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JoanofArdmore
JoanofArdmore Member Posts: 1,012
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer
I like to wear to-the-waist white cotton panties when it's hot.The cotton next to skin feels great in steamy weather.
Every time I go to TJMAXX, K-Mart, Value City, etc, I buy a 3-pack.
So I have lots of panties in varying states of age.
As you know, the elastic on panties WILL go after a certain amount of years.

So since I'm moving, each time I do a white wash, I pull out the panties with stretched-out elastic.And use them for dusters-they're absorbant, they're clean.I have cut the waist & legs off of panties, but they still look like panties, so now I leave them alone.

So here I am today, packing my coat closet, moving stuff around like a lumberjack, with stuff all over the place.When, of COURSE, here comes my neighbor, do I want anything at the big Whole Foods.Meanwhile she is looking sort of appalled, all around.
I thought it was the disorder, but when she left, I saw 3!! pairs of big, white underpants lying around.

Aside from that she is younger, and probably has never seen a pair of "bloomers", can you tell me why she was so appalled?
Am I the only person who recycles underpants into dust rags?
Did she think I ran out of Depends? Tell me! I'm so embarrassed!
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  • MargaretB
    MargaretB Member Posts: 1,305
    edited June 2007
    Joan, thanks for the laugh this evening. I can just picture it now. Ok, I admit, I call those granny panties, but I've never worn them. As far as using them to clean, haven't done that either.

    Margaret
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  • BlindedByScience
    BlindedByScience Member Posts: 314
    edited June 2007
    Maybe just the sight of random underwear was enough to set her off. Some people are wound rather tight.

    Do you think her expression would've been different if they were thongs? and maybe a leather bustier? coupled with a feather boa?
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  • dkmaustx
    dkmaustx Member Posts: 363
    edited June 2007
    Funny story, Joan. I've recycled my husbands under shirts for rags of different sorts and occasionally the cotton briefs, too. Cotton panties seem like they'd be ideal for dust rags.

    Some people get huffy about the strangest things. People who knock on the door uninvited have to take what they get in my opinion.
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  • JoanofArdmore
    JoanofArdmore Member Posts: 1,012
    edited June 2007
    They ARE granny panties, Margaret.That exactly.They suit me fine, I am a granny, and my bikini-panty-wearing days are pretty well gone.I still enjoy high cut on the thigh ones, bit since I am single-again, I have been going for the comfort, not the gusto!
    I used to hang my laundry on lines in my laundry room .When I hung the granny panties, I used to say it looked like laundry day in a convent!

    BBS , the sight of random undies WAS enough.I dont think she realized I was using them to clean with.
    "She's in there making a hellofa mess, wih PANTIES lying all over!"

    Debbie (welcome!Sorry you had to join us, but it's nice to meetyou), husband's undershirts make the ALL-TIME best dusters!I should have saved mine, when I hada husband!The Jockeys are heavier than lsadies panties, which, as you say, are VERY good.
    I always encourage people to "make an appointment" before dropping in.I dont care for droppers-in.~~:>)
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  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 1,358
    edited June 2007
    now joanie!!!!!!! i pegged you for the "dental floss thong" type of girl!!!!!!!

    grannie undies huh????????

    we'll convert you yet!
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  • JoanofArdmore
    JoanofArdmore Member Posts: 1,012
    edited June 2007
    BABY!!!!!How wonderful to see you!!!How is everything?Fune and dandy,I hope.

    No thanks, Honey.Wont be flossing this old a$$ anytime soon!When thongs came out, that is exactly what I said "Thank GOD I dont have to wear that!"Sorry, but I'm fussy about my bottom.Dont want rope holding my knickers on.
    Could you find something else to convert me to?Drink?How about CAKE?

    love you!
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  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited June 2007
    Funny story, Joan! I don't wear granny panties as they would show with my low cut jeans and skirts! BUT..I DO wear cotton panties and they DO make great dust rags, even though they are small...perfect for dusting the wooden table outside on the patio! I don't bother cutting them since by the time they earn the right to be a dust rag, they have torn enough that one pull and they are apart!

