "fashion" aspect.
My life is much more exciting: I have made the difficult, painful decision not to get rid of my raggedy old couch because the cat has just decided it's where she wants to nap. I am now watching the cat sleep. It's almost more excitement than I can manage.
dchill
(38,468 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)As for the "fashion" thing, Fruit-of-the-Loom calls all men's briefs that are not tightie whities "fashion briefs." I guess if you ran around in your undies, they'd be more fashionable than plain white ones, but I don't do that. My wife calls them "undapants."
My mother told me to always have nice, clean underwear on, in case you got in an accident or something and got taken to the hospital. My old ones were definitely not hospital-ready.
niyad
(113,254 posts)Lap, and watching the four inches of snow melt.(it was over 90on Monday).
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)She's still there. She didn't start sleeping there until I thought about getting rid of it.
niyad
(113,254 posts)tell her that you have decided to keep the couch, and, she, being, after all, a cat, will find another favourite spot.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)dchill
(38,468 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,223 posts)calguy
(5,305 posts)Not everyone gets 12 brand new pair at a time.
And then you have some of those nasty billionaires, never wash their under ware. NEVER.
They just throw them away and put on a new pair every damn day!!
The nerve of those guys!!
CurtEastPoint
(18,638 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)what if the washing machine breaks down, you know?
CurtEastPoint
(18,638 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)Disposable.
SWBTATTReg
(22,112 posts)fully! The winner gets a nice composition directly from you, on the merits of wearing clean underwear, everyday!
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)time in the dryer.
Why wash brand new underwear? Well, new clothing always has been treated with some sort of chemicals to make them look better as you take them out of the package. I made the mistake of putting on some new ones once without washing them. Contact dermatitis much? And in a, well, sensitive area. So, underwear gets washed before wearing. Every time.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Everyone's cutting quality nowadays.
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)after around 3 months, the elasticity starts slowly giving out and at about a year, I have to replace them because they are too large.
Initech
(100,062 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)Iggo
(47,548 posts)Im so happy for you!
(New Underwear Day for me arrives as soon as this heat wave ends. Cant wait!)
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)2naSalit
(86,528 posts)After 38 hrs of cold but it never froze. The snow line was about 200ft above the valley floor. Now it's sunny and going to be in the 80s by tomorrow.
How's that for gob-smacking excitement?
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)2naSalit
(86,528 posts)Now I will treat myself to some news misery for a few hours. Then I'll go out and water it all. And sometimes, most days, there will be something to eat out there. We do a lot of garden grazing when tending the plants.
delisen
(6,042 posts)Rupert Brooke would probably appreciate your Fruit of the Loom experience.
Glad you shared. It inspired me to add a Rupert poem to the 1000 lines I am memorizing during this unique period of time.
One thousand lines forming my personal wall of protection against the banal.
Bayard
(22,055 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)However,
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)It keeps me honest.
niyad
(113,254 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)Sometimes, we have to look after normal things and carry on.
Midnight Writer
(21,745 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)for my liking. My favorite tees right now are Dickies.
ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)rly groovy socks. mix of colors and patterns, but all the same thickness, which is how i match my socks.
but i am waaaaaay behind on my laundry, and dont have a pair to wear now that it is chilly here in chi.
got a couple not too dirty ones, tho, which are keeping my tootsies warm.
i have a sock rule, tho. i have a lot of crazy socks. when i got on vaca, i always look for good ones. but i must have 2 pairs. that way i have a matched pair for those rare occasions where i wish to match, until i lose half of them.
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)My office is in the basement, where the washer and dryer are located. If I do laundry once a week, I can get away with two loads for my wife and I, most of the time, to handle all of our clothes. Sheets are a separate thing, done on a different day.
So, I rarely need more than a week's worth of things. However, I always have more, just in case.
I hate pairing up socks, though, when I'm folding and putting away laundry. So, all of my daily wear socks are identical, to save time. I wear white crew socks with gray toes and heels. I buy them 12 at a time, and toss 12 old ones, but, I have four pairs of dress socks, for those few occasions where I must wear something other than tennis shoe-style hiking boots.
I will not mention my wife's clothing, to protect her privacy. Her laundry is unmentionable.
ihas2stinkyfeet
(1,400 posts)and right now my washer has a stupid, itty bitty problem.
a door lock. just need to order a part. and take the damn front off.
nolabear
(41,959 posts)Dropbox would have a whole new meaning! 😂
niyad
(113,254 posts)Yavin4
(35,433 posts)It'll make your asshole pucker up real tight.
crickets
(25,962 posts)Congratulations & Happy New Undies Day!
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)MineralMan
(146,286 posts)EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)Which two in the current roster make the cut to get you to fourteen?
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)it late today.
I like the uniformity, no bands with different stretch behavior.