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A paean to differences in underwear selection (comment on this entry at LiveJournal)
Entry Date: 2004-06-30 08:17:00
Logged: 2004-06-30 08:20:31
Current Mood: recovering
Current Music: Pet Shop Boys-Home And Dry
Not a subject on which I often dwell, but I recently posted on NT about the teenage panty trade in Tokyo. Then today I was doing laundry for and I, which led to some pondering on the differences between what she and I think underpants are.
Now, I see underwear as a device for support, protection, and warmth. I have sexy underwear that's silk and tiger-striped, but it still consists of a good square foot or two of material. You gotta keep out the breeze.
Her idea of proper undergarments is some sort of glorified ribbon that looks like it was designed by an engineer who's never felt a breeze and thinks that lace adds structural support. (When you're reinforcing dental floss, maybe it does). I shudder to think of evaluating these pathetic scraps of fabric in dollars per square inch, or per insulative R-factor.
If we metaphorically consider our underwear as buildings, mine would be three-story and brick, and hers would be a tensegrity tower. If they were structures built by bugs, mine would be a termite hill and hers a spiderweb. If they were methods of getting into space, mine would be the Saturn V, hers the space elevator.
Am I complaining? Hell no! God bless our balmy California summers, and viva la difference!
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