    And I agree..whoever comes uninvited gets whatever is happening at the moment and it could mean panties on the floor for oh so many reasons!!!!
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  • 2up
    2up Member Posts: 1,358
    edited June 2007
    lololol!

    what alternative conversion would you like to start with joanie?

    i'm pretty sure that no matter what you choose, i can be of assistance!!!!!!!!!!

    but the 'grannies' gotta go lol!
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  • cheryl58
    cheryl58 Member Posts: 182
    edited June 2007

    Oh, Joan, you are just too funny! Thanks for the laugh!

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  • Jaybird627
    Jaybird627 Member Posts: 2,144
    edited June 2007
    HAAAAAAAAAAA!

    No, Joan, I don't use my old undies for dusting.....

    But, more importantly, it's great to hear that you're "moving things around like a lumberjack!" As long as you're feeling well, who cares about your granny panties!

    And, maybe your neighbor thought you were a stripper in your spare time?

    Jaybird
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  • Sandra1957
    Sandra1957 Member Posts: 1,701
    edited June 2007
    Joan~Your posts always make my day. You're the best read around.

    Never dusted with panties, just old, holey wife-beaters.
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  • beth1225
    beth1225 Member Posts: 1,061
    edited June 2007
    I agree, old undershirts are the best for rags. I cut away the neck though because it is always a little yellow. Why is that? What do men do to cause the neck to turn color like that? I really like to use them to clean my glasses with because they are so soft and won't scratch the lenses.

    Hmmm, Joan, just what kind of vice would you like to try? I would suggest a little flirting with the movers for a start. I love to watch the muscles ripple as they pick up a box and put it on the truck. Maybe that is why my friend Randee has moved so many times, LOL.

    Love ya sweetie! Keep us all laughing! That is the best vice you have already...your humor! Some of the emails have me laughing out loud and Larry thinks I am nuts sometimes.
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  • janet11
    janet11 Member Posts: 262
    edited June 2007
    (*laugh*) THONGS? Those are SHOES. My daughters always go into hysterical laughter when I mention I was looking for my thongs. I'm sorry, "flip-flops" is just NOT what I grew up with (*chuckle*). And the idea of me (I'm a bit "fluffy") wearing "butt-floss" just gives them the giggles. Me too -- I can't imagine wearing that. Of course my husband probably wouldn't mind -- if I could find them in my size.

    Janet
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  • MargaretB
    MargaretB Member Posts: 1,305
    edited June 2007
    Ok, I have to tell you that I had gotten a gift certificate from Victoria's secret right after my surgery two years ago. I finally decided it was time to go use it - hey don't carry bras in my size so I was going to get undies (sorry Joan, I'm a granny too but can't bring myself to wear granny panties) - they've remodeled my local shop and when I walked in there, boy did I feel old. I couldn't find anything I liked - ended up with perfume and night shirts.

    Ladies, thanks for the laughs so early in the morning.

    Janet, how did you get your avatar to wink?

    Margaret
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  • sherloc
    sherloc Member Posts: 1,047
    edited June 2007
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAH
    Thanks for the laugh ladies. I'm a thong wearing grandma.
    Margaret I so agree about VS. What's up with this whole pink line. Like I would let my 14 year old wear that crap. Not that I have a 14 year old anymore but when she was 14 she was only allowed granny panties.
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  • MinAZ
    MinAZ Member Posts: 368
    edited June 2007
    Joan

    I love cotton - the only way to go in this Arizona heat IMHO. Like you I use the old ones - dust rags, etc. And I found a new use for an old pair recently. I took a couple of my pre-mastectomy bras and made pockets for my puffs from that soft, thin cotton - work great. If I wear the same size after recon, I can just cut the cotton out!

    Mona
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  • jasmine
    jasmine Member Posts: 1,286
    edited July 2008

    I always cut up my worn out sweatshirts to use for dusting rags. I'm a silk panty person...

