#underwear

Victorian rigidities were such that ladies were not even allowed to blow out candles in mixed company, as that required them to pucker their lips suggestively. They could not say that they were going "to bed"--that planted too stimulating an image--but merely that they were "retiring." It became effectively impossible to discuss clothing in even a clinical sense without resort to euphemisms. Trousers became "nether integuments" or simply "inexpressibles" and underwear was "linen." Women could refer among themselves to petticoats or, in hushed tones, stockings, but could mention almost nothing else that brushed bare flesh. ↗

— Bill Bryson

#modesty #underwear #victorian-era #home

Alexis grabbed his arm. "Tom Jones? Wow, I totally love Tom Jones. He's like quintessential Vegas—over the top and indecent fun. Let me just go grab a pair of underwear to throw at him and we'll be all set." Over his undead body. If anyone was getting her underwear tossed in his face, it was going to be him. "I don't think so, Ball Buster. You're not giving your panties to an old man." "Oh, and you're so young, Garlic?" "Garlic?" What the hell was that? "Yep. Now we have pet names for each other, isn't that adorable? You're Garlic and I'm Ball Buster. Now everyone will believe we're a real couple. ↗

— Erin McCarthy

#humor #insults #nicknames #pet-names #tom-jones

No book worth its salt is meant to put you to sleep, it's meant to make you jump out of your bed in your underwear and run and beat the author's brains out. ↗

— Bohumil Hrabal

#books #brains #sleep #underwear #authority

I see L.A. as a beautiful blonde with dirty underwear. ↗

— David Boreanaz

#blonde #dirty #i #i see #see

I'm a private person, and I don't want people knowing what kind of underwear I like. It's creepy! ↗

— Carrie Underwood

#i #kind #knowing #like #people

This morning when I put on my underwear I could hear the fruit-of-the-loom guys laughing at me. ↗

— Rodney Dangerfield

#could #guys #hear #i #laughing

All that running around in my underwear put money in my pockets. I can focus on working in interesting movies without having to worry about supporting myself. ↗

— Mark Wahlberg

#around #focus #having #i #i can

I got sick and tired of my lady wearing ugly underwear to bed, so I turned to the Internet. ↗

— John Wilson

#got #i #internet #lady #sick

I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious. ↗

— Kate Hudson

#like #same #superstitious #two #two weeks

I don't get sent anything strange like underwear. I get sent cookies. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#cookies #get #i #like #sent