Pants

 Once you are on a roll, things have a tendency of moving on at their own pace.
I’m thinking of the Queen Mary’s stopping length, here but the same can be thought of holes in underpants.
Last night I found a hole in my underpants .
I was in the bathroom and this sort of thing happens , so irritated I threw the underpants out of the window onto the patio, to be retrieved  later to put in the bin by the back door.
Now galvanised , as I warmed  to my task, I had a quick check of my undercrackers drawer and found four more gusset challenged sets all with holes in and threw them on the patio too.
This seemed sensible to me as I often throw used bleach bottles, empty shampoo bottles etc out on the patio to be retrieved later for recycling.
At 9 am there was a knock at the back door and Trevor’s gardener stood there wanting to know how he was. 
Nothing was mentioned about the five pairs of underpants lying on the patio 

61 comments:

  1. Anonymous11:51 am

    Thank you for the first laugh of the day John.

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  2. You are always such a class act.

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  3. Anonymous11:58 am

    Perhaps his thoughts about the incident were best kept to himself!

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  4. In addition he may have wondered whether you may invite him to join a wild party x🎉

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  5. Somethings are best left unmentioned. Time for a little shopping. Comfy undies are essential.

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    1. https://www.underarmour.com/en-us/p/underwear/mens_ua_tech_9_boxerjock/1332664.html?dwvar_1332664_color=001&start=0&breadCrumbLast=Underwear
      The 9 inch ones are most comfortable

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  6. Great way to start my day: A laugh out loud post from you. The visual was hilarious. Thanks, John.

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  7. He probably thought you'd had a wild orgy! Next time, you should throw them down the stairs, to avoid any misunderstandings. How is Trefor? I hope he's doing well. xx

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    1. I doubt that very much given the state of the gussets

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    2. Oh no - I don't like a gusset x 👅

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  8. Oh the stories Trevor’s gardener might tell!

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  9. This story reminds me of a nursing instructor's story about her first pay check. She told her mom she was going to throw all her old undies off the high level bridge and buy new ones. What made the story so funny was she seemed so prim & proper & that wasn't the story one expected from her. Nothing like new knickers.

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    1. I’ve bought my new one from Sainsbury’s

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  10. You're so funny, John!

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  11. Very funny. Knickers on the patio and the rumor mill will go in to warp speed.

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  12. If you don't have holes in your knickers, how do you get them on?

    I gotta say, I'm so very glad my husband just throws his old knickers in the garbage. You did make me laugh though.

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  13. Yorkshire Liz3:11 pm

    Surely you know the reason worn out undies are called unmentionables for a reason? Clearly Trevor's gardener is a true gentleman! (OR: he has seen to manay of the same to bother commenting.) Mind boggles either way. Laugh out loud mind pictures.

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    1. If he’s seen many soggy undies strewn on Patios before he’s led an interesting life

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  14. Barbara Anne3:40 pm

    How kind of Trevor's gardener to be so tactful.
    It's clear you don't have a screen on that window!

    Happy Friday!

    Hugs!

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    1. I’m very bad at throwing things out of the cottage windows

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  15. Oh what a picture you've painted! Thanks for the giggle & grin. 😊

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    1. At least my remaining items are good enough to get run over in

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  16. At least the undies didn’t fly off into the lane this time.

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  17. Clearly the gardener thought that underpants on the patio were just an everyday sight at the Gray cottage and saw no reason to comment on them.

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    1. It had rained too , so the piles of pants did look incredibly sad

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  18. 1st laugh of the day for me, thanks! :)

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  19. That's a lot of holey pants!

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  20. Anonymous6:10 pm

    I do hope Trevor is doing ok. Thanks for the smile!
    Xoxo
    Barbara

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    1. I’ve to catch up with him , I’m hoping to next week

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  21. I am sure it was as obvious as the holes in the under drawers. :) Love your joi de vivre in your disgust. ;)

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  22. LOL -- don't you have a wastebasket in your bathroom?!

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    1. We all need a good pants story from time to time

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  24. Thanks for the great laugh. So charming that they are called knickers. Much cuter than underwear.

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    1. The older I get the quicker I seem to be going through knickers
      Go figure

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  25. Anonymous7:27 pm

    I once used a clean pair of knickers to throw a huge spider out of the window. Accidentally let go and the underwear flew out. It was late and dark so I left them - could see them on the path. Next morning the postie picked them up, folded them and placed them in the postbox. Following morning he asked if I was having a good time while my husband was abroad …

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    1. Lol, I remember catching an injured bat in a pair of the Prof’s

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  26. I did wonder who was going to find your panties next.

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  27. Brilliant! Clearly you have a species of moth there with a penchant for chewing holes in men's undergarments. On that theme, a friend told me a story of a mental health workplace meeting he'd attended that included a somewhat grumpy, irascible older colleague. The meeting took place around a low table. At a serious point in the meeting, the grumpy older gentleman threw one of his leg over the other, precipitating a pair of baggy, grey underpants across the table, wherein all collapsed in fits of laughter - apart from a highly embarrassed Mr Grumpy, who clearly had left yesterday's underwear in his trousers when he had taken them off the previous evening and forgot about them - until he'd inadvertently shot them across the meeting table. The psychology of pants - you could probably run a whole blog about it.

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  28. Oh dear. That's quite a way to start the day.

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  29. That started my day off perfectly ... hee hee! Thank you John. Over here is is marginally cheaper to buy them in sets of three. Two packets and you'll be good for another year.

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  30. Follow my example. Once a year I throw away all my socks, pants, and T shirts, and replace them with new. Even if they were perfect; in the bin they go!

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  31. Maybe your visitor had already heard that you sometimes hurl things out of the upstairs windows to be dealt with later. A claim to fame? Very civilised of him though to not mention the pants :)

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  32. Brilliant ... only you John, only you. :-)

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