I'm definitely a Jewish girl from the sticks

[figmo]

Yesterday my boss was wearing a v-neck sweater over a t-shirt. Eventually he got hot enough that he took the sweater off.

I kept choking back what I was thinking....

I kept wanting to say, "You're perfectly dressed for a car accident because you're wearing your good underwear. That way when the ambulance comes, they'll know you came from a good home."

Comments

[aunty_marion]

It ain't just Jewish, believe me!

We were always encouraged to wear clean underwear against the circumstances (god forbid) that we should be run over by a bus. And my parents were brought up Primitive Methodist and Baptist.

[poltr1]

I was brought up Catholic. And I heard the same thing.

Words of wisdom from my fraternity house's graffiti fridge: "Life fast. Die young. Leave clean underwear."

[spiritdancer]

Then there's Bill Cosby's take on the whole clean underwear thing: "when you're in that car accident, first you say it, then you do it" (no, not an exact quote, but something like that ;-))

_M_

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

Hee. Is it 'cause a t-shirt is considered underwear?

Boy oh boy do you live on the wrong coast. :)

[scottscidmore.livejournal.com]

I'll second that, there was a time where in the circles I was in a t-shirt was nearly formal wear. Noe that was only true if the t-shirt was clean 8-)

[figmo.livejournal.com]

Hee. Is it 'cause a t-shirt is considered underwear?

Yes.

Boy oh boy do you live on the wrong coast. :)

Why do you think I said east coast?

[figmo.livejournal.com]

As I said, he was wearing his good t-shirt.

[howeird]

What spiritdance said, plus if he's in a car accident that's bad enough for the ambulance, there'll probably be blood on the T-shirt. Better to wear dirty underwear when you're planning to wreck the car, so you don't ruin your good underwear.

The (IMHO) right reason to wear clean underwear (besides the obvious health ones) is who knows? you might get lucky[TM]