A Tour Of The Perplexing

Tonight I started thinking about how I used to wear knickers back in the early 80's, when I was in first and second grade. I remembered them being 'the thing' to wear.

I remembered wearing them but then as I thought about it all some more I realized I must have been dreaming because I couldn't imagine knickers ever being 'the thing' to wear even if you're a golfer, but especially if you're a second grader or even worse, if you're in high school.

But no, it wasn't just a very bad dream, it really happened.

Also recently perplexing, and entirely unrelated, is the fact that prostitution, having sex in exchange for money, is illegal. However, if you have sex in exchange for money but you let people record it and distribute those tapes so that anyone who chooses to can watch the act...then that's legal?

So, in effect, prostitution is fine as long as everyone can watch it? I don't get it.

Comments

[Rita]

Strange I was thinking about the same thing not to long ago.... Knickers....Or coolots ( If that is spelled wrong forgive me) anyway which came first.... I know for a fact in the 90's they turned into into Jam shorts....

[katie]

I was just thinking about knickers, too! I had purple velvet ones and khaki green ones with a matching striped shirt with epulets! I thought I looked very Duran Duran.

[nicer funier SIL]

I had a pair of PURPLE knickers - all I remember is that the fabric was truly awful, thin and cheap. I also had a pair of blue-grey wide wale cordoroy ones - worn with argyle socks, penny loafers, a picky wool sweater, button down oxford shirt and a BIG silk bow at my neck. How ridiculous is that? I can remember my Grandma visiting and saying, 'Oh, knickers! The boys (my dad and uncle) used to wear them when they were toddlers!' She was quite excited that they were back in style. That should have been my clue.

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Ed Note: My mother made mine! The big silk bow is so Princess Diana (who we can blame for the 80's knickers thing, by the way.)

[beerzie boy]

> ...then that's legal?

Or Performance Art.

[Deborah]

Have you ever noticed that knickers never appear in porno movies? It may be because wearing knickers in porno's is illegal...I wonder if prostitutes ever wear knickers....
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Ed Note: Knickers were wrong in second grade and they'd be even more wrong in a porn.

Although, I have revealed a loop hole to keep the Detroit prostitutes working! All they need is a camcorder and a mask for the 'client'...then they'd simply be filming an 'adult film'.

[pinky]

I had olive green knickers, a frosted plum velvet pair, but my favorite were the wide-wale burgundy Esprit pair, with embroidered flowers on one pocket. Sheesh. It's not like I was playing golf or anything :-)

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Ed Note: Well....Hel-lo Miss Fancy Esprit Knickers! I think I may have killed for those. Much like the later Guess jeans with the zippers at the ankles.

[Busy Mom]

The prostitution thing wasn't unrelated, they've just gotten rid of their knickers, that's all!

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Ed Note: You're right! That's probably what got me thinking about it. While looking for a picture of 80's Knickers, I came across a whole lot of underwear shots. Either that or all that porn I watched over the weekend.

[jenB]

I am jealous of Pinky's Esprit knickers! I had purple corduroy ones with matching purple argyle socks. so cool.

[jilbur]

I think you are implying that the porn starlet didn't just happen to fancy having sex with that fellow at that moment and then a producer came by and said, 'Oh--I'll give you money if you'll be so kind as to let me film that, since it appears you are going to be doing it anyway.' It looks like you are saying that the starlet (and heck, even that guy with the name suggesting a grotesquely large penis) might have been motivated to do the deed by someone offering them money.

Well. that ruins the whole thing for me. *stomps off sullenly*