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  • LuAnnH
    LuAnnH Member Posts: 8,847
    edited June 2007
    this topic is too funny! Joan you are killing me! I guess I am not as resouceful as you. When my panties are shot they hit a trash can. But hey, if I can leave my boob on the dresser for all to see then by all means leave those granny panties out!

    LuAnn
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  • wallan
    wallan Member Posts: 1,275
    edited June 2007
    LOL LOL LOL ....too funny. You should get her a pack or your type panties for Xmas...

    I would really play it up....
    It might loosen her up a bit... teehee...


    Wendy A
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  • jasmine
    jasmine Member Posts: 1,286
    edited July 2008
    Joan

    I just don't understand the issue with your bloomers? I don't think these should be a cause for embarrasment at all...

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2007
    This topic is so funny. Low rise jeans and skits are not on my list of clothing I have or plan to buy, unless I want people to think Im old and pregnant. These look more like my size. Could cut them in 4ths and get 4 rags.

    Oh by the way. Mom always said. Only wear cotton underpants and change them everyday just in case you end up in the ER!

    image

    Nicki
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  • ravdeb
    ravdeb Member Posts: 3,116
    edited June 2007
    OMG those are funny Nicki!!! And my college roommate said she could change her socks every other day but she always had to have clean undies in case she was in an accident!

    And..thongs ARE shoes. That what WE called them too. But BUTT FLOSS!!! I'm ROFL! I will NOT wear those things. I think I'd be pulling at them all the time!
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  • sherloc
    sherloc Member Posts: 1,047
    edited June 2007
    Jazzie wears silk undies! Jazzie wears silk undies!!!
    Your secrets out my dear.
    And shoot howdy, I can't be the only buttfloss wearing granny in the bunch. I swear girls if you buy the right size you don't even know they are there.
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  • jasmine
    jasmine Member Posts: 1,286
    edited July 2008

    <hands Shirley a megaphone> could ya say that a little louder, I don't think they heard you in Siberia! ROFL!

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  • iodine
    iodine Member Posts: 4,289
    edited June 2007
    I gave up bikinis decades ago! Been wearing grannies until I found french legs and cannot give those up.
    We gals with CURVES don't do the butt floss thing--what's the point??? besides, I don't think they make them in our size!
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  • sherloc
    sherloc Member Posts: 1,047
    edited June 2007
    hahahahhahah ok I'll give you that one Dotti. I'm built like a 14 year old boy. This old bod has never seen a curve.
    Jaz thanks for the megaphone. It'll come in handy
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  • PuppyFive
    PuppyFive Member Posts: 2,808
    edited June 2007
    I give my old undies to my DH, He loves them!!!
    OH MY Joan, Beth told me many times such great stories about you, and how you make her laugh!! Thanks we need a good laugh now and then!!!

    image

    Puppy LMAO
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited June 2007
    Joan, I wear ole granny panties too. However, I wear nylon so no dusting with them. I use the DH's tees. Cotton is great to dust with.

    I can't wear bikinis, hip huggers and certainly not "floss" undies. I would be pulling them up to my waist (well, where my waist USED to be) and then they'd BOE-ING back like a piece of elastic.
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  • LuAnnH
    LuAnnH Member Posts: 8,847
    edited June 2007

    OUCH! That might hurt! LOL

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  • Isabella4
    Isabella4 Member Posts: 2,166
    edited June 2007
    I still wear my itsy bitsy bikinis, always have done, and they'll be carrying me out wearing them !!
    My daughter said, in disgust, a few weeks ago 'You're NOT still wearing those things are you ?
    Know why I wear my bikinis ?? Well they fit soooo nicely UNDER my Arimidex belly....and that way I can still go into the shop and ask for the same size I wore years and years ago as a teenager he he he.
    I would be another 3 or 4 sizes up if I had to buy to cover my belly !!!!!
    Isabella.
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