Mentioning the Unmentionable(s)

Today is going to be a busy one for me, so please excuse this "brief" post.

August 5 is National Underwear Day and (although it will be another scorcher with temperatures at the 100 degree mark) whether they be "tighty whities" or "granny panties" .. I would like to encourage everyone to participate.

I close with a poem by Ruth Getty:

When I was a Maiden fair,

Mama made our underwear.

With five tots & Pa's poor pay,

How could she buy us lingerie?

Monograms & fancy stitches

were not on OUR flour sack britches.

Panty waists that stood the test

With Gold Medal on the Chest.

Little pants the best of all

With a scene I still recall:

Harvesters were gleaning wheat

Right across the little seat.

Tougher than a grizzly bear

Was our flour sack underwear.

Plain or fancy, three feet wide,

stronger than a hippos hide.

Through the years each Jill & Jack

Wore this sturdy garb of sack.

Waste not, want not, we soon learned,

Penny saved, a penny earned.

Bedspreads, curtains, tea towels, too.

Tablecloths to name a few.

But the best beyond compare

was our Flour Sack Underwear!

"he fled naked, leaving his garment behind." - Mark 14:52