Archive for February 9, 2007

The Case for Briefs

Boxers suck. Now before you get your knickers in a twist, I’m referring to the underwear, not the dog breed. My boxer-the-dog-breed feelings are largely indifferent and unsophisticated. That’s a topic for another article.

Underwear boxers suck. They’re baggy and loose and it feels like you’re wearing an extra half pair of pants. When your high school nickname is ‘tripod’, boxers just aren’t gonna cut it. Are they underwear, or shorts masquerading as an undergarment? There’s something altogether too subersive about the whole thing and I refuse to take part.

Yet it seems that men who prefer boxers are somehow more distinguished, more cool, and perhaps, yes, even get more chicks. Do they know something I don’t? Unlikely.

To bridge the gap I tried some of these new boxer-briefs. They’re tight like briefs but have longer legs like boxers. The verdict: they’re not working for me. Somehow things just aren’t… lining… up… right.

Back to the tightie-whities for me.

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