The most stupid invention ever.......

**margo49** · 06-17-2006, 07:02 AM

I'm with you snapdragen

I never used to wear a bra but since becoming a mono-tit I have become quite an expert in underwear engineering. This is a functional garment with the emphasis on Function not fun or func.

**RoadRaven** · 06-17-2006, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by mickchick

7. Gym suits---anyone remember those? In the late 70s/early 80s, we had to wear those over-grown "onesies" for gym class. The cotton knit, elastic around the waist,and a zipper down the front. blue stripes on the top and below the elastic, solid navy blue. Ugggh.

Originally Posted by lise

Gymsuits! I hadn't thought of those in ages! It did, at least, save me the torture of not having the "right" gym clothes. I was a (relatively) "poor" kid in a rich suburb of Chicago. Getting dressed in the morning was a daily review of how inadequate, out of style, out of date, etc. my clothes were. In the grand scheme of things, this is NOT a real problem but gym class was the great equalizer. Some girls looked better in their gymsuits, but nobody had a better gymsuit than anyone else.

Originally Posted by Nanci

We had the ugliest gymsuits in the world!! Light blue, cotton, with snaps.

We didn't have gym suits... we had .... *Rave cringes and hisses* ... rompers!!!

These awful balloon shaped pseudo-shorts with elasticised legs and waists... absolutely demoralising for young teen girls trying to get comfortable with changing bodies - particularly when at a co-ed school like I was...

These awful things have to be up there with "worst inventions ever". Thank the Goddess they have been phased out!

**margo49** · 06-17-2006, 12:54 PM

Yeah, and with those box pleats u had to iron them too (or Mum)
At one school we had to sew ribbon with the school colours down the side seams. I liked them btw

**nancielle** · 06-17-2006, 01:20 PM

7. Gym suits---anyone remember those? In the late 70s/early 80s, we had to wear those over-grown "onesies" for gym class. The cotton knit, elastic around the waist,and a zipper down the front. blue stripes on the top and below the elastic, solid navy blue. Ugggh.

AUGH! The trauma returns! My class had a god-awful robin's egg blue color.
Bad enough when we had to wear them within the confines of the school gym but totally horrifying when we were trotted out to a nearby park for soccer or softball.

**Duck on Wheels** · 06-17-2006, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by mimitabby

I keep hoping, but you know, what they go to next MIGHT be worse!

There was this really cute, sweet kid on the bus one day, but I swear his saggy big jeans were not only well below his waist, they were below his butt cheeks. So I asked, in the way only an old lady can dare: how the pants stayed up without suspenders, whether it was hard to walk in those things, and did kids do pull-downs nowadays instead of wedgies? He said 1) the belt helps, 2) you get used to it, and 3) yes. Now when he sees me on the bus he gives me a little smile and a wave. And if his gang-dressing buddies are with him, they politely ask me the time. Cool.

**Lise** · 06-17-2006, 02:20 PM

Definite advantage to being old and being curious. You get to ask.

Our gymsuits were robin's egg blue + navy. Red with horizontal stripes sounds much, much worse! And rompers? Shudder.

**snapdragen** · 06-17-2006, 03:52 PM

Our gym suits were bright blue, with an elastic waist and snaps. Big balloony things. In high school I liberated a pair of grey sweatpants with no elastic in the ankles and a white tshirt from the school lost and found. I was the epitome of cool

**crazybikinchic** · 06-18-2006, 06:40 PM

I have to agree with the low rise jeans. A few years ago, we had a patient come into the office(dental) and her jeans were so low that the girls in the back said her girl hair was coming out over the top.

Another thing is the shorts/skirts that are so short that butt cheeks are hanging out.

Then, the girls spend all night pulling down the garments that they purposely choose so short. Not only that, they wonder why they get a negative rep.

**Tater** · 06-19-2006, 05:34 AM

Originally Posted by crazybikinchic

I have to agree with the low rise jeans. A few years ago, we had a patient come into the office(dental) and her jeans were so low that the girls in the back said her girl hair was coming out over the top.

I agree with the low rise jeans! What digs me though are 'whale-tails'. That back part of a thong that girls will wear with their low rise jeans, usually with something embroidered on them like "Eye Candy". Uh, I don't think so.

**Nanci** · 06-19-2006, 05:41 AM

Don't they notice on other girls how flat and boyish it makes their butts look? Or is that the whole point? And the stuff hanging out to the sides just makes them look fat.

**mimitabby** · 06-19-2006, 06:43 AM

Originally Posted by Duck on Wheels

There was this really cute, sweet kid on the bus one day, but I swear his saggy big jeans were not only well below his waist, they were below his butt cheeks. So I asked, in the way only an old lady can dare: how the pants stayed up without suspenders, whether it was hard to walk in those things, and did kids do pull-downs nowadays instead of wedgies? He said 1) the belt helps, 2) you get used to it, and 3) yes. Now when he sees me on the bus he gives me a little smile and a wave. And if his gang-dressing buddies are with him, they politely ask me the time. Cool.

I always want to ask them how they will be able to run from someone if they have to. They can hardly walk... and can you imagine them on a bicycle?

**Lise** · 06-19-2006, 06:54 AM

Good news is, the boys' pants are so baggy and low hanging that they can't really chase the girls, just shuffle along. And the girls sort of mince along, since they can't really abduct their legs at all...kind of a slow-motion event.

I truly don't get this thing with boys & men wearing huge earrings, pigtails, stuff like that. It's supposed to look manly? Pants falling off them, enormous shirts...they look too dim witted to dress themselves in the right clothes. I suppose it's like yuppies with sweaters tied around their shoulders in the 80s....ah, fashion.

**Beth-Ro** · 06-19-2006, 08:15 AM

My vote goes to those rings people are putting in their ears. Not traditional earrings. I don't know what to call them, but the point seems to be to make a big honking round hole in the ear lobe. They start small and can go bigger than a grommet in a shower curtain. (I've seen mostly guys doing this but who knows...it could be a girl thing too)

First off...oh my lord, that has got to hurt!

Secondly...ewwww!

I've probably gone and offended someone with said ear attachment on this forum. But it just looks like a portable torture chamber. And there is no beauty in it. It's ghastly. And useless!

**MomOnBike** · 06-19-2006, 11:43 AM

Do they know how hideous their ears with said holes are going to be when they are 80?

Frankly, I'm glad I'll be dead so I won't have to look.

**mimitabby** · 06-19-2006, 11:45 AM

Originally Posted by Beth-Ro

Secondly...ewwww!

I've probably gone and offended someone with said ear attachment on this forum. But it just looks like a portable torture chamber. And there is no beauty in it. It's ghastly. And useless!

Ah, Fashion is ALWAYS useless!
Yes, they are going to look interesting when they are in their 70's!

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