"A Funny Incident, but an Honest Question" Topic

Okay, so yesterday I had a bit of running around to do, showered and dressed before hand and when I got home about 2 hours later, I went to change into my "at home" clothes and Damned if I didn't have my undies on backwards.

I wear boxer briefs and I never noticed it walking around, so it was no big deal. I told my GF about it later that evening and she started laughing and asked me what would have happened if I had had to visit "the room that shall not be mentioned" for a quickie.

I looked at her and said, same as always why? She looked at me and said, don't you use the opening (Y-front)? I still looked at her like she was from another planet and said no and I don't think many (Heck, any) men fiddle around with the front, they just pull the elastic band down and…

So, long story into a question. Am I in the (vast) majority here or the exact opposite?

* No gory details, please! There are women and children present!

Don't worry, everything is OK with you. Elastic band down and you do your job. This is how the real men do it. Getting it through the opening might be messy.

The opening must have be designed by someone who is not equipped as a man. It must add to the cost, but I doubt anyone actually uses it.

I think the opening was created just so men's underwear would/could not be called "panties", if I remember correctly.

With all my piercings, I tend to get snagged in the opening so it is elastic band down for me. Plus I'm still a little tender from my latest tattoo so the less fuss the better.

Edit:
Does this topic require us to change the name of this board from Utter Drivel to Utter Dribble?

Haven't since I was a long younger and thought I had to

Didn't take long to change

Depends on the underwear. Some don't put the hole in the right place, then it's band down.

I go commando

What is more intriguing is

"the room that shall not be mentioned" for a quickie.

In the UK that either means sex or a swift pint?

I thought the fancy stitchery was just so I didn't put them on backwards! Band down.

Being a wearer of regular boxers, using the fly and flap is way easier than undoing any belt I might be wearing, and then the buttons, and then the fly… Can't stand any sort of briefs, binds me all up rather than supporting. Rather dangle.

Saw a grown man the other day at a urinal in the RR drop trow to the floor and lift his shirt up like he was 4 years old, and he was apparently sober!

Years ago I saw a mentally handicapped gentleman at the urinal. Once he had finished his business, before bringing up the pants or anything, he raised his hands, looked to the heavens and in a loud voice said, "Ta-DAAAA!"

I confess to being tempted to do that ever since.

Pull it down or drag it to the side.
At my age, speed is of the essence.

+1 Darkest Star Games -- I can scarcely believe what I'm reading. I guess my fellow TMPers don't tuck their work shirts in and wear belts?

Gone Fishing for the win.

Let's all agree to do this in unison at the next convention.

I wear Saxx underwear, no opening flap. So it's pull down.
Saxx are the most comfortable underwear I've ever owned.

Addendum to mine above:

After all,the line into the Men's room at the Host often breaks into a chorus of "Men Men Men", so it could offer a little variety.

youtu.be/-m-xZ4gz4MM

I always use the fly, whether wearing cotton boxers or polyester boxer briefs.

I once bought a nice pair of boxer briefs and was quite miffed when I put them on and found that there wasn't a fly -- but as I had bought them specifically to wear under my nylon warm-up pants or my fleece sweat pants, neither of which has a fly, I got over it.

@Gone Fishing: Where and when did the Ta-Da! event take place? Not that it could possibly have been me!

Many years ago, I found myself standing around a urinal trough in the bathroom of a bar in a remote Rocky Mountain town with my best friends, and we'd all had a few beers -- actually, it may have been more than a few.

One of the guys was on leave from Officers' Basic Training in the Army, and he gave the call: "Ready on the left! Ready on the right! Ready on the firing line! Take aim! Fire!"

I do not recall the remainder of that particular evening.

@Hafen: The convention idea is a good one. At the very least it should give the hotel staff something to talk about!

@Oberlindes: It was at Il Fornaio here in Old Town Pasadena. Awkward moment, this. My dear fellow, was that you? (Great story, by the way!)

It's threads like this that keep TMP the unique place it is, though whether that should be a badge of honour or a mark of shame I'm not sure!

I use the fly, but when the fly seems fiddly, then I pull down the waist band.

@Gone Fishing: Il Fornaio in Old Town Pasadena, definitely not downtown Los Angeles, right? And it wasn't in the early 1990s, was it?

The firing line story is true.

I cant help feeling that there has been some confusion in this thread between the Trouser (the outer garment usually with a zip fly) and the y-front/boxers ( the under garment , usually with at most a button or two for the front opening.)

This is probably due to the inconsistent terminology across continents.

The correct method is of course to make use of the fly/fastening on the outer garment, but simply pull the waistband of the under garment down (usually by hooking a thumb around it) to gain access to the gentleman sausage.

Any other method is incorrect and possibly a mark of insanity (as the OP alluded) . I'm sorry if this offends anyone; I don't make the rules, I merely over-explain them.

You all really pull the waistband down??!!!

I just hitch up the boxer leg and access the from there. The waistband of the boxers is too hidden under the waistband and belt of the trousers.

I don't believe it! The bleepomatic thing has expunged a very innocuous word for the gentleman sausage beginning with t and ending in dger!

Unrelated story: Last year I walked into a Starbucks and noticed the entire cafe had only men sitting, standing doing the usual things in a cafe.
I told the female barista, "It's a real sausage fest in here today" She laughed and looked around, "yes, your right, I hadn't noticed that" she said.

Both it depends on the clothes I am wearing (type and quantity) as well as what I am carrying like radios and weapons. The latter make it hard to keep you pants from dropping with the added weight.

Commando for me…

Does anyone else feel responsible to melt away the blue air fresheners in the urinals? I aim at the right side if they're new, or any vulnerable spot if they're already partly eroded.

I've been wanting to ask that somewhere, but haven't had a good context in which to do it…

andy

We tend to put air fresheners on the wall, here in the UK (mind you, there was a time, many (many) years ago when I would have seen even that as a challenge…).

I use the fly on my trousers, but then either drop the waistband on my boxers, or lift up the leg (I do the latter if I'm wearing shorts, which tends to be 11 months of the year*, here in the balmy Surrey Highlands).

[*mid-January to mid-February in case you were wondering ]

Elastic is the backup in case of emergency. Redundancy in undergarments is a must!

Andy S,

Painted targets are now the new "rage" in the States, allegedly it keeps the floor 50% cleaner and dryer.

And Yes, I practice my "Target for Today" skills when given the opportunity, but beware of the revenge of the odd shaped bowl, sometimes they strike back!