"Blanderpants"

Kissmiley, an intelligent and accomplished woman of my acquaintance, has suggested that certain underpants could be construed as "bland." (see "what would Habermas say?" below)And, despite my understanding that boring undergarments are useful and create a clean line on outside clothing, I thought "How sad to buy bland underpants."

I personally like unbland underpants. In fact, I have some that are only good for sleeping in because they have a flowered ruffle around the waistband, which would show under most clothes.

Which brings me to Kissmiley's second point, that the eurowasher (see "euro front-load washer" in June) is a better choice for cleansing "funderpants," a term I'm now coining to describe cute but not-too-functional undergarments, because of the gentle wash cycle. Hmmm... perhaps "blanderpants" (or boring underwear) are a better choice for the US and those of us using the US washer.