[at-l] Long Undies advice, "guy" related

[bullard@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Jim Bullard)]

So (Sew?) how do you add a button without thread?  Go to the nearest fabric
store, sewing center or whatever and get some better thread.  It sounds
like you got some very coarse stuff.  Ask for silk.  That shouldn't
irritate anything.  Also the fly has overlapping layers of fabric. Don't
run your stitches all the way through the material. Just catch the stitches
under the threads on the outside. Ultimately this is a discipline problem.
You have to train willy not to be sneaking around. I'll leave it to Felix's
imagination to come up with an appropriate training regime.

At 11:10 AM 3/4/2003 -0600, Billie H. Cleek wrote:
>Instead of sewing the hole shut, how about just adding a button?
>
>Cleek
>On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 11:04:02AM -0500, I received a message from Ryan
>Drisgula to which I felt pleasantly compelled to respond by saying:
> > Okay, I've got an interesting question, and I'll try to keep it as, um,
> > clean as possible.
> >
> > As everyone knows, underwear is optional. I prefer to wear none when
> hiking,
> > because tighties are too constricting. I wear boxers IRL but they bunch up
> > underneath the long johns.
> >
> > So I got me a pair of sythetic long johns, DuoFold, I think. I love them,
> > comfy, warm, non abrasive, don't stay soaked.
> >
> > Now HERE'S my problem. My willy sneaks out of the little "emergency"
> hole. I
> > HATE that. It's uncomfortable, rubs against my outer layer, etc.
> >
> > So I sewed up the holes and went hiking on Saturday. Well, after 4 hours of
> > hiking, the thread I had used was chafing. Not what you want in the 7th
> mile
> > of an off-season 8+ mile hike in a foot of snow.
> >
> > Any advice on this interesting, strange, yet extremely important issue??
> >
> > Thanks. :D
> >
> > By the way, there is no jesting here, this is an absolute and totally
> > serious question.
> >
> > Ryan