Ladies, don't wear your underwear in public in India.

Bigzero · Apr 7th, 2005, 22:33

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Originally Posted by readmymind

more please

one more....

Auntyji · Apr 7th, 2005, 22:54

OH MY GOD!!! WHERE were these men when I lived in India???

SHIMLA · Apr 7th, 2005, 23:16

While on the subject of lungis, it would not be out of place to mention that in Myanmar, the lungi is very common and is an accepted part of the attire for both men and women. Here its called "longyi" (pronounced "loanji")and is pretty easy to wear. Mostly, men wear checked ones while ladies plain.

Another interesting point is that men tuck their wallets at the back in the longyi and half of it protrudes out; yet there are hardly any cases of pickpocketing or shall we term it "picklongying" !!

Digital Drifter · Apr 7th, 2005, 23:20

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I don't agree about the 8-yard vesti. Actually I think a dhoti (between the legs) is...

well, what is it? <waves his writing sword menacingly>

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8 yards would be longer than a sari (ok, there are special 9-yarders). What would a man do with all that cloth! ?

wear it, of course! you gotta have a certain waistline for you to use to whole 8 yards! Eat a little more! :-)

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Now, what else to disagree on.... Well, vesti is not less traditional or less formal than dhoti, it is a different style that goes with different areas. I don't know any Tamil vesti wearers that will wear dhoti for special occasions.

On what are we disagreeing here? I can't see the place where I said veshti is less traditional.....

<sheaths sword and walks off muttering....people cant read>

readmymind · Apr 8th, 2005, 14:15

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Originally Posted by Bigzero

one more....

Bigzero, thank you

Nick-H · Apr 8th, 2005, 16:57

D-D; I attempted a tongue-in-cheek reply, but it seems to have vanished into the great null in the sky, so I'll just say, Hey!, Peace, Man...

torryquine · Apr 8th, 2005, 18:47

I'm tickled at how this started off as a discussion of womens underwear, but ended up focused on men! Perhaps the title of the thread interested more male forum members that female....?

Digital Drifter · Apr 11th, 2005, 23:11

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Originally Posted by torryquine

I'm tickled at how this started off as a discussion of womens underwear, but ended up focused on men! Perhaps the title of the thread interested more male forum members that female....?

Natural progression.....women start off normally on how to do/fix things. Men take over, bossing the conversation and finally fall apart over arguments over who's right, whose daddy can beat theirs, whose car is better, bigger and whose mobile is bigger...wait, make that smaller!

The only surprising thing is that why conversation did /not/ get fixated over ladies uw. Now, that's unusual even for a travel forum unless the moderators having been binning posts!

Highly unlikely...on 2nd thoughts. given that there exists a stomach churning, fetish inducing, dinner spoiling, conversation silencing, thought fixating thread like ' how to wipe...'

I really can't believe that, that thread by Matty Gee has managed to find legs & roots of a British minutae type. <shudder>

God, will you chaps stop posting on that thread! Please?

Nick-H · Apr 12th, 2005, 00:34

so.....

How do people cope with the folds and turns of a dhoti when using an Indian toilet?

Sorry D-D ...I couldn't resist

Samsara · Apr 24th, 2005, 11:22

I wonder who that designer is for those great clothes for men? Dhotis are very in recently with some Indian hip designers, I saw some stunning examples by another designer before. They were made from antique saris.

I went to a friend's birthday party last year and she wore a sari which I lent her and her husband wore what looked like a lungi in a gorgeous patterned heavy silk but was actually a royal male Balinese outfit. They are both Australian (not Indian) but he once was invited to a royal wedding in Bali (which is a Hindu island in ancient times influenced by Indian style so that might be why the outfit looked just like a lungi and was wrapped that way too).

Apr 7th, 2005, 23:16	#33
SHIMLA Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Yangon, MYANMAR Posts: 4,125	While on the subject of lungis, it would not be out of place to mention that in Myanmar, the lungi is very common and is an accepted part of the attire for both men and women. Here its called "longyi" (pronounced "loanji")and is pretty easy to wear. Mostly, men wear checked ones while ladies plain. Another interesting point is that men tuck their wallets at the back in the longyi and half of it protrudes out; yet there are hardly any cases of pickpocketing or shall we term it "picklongying" !! __________________ Whoever said money can't buy happiness didn't know where to shop !

Apr 8th, 2005, 16:57	#36
Nick-H Loud-mouthed, Noisy Bird Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Chennai, India Posts: 26,905	D-D; I attempted a tongue-in-cheek reply, but it seems to have vanished into the great null in the sky, so I'll just say, Hey!, Peace, Man... __________________ . Just one member of the IndiaMike Mod Team

Apr 8th, 2005, 18:47	#37
torryquine Oilfield Trash! Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Aberdeen Posts: 700	I'm tickled at how this started off as a discussion of womens underwear, but ended up focused on men! Perhaps the title of the thread interested more male forum members that female....? __________________ http://werenotafraid.com/

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Samsara Sentient Being Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Australia Posts: 507	I wonder who that designer is for those great clothes for men? Dhotis are very in recently with some Indian hip designers, I saw some stunning examples by another designer before. They were made from antique saris. I went to a friend's birthday party last year and she wore a sari which I lent her and her husband wore what looked like a lungi in a gorgeous patterned heavy silk but was actually a royal male Balinese outfit. They are both Australian (not Indian) but he once was invited to a royal wedding in Bali (which is a Hindu island in ancient times influenced by Indian style so that might be why the outfit looked just like a lungi and was wrapped that way too).

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