How many undercrackers? (Semi-seriously)

[DickusMaximus]

Morning gents,

Whilst ruminating on whether to get a Z4M, SL 350, XKR or 986 a new and more urgent issue has come to light:

My girfriend is stunned - stunned, I say - to learn that 'a man of 45 only owns 3 pairs of identical thundies and 4 pairs of socks'

My reposte - I live alone in a tiny cottage and wash everything midweek and again on Sunday - dead simple, one basket for pants, one for socks and a few shirts / jumpers. All top quality etc

So - what's the BF deal? I think it makes total sense and quite like 'doing the dhobi'

Is it me?

[benters]

I know what you're going to get for Birthday & Christmas

[DickusMaximus]

benters said:

I know what you're going to get for Birthday & Christmas

Yay! Is it an XKR? is it is it pleeeeeease?

[Foliage]

Well I always try to have at least 7 pairs of each, just cuts down on the number of times I have to do that washing a week, saves water and electric.

[spikeyhead]

DickusMaximus said:

Morning gents,

Whilst ruminating on whether to get a Z4M, SL 350, XKR or 986 a new and more urgent issue has come to light:

My girfriend is stunned - stunned, I say - to learn that 'a man of 45 only owns 3 pairs of identical thundies and 4 pairs of socks'

My reposte - I live alone in a tiny cottage and wash everything midweek and again on Sunday - dead simple, one basket for pants, one for socks and a few shirts / jumpers. All top quality etc

So - what's the BF deal? I think it makes total sense and quite like 'doing the dhobi'

Is it me?

How the fk can you go away for a long weekend, or even cope with a hot curry, or even manage washing unless you're washing a pair every day?

[Japveesix]

You only have 3 pairs of pants? Really?

That's weird.

[Cyder]

Definitely weird. Do you rotate and get 4 days per pair or is your washing machine always on?
As others have said what happens if you have a dodgy ruby and need emergency backup?
Best to keep some safety stock.

[Vaud]

Weird. Who wants to wash clothes on holiday?

They aren't exactly expensive.

[AndrewEH1]

At least 10 pairs of each.

Enough for a week plus a few extra in case your washing machine breaks/holidays/etc.

[DickusMaximus]

Good points all - I'll get some more

Used to be married and the spousal unit took care of it all - now I just use the machine twice a week. Hardly arduous

The holiday thing hasn't come up but will do soon on a 3 week Euro tour (just need to decide on a car first...)

[GuitarTech]

Three pairs? Luxury. I have one pair and wash them once a month, whether they need it or not. Got to keep the hygene standards high

[illmonkey]

3x4 = 12. I think that's plenty.

[Japveesix]

DickusMaximus said:

The holiday thing hasn't come up but will do soon on a 3 week Euro tour (just need to decide on a car first...)

You've already got one pair for each week, no need to be silly and buy more just for the sake of it. Just don't do anything sweaty or dirty.

[Funk]

AndrewEH1 said:

At least 10 pairs of each.

Enough for a week plus a few extra in case your washing machine breaks/holidays/etc.

Yep, same here. And all identical, in black. Also 10 pairs of identical black socks which eliminates matching errors and provides 'sock redundancy' in the event of one going awol. Dark wash on the weekend and job jobbed.

[GroundEffect]

10 pairs of boxers, 10+ pairs of socks.

The Mrs does the washing in our house and gets pissed off if I'm moaning at her from running out, so she bought me more

[Rosscow]

I've got loads of the bloody things - you can never have enough!

[The Beaver King]

Yup, weird

I have approximately 20 pairs of boxers and maybe 30 pairs of socks. They fill a standard double width draw.

I do pooh my pants a lot though...

[ApOrbital]

[Laurel Green]

Rosscow said:

I've got loads of the bloody things - you can never have enough!

Same here. Plus dozens of pairs of socks, some yet to be out of their wrappers.

[Japveesix]

Surprised that so many just have 10 pairs of black socks and pants. Colourful socks are clearly far better: