Old Underwear

eric/ · Feb 9, 2013, 10:35 AM

What should I do with old underwear? I hate throwing stuff away. I don't want to make anything out of it either.

Yeah I know it's underwear, but they are obviously clean and everything. So idk is there some sort of charity that takes used, serviceable underwear to give to people somewhere?

*inb4 jokes*

SilentPanda · Feb 9, 2013, 10:37 AM

http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/recycli...ycle-underwear

yg17 · Feb 9, 2013, 10:37 AM

I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

eawmp1 · Feb 9, 2013, 10:38 AM

Try this?

No joke

Happybunny · 10:57 AM

I believe that there is a market for such items in Japan.

http://loneleeplanet.com/2011/10/use...ding-machines/

Not that this bunny would would know.

mobilehaathi · Feb 9, 2013, 10:38 AM

No charity will take used undergarments.

Your best bet is to toss them, use them as rags, or wear them until they disintegrate in the wash one day.

SilentPanda · Feb 9, 2013, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by eawmp1

Try this?

No joke

What is this devilry? A "search engine"? Egads, the Internet has opened up to me.

ucfgrad93 · Feb 9, 2013, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by yg17

I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

Agreed. Used underwear is not something to resold or given away. Just throw it in the trash.

Jaffa Cake · Feb 9, 2013, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by mobilehaathi

No charity will take used undergarments.

I've seen them on sale in a charity shop before. I didn't buy any.

eric/ · Feb 9, 2013, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by eawmp1

Try this?

No joke

no thanks

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Originally Posted by ucfgrad93

Agreed. Used underwear is not something to resold or given away.

You say that until you can't afford underwear, and there are people that can't. So if there is a charity, sure I'd like to help. I don't really see how it's any different than wearing a used t-shirt.

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Originally Posted by ucfgrad93

Just throw it in the trash.

That's wasting it. I don't throw anything away if I can find another use for it.

dukebound85 · Feb 9, 2013, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by yg17

I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

same

rdowns · Feb 9, 2013, 11:39 AM

Make a few bucks?

http://denver.craigslist.org/m4m/3544037246.html

NSFW link

Orange Crane · Feb 9, 2013, 11:48 AM

You could probably make paper out of them with a couple of simple tools, but since you said you don't want to make anything,

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Originally Posted by mobilehaathi

use them as rags

Yup.

eric/ · Feb 9, 2013, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Orange Crane

You could probably make paper out of them with a couple of simple tools, but since you said you don't want to make anything,

Yup.

I was thinking about using them as rags, and maybe using them for cleaning and polishing leather shoes, but I'm worried that the color may pose a problem.

Really though, I don't have anything to use a rag for.

What would you need to do to make paper out of them? That sounds interesting. I guess when I said I don't want to make anything I meant I don't want to make any other clothes with them.

Gav2k · Feb 9, 2013, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by eric/

I was thinking about using them as rags, and maybe using them for cleaning and polishing leather shoes, but I'm worried that the color may pose a problem.

Really though, I don't have anything to use a rag for.

What would you need to do to make paper out of them? That sounds interesting. I guess when I said I don't want to make anything I meant I don't want to make any other clothes with them.

Do you not have clothing recycling centres over there? We have them in the uk. They weight your old clothes and pay you cash. The fabric gets shipped off reworked and reused.

eric/ · Feb 9, 2013, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Gav2k

Do you not have clothing recycling centres over there? We have them in the uk. They weight your old clothes and pay you cash. The fabric gets shipped off reworked and reused.

I don't think so. It'd be nice if we did.

mobilehaathi · Feb 9, 2013, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Jaffa Cake

I've seen them on sale in a charity shop before. I didn't buy any.

Yikes. That's, um, interesting.

Nabooly · Feb 10, 2013, 02:35 PM

Cut them up and use em as rags....

Cleaning shoes, furniture, fishtank, etc. etc....

Scepticalscribe · Feb 10, 2013, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by yg17

I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

My sentiments exactly. Expressed graphically and succinctly.

Quote:

Originally Posted by mobilehaathi

No charity will take used undergarments.

Your best bet is to toss them, use them as rags, or wear them until they disintegrate in the wash one day.

Exactly.

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Originally Posted by ucfgrad93

Agreed. Used underwear is not something to resold or given away. Just throw it in the trash.

Or reuse them - as rags.

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Originally Posted by eric/

.......

Really though, I don't have anything to use a rag for.

Seriously? Nothing at all? No cleaning that requires something that you simply cannot reuse afterwards?

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Originally Posted by Nabooly

Cut them up and use em as rags....

Cleaning shoes, furniture, fishtank, etc. etc....

Not to mention ovens, perhaps window sills, sinks.........such as all the unmentionables of life which may require the steady application of elbow grease, a cleaning agent and sundry rags......

Nabooly · Feb 10, 2013, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Scepticalscribe

Not to mention ovens, perhaps window sills, sinks.........such as all the unmentionables of life which may require the steady application of elbow grease, a cleaning agent and sundry rags......

There's millions of uses. I have a pile of old t shirts and underwear in the garage that I use for various things.

Cleaning the car's wheels is another one.

Technarchy · Feb 10, 2013, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by yg17

I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

Ain't that the truth.

AlphaDogg · Feb 10, 2013, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rdowns

Make a few bucks?

http://denver.craigslist.org/m4m/3544037246.html

NSFW link

Wow, um... I guess I live in a weird city.

mobilehaathi · Feb 10, 2013, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaDogg

Wow, um... I guess I live in a weird city.

A relatively common paraphilia; I doubt it has much to do with Denver.

prostuff1 · Feb 11, 2013, 10:20 AM

bleach them and then use them for rags. I do the same thing with socks.

I have "nice" rags for some things but sock and underwear rags get used and then tossed if they can't easily be washed. If i have glue or something like that on my hands I get as much off with a sock/underwear rag and then toss it. I keep a couple in my truck just in case I get grease on my hands or something in the vehicle.

h1r0ll3r · Feb 11, 2013, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by yg17

I don't care how poor and destitute, I would go commando before wearing someone else's used underwear.

THIS
Seriously, someone elses twig and berries have been all up on them. No thank you.

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prostuff1 macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Don't step into the kawoosh...	bleach them and then use them for rags. I do the same thing with socks. I have "nice" rags for some things but sock and underwear rags get used and then tossed if they can't easily be washed. If i have glue or something like that on my hands I get as much off with a sock/underwear rag and then toss it. I keep a couple in my truck just in case I get grease on my hands or something in the vehicle. __________________ Vista: It's the blond version of OS's; pretty and fun, just... not functional for everything
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