Jerb322@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoWhen I was a kid, "thongs" were footwear...message-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down15
arrow-up139arrow-down1message-squareWhen I was a kid, "thongs" were footwear...Jerb322@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarewewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoI always assumed you called them thongs because the bit that goes between your toes looks like the underwear going up a butt-crack.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 days agoYou got it backwards. Think about it. Beachwear has been a thing since around 1900, while visible underwear wasn’t a thing until recently. Easy way to remember is to think that necrosis usually starts at the extremities.
I always assumed you called them thongs because the bit that goes between your toes looks like the underwear going up a butt-crack.
You got it backwards. Think about it. Beachwear has been a thing since around 1900, while visible underwear wasn’t a thing until recently.
Easy way to remember is to think that necrosis usually starts at the extremities.