History of the Garment

[Pheidippides]

As always, you're a great help with my efforts to become a runner. I see great value in carrying a mattress on this bold adventure. My wardrobe will now be provided by Nike, Asics, and Beautyrest.

Man, you're going to be the laughing stock of the entire race. Nobody wears Nike.*



*except for me during my last two marathons

[wuapinmon]

I used to play this guy in high school that would sweat like crazy. Even if you tried to guard him close you'd slip right off.

Lubricant and repellent at the same time.

[Portland Ute]

I used to play basketball with this older guy (late 50s? early 60s?) who would wear his scoop neck garment top underneath one of those rec-league type tank top bball jerseys.

Then he separated his shoulder during a game and hasn't come back. None of the no garment wearers have had that sort of injury.

There was a guy in my ward growing up that played with my dad on the ward team. The guy would wear his garment bottoms and shorts that were quite often far too short. He would be constantly running around with a couple of inches of white garment hanging out the bottom of his shorts.

Although, with him, I wonder if it was just that he was too damned cheap to buy a pair of regular underwear and/or jock that he would only wear a dozen times in the course of a year.

[Jacob]

There is some interesting information presented in that link, but it reads like a bleacher report article.

Agreed. I want to know who wrote the article. Can his quotes be trusted? He made some citations, but can these be checked?

I mean, if I can be assured that the 4 person committee really recommended the creation of tank tops Gs, then I'll be fabricating my own with no remorse. Even if they thought this would only be a boon to the sisters.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Agreed. I want to know who wrote the article. Can his quotes be trusted? He made some citations, but can these be checked?

I mean, if I can be assured that the 4 person committee really recommended the creation of tank tops Gs, then I'll be fabricating my own with no remorse. Even if they thought this would only be a boon to the sisters.

Much of the quoted information can also be found here:

http://www.amazon.com/Mysteries-Godl...8258237&sr=8-1

Fascinating book. I posted a review on CG:

http://cougarguard.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13818

[BigPiney]

Lubricant and repellent at the same time.

Friend of mine at the BY sweat like that. We called him Molly McButter.

[scottie]

2. The original washings were not the simple symbolic stuff you see now, but full washings from head to toe in a tub.

What if it moved? Was there a penalty?

[falafel]

3. The temple usage in Nauvoo (and Kirtland) was quite a bit different from today. The saints would often spend the entire night in the temple doing ordinances, singing, dancing, and just visiting. After one fun night of dancing, BY told the saints that if they danced with gentiles they would be cursed and that "singing and dancing belong only to the saints." I thought that was kind of amusing.

Origins of the Stake Dance!

This explains why you have to have an interview with the bishopric and a signed dance card before you will be admitted.

[marsupial]

OK, I am not a guy, but I was under the impression that garments offered about as much support as a pair of boxers. So wouldn't running or playing basketball in them be pretty much like a woman going out sans sports bra?

[Guest]

OK, I am not a guy, but I was under the impression that garments offered about as much support as a pair of boxers. So wouldn't running or playing basketball in them be pretty much like a woman going out sans sports bra?

Depending on what you get, they can be like boxers or like jockey shorts.

[falafel]

OK, I am not a guy, but I was under the impression that garments offered about as much support as a pair of boxers. So wouldn't running or playing basketball in them be pretty much like a woman going out sans sports bra?

In high school I played soccer in boxer shorts all the time. That was at the height of briefs' unpopularity. I don't remember any adverse effects.

[SuperGabers]

OK, I am not a guy, but I was under the impression that garments offered about as much support as a pair of boxers. So wouldn't running or playing basketball in them be pretty much like a woman going out sans sports bra?

What kind of G's are you wearing sup? Ace Bandage ones?

[pellegrino]

In high school I played soccer in boxer shorts all the time. That was at the height of briefs' unpopularity. I don't remember any adverse effects.

same here, wasn't and hasn't ever been a problem.

[KillerDog]

I don't believe the male need for support and constriction and the female need for the same come from the same place. I would say more but this is a coed board and that makes me shy.

[Pheidippides]

OK, I am not a guy, but I was under the impression that garments offered about as much support as a pair of boxers. So wouldn't running or playing basketball in them be pretty much like a woman going out sans sports bra?

Two styles - boxer or brief. The brief styles have an "extra support" version which is essentially a really shoddy pair of spandex-like shorts. Buy them a size small and you have compression shorts until the seams rip.

FTR, none of the guys I saw (and I only saw peeks about the knees) last saturday had the extra support versions. Looked to be cotton-poly blend if anything. It makes my junk sore just to think about running in something like that for more than 20 yards, let alone a full marathon.