Ya ever noticed how fashionable is it used to be to go out actually wearin' more undergarments than most people currently have in their top drawer at any one time? What with hoops, corsets, pantaloons, bloomers, garters, leggin's and the like, why'd anyone invent a chastity belt? It'd take all night jes' to get naked enough to do anythin' with all them garments to get through. People of that age had servants to assist them with dressin' and undressin'.
'Course, then there is always them shots in the westerns where people seem to be bathin', once in a blue moon, whether necessary or not, while still encased in their long handled underwear, drop seat properly buttoned, thank ya very much. It was as if they had decided it was a good idea to wash themselves and their underwear at the same time. That's a pretty handy trick to 'member, ya'll bachelor guys. Bathe! Wash your underwear. Do it at the same time if necessary, but do it --- often!
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Posted by Tiger at January 2, 2005 09:43 PMHint--If you wash yore undies in the river, be shore it ain't the RED RIVER.
Posted by: Heloise Hinte at January 3, 2005 11:20 AMPeople of that age had servants to assist them
So who dressed the servants? Or is that why there were so many stories about the upper class consorting with the lower class - they were easier to undress?
Posted by: Ozguru at January 3, 2005 04:53 PM