On cats and boxers

[yendi]

Warning: This post will tell you more about my underwear than you probably needed to know.

Today's project is going through all of my drawers and sorting and weeding out clothing.

Jack, our psychotic younger cat, assumes that each open drawer is an invitation for him to hop in and cuddle in the back of the drawer. He assumes that my reaching in to grab him is his invitation to grab my hand with both paws (using claws, of course), and start grooming me. Needless to say, I cannot wait for that part of the day when the cats decide to sleep for six hours so they can stay up all night fussing at each other.

In the meantime, I've had to throw out seven pairs of boxers, which is tragic.

Let me back up here.

I was one of those kids whose mom never let him have Underoos. The only fashion statement I was ever interested in making was that I had Aquaman Underoos, and I never had the chance. Hell, I'd have settled for Batman. But no dice. Plain briefs for this kid.

As a result, when I grew up and switched to boxers, I quickly discovered the world of novelty boxers, and almost all of my underpants ever since have had various licensed characters on them. This, parents, is why you let your kid have all the novelty underpants they want, so they don't become addicted when they grow up.

The thing is, underwear wears out pretty quickly. With plain briefs or boxers, this is no big deal, since you just chuck 'em and buy another three-pack of Hanes. But when each pair of boxers has some sort of meaning, it's painful to get rid of them. But when the fabric wears through, they kind of lose their purpose as underpants.

So, RIP one of my Harry Potter boxers, one of my Spidey boxers, two generic pairs, my South park Cows, and *sob* Rocky and Bullwinkle.

If you want to buy me something nice for my birthday (in three days, so don't forget to request time off from work using the "religious holiday" argument!), and you're not buying something off my Amazon wishlist, almost anything at http://www.webundies.com/ will do, as well. :-)

Edit: Just noticed they finally have a wishlist feature there (although no gift certificate option, the morons). Am creating one right now.

Edit #2: Searching Amazon for boxers (and not finding much), I came across this pair of underpants, which come with their very own pair of socks, it seems.

Comments

[losgunna.livejournal.com]

Needless to say, I was very excited when Underoos cameback a couple of years ago. They're not *quite* as cool as they used to be, but I'll forgive them. :)

Of course, I'm the 4 year old that kicked and screamed and cried until my parents let me take the yearly "family pictures" (not formal) in my Wonder Woman Underoos. So yup, there I am, in my Underroos, posing with my big brothers. Ah, life was good in those days!!!!

[rollick.livejournal.com]

Cripes. I think there's a pair of socks and an extra undershirt crammed in there.

LOL

[dubheach.livejournal.com]

All of my teenage boys are semi-addicted to boxers of various shades/ figures. If they make up the difference in price between regular and fancy boxers with their allowance I'll let them buy any pair they want. This has meant one pair of black silk with glow in the dark bananas on it (I don't ask) and several pair of Peanuts.

[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

Hong Kong Phooey Underwear! That is totally what I need. I love wearing mens boxers. Womens undies are ok, but mens are just that much more colorful and comfortable.

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't throw them away! Save them until you find someone who can make a patchwork quilt out of them. My uncle's mother made him a patchwork quilt out of all of his old boxers.

Although I think they did end up giving it to the dogs to snuggle in, it's still neat idea.

[springdew.livejournal.com]

Hee! You beat me to it. Although I was going to suggest that yendi himself make the quilt. If you make a few squares out of the pair of shorts the instant they get decommissioned, you can then toss the squares into a bag for later. When the bag's full, invite a friend or two over to help sew them together.

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

I'd never heard of the idea until my aunt showed me the quilt; it was really nice. Hard to say "pretty" about a quilt made from squares of unders, even the colorful ones my uncle favors!

[jtcg.livejournal.com]

you know, i thoroughly enjoyed reading about your underpants....it can relate.

[stronae.livejournal.com]

An excellent discussion on the State of Down Under. For my part, the only characters I wanted on my underwear when I was young were possibly the Transformers, but the simple thought of a transformer, well, transforming on my underwear was simply... painful.

[niftybabe313.livejournal.com]

damn you, now I've gone and spent money on pants that I didn't need! and also created a wishlist because I always need more PJ pants :)

Ya know...

[jadecat9.livejournal.com]

Somehow I'm not surprised at your collection of boxers.
In fact, it makes a whole lot of sense.

In a scary, kinda neat way.... ;-P

[crystalrowan.livejournal.com]

Whoa.

I mean, come on. Any normal person would look at that and go "well I'm not going to fit into that so what's the point?"

Yikes.

[eldritch00.livejournal.com]

As someone similarly addicted to "fun boxers," let me just say thanks. Oh thank you. So. Very. Much.

back in "the day"

[stress-rash.livejournal.com]

when I was a punk rocker, I took my dad's old ready-to-be-rags boxers and fashioned a skirt out of them. I tore the useable parts into strips and tied each strip to one half of a pair of tights that had been similarly decommissioned. The result (after five pair of boxers tied on over the course of several days) was a fabulous skirt that made people say "wow, what a neat skirt! ..is that made from men's boxers?"

[misskitten77.livejournal.com]

Fascinating subject! I am even more fascinated by some of the responses about making things from them. Some men's underpants should not see the light of day again after being worn awhile. Otherwise people may be looking at your quilt/skirt/etc and say "hey, did you have baked beans that day?"

I look forward to your next underpants adventure. :-)