What's the dumbest piece of clothing ever invented?

I was just going to ask what the problem with propeller hats is supposed to be.

Neckties get my vote.

stockings, tights, pantyhose. they're all hellish.

Make your leggies look good, though.

The leggies may look good, but the sour look on my face while my legs are encased in plastic more than over-balances.

LOL!!!! Buy silk stockings! or cotton tights!

"Taint me leggies wot minds pantyhose - 'tis a more intimate part of me that objects to synthetics altogether.....

Deb, so true!!

My experience with pantyhose was frightening when one of the legs twisted, making me feel like I was strangling myself.

As I kept pulling, it got tighter and tighter until, if I had let go, I would have flown out the window and through the air like a halloween witch without a broom. Scary thought!

"The Bro"

<sigh>

dlowan, have you tried cotton tights? i have. without some kind of synthetic to help them attach themselves to your legs, they are the greatest source of elephant knees and ankles i have ever met.

Hey you guys and gals, Don't put down the necktie. It made me standout and it was my fashion statement. In the early days of my career in banking everybody wears the same ugly drab pin stripped suit IBM standard as they called them. I personally select the most non-conformist necktie that I can find. The necktie was my identity, it was my way of buckling the system, showing my rebellious nature, proving to everyone that I am not the token Asian in the management but I got there by sheer talent.

A senior manager even commented to me one day "You sure like to wear career limiting outfits"

Thongs (yeah yeah I know you guys will bellow at that one, and some of the ladies too!) but who the hell wants a wedgie all day long? Me? ... I hate the feeling of a thong and want to get it out of my crack all the time. If you guys had to wear thongs all day every day I am sure they would be BANNED! And don't give me that crap about the differing nether regions and how one stuffs and the other doesn't.

Oh and I hate the other thongs too - the flip-flop kind. Hate that slappy smacky sound and hate the way they go between the toes - ugh!

I am of course in the minority on both these but I would rather be naked that have to wear either!

I am personally opposed to the general concept of clothing, but the climate makes them sometimes a necessity, and public decency laws cover the rest of the year.

Before girls could wear pants to school, tights and pantyhose were lifesavers in the cold winters of Chicago. I'll take pantyhose over garter belts (ever have those digging into your flesh?) and stockings any day.

Soooo right about the thong! And can you believe they make panty-liners for them? Hello???

Corsets are not dumb! (at least from the S/M point of view).

I once saw this British Punk, who wore suspenders at knee level. He could hardly walk.
He thought he was making a statement.
He was.
He stated: "I'm dumb!"

Big smile here, Diane!
My mother was 5' tall, 98 lbs. She used to complain that no matter what size you buy, they all come with the same size waistband...too small. I HATE the damn things, too. I usually wear long skirts or pants so I can avoid the back-wrenching ordeal of putting them on. (And yes, eoe, I agree about garter belts digging into your legs when you sit down. Wish I had remembered about that when I bought some a few years ago for "fun"! :wink: )

Heeven, I so agree about thongs. Wedgie all day long--yech!

Setanta wrote:
"I am personally opposed to the general concept of clothing, but the climate makes them sometimes a necessity, and public decency laws cover the rest of the year." (And the rest of :wink: Setanta.)

eoe, I grew up in Tucson--very few really cold winters and we weren't required to wear stockings of any kind, but I would have preferred panty hose over garters and stockings--they were the pits.

Eva, panty hose can sometimes be chest high on someone who is short--speaking from experience. I'm with you on long pants and skirts.

Oh yes, I'm in total agreeance with the panty hose opinion. I used to use them for straining the hops in my home brew. I actually had to buy a pair, specifically for this purpose. The woman who served me was asking all about size, colour etc. In the end, I said 'I only want them for my home brew'. She was shocked and wanted to know if my husband knew I was doing this...... And suspenders and stockings!!! How anyone finds them sexy, either to wear or look at, is beyond me.

....as for thongs, here they're rubber footwear and almost the national dress. The ones that separate your ass cheeks are just some weird form of sexual oppression (I think.....)

.....and I thought the only reason men wore ties was to make up for the fact that women got pregnant....thereby making them a justifiable invention.

What's that old joke?

"How smart really can those men in suits be, when they wear a noose around their necks?"

Exactly Heeven.....and why do they wear suits anyway? ..... and what's that split up the back of the jacket about? Is it anything to do with sodomy?.....and what about those three buttons on the sleeves?

The split is so that those with big butts will be able to sit down - which is really useless on men since they have no butts to speak of.