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Posted by edblysard on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:18 PM
Ok, so why do womens shirts button on one side, and mens shirts button on the other?

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Posted by CSSHEGEWISCH on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:23 PM
Probably for the same reason that hot dogs are packaged with ten in a pack but the buns are packaged eight per pack.

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Posted by chad thomas on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:23 PM
Yup, This is way off topic alright. [;)]
I have wondered that myself though. Just out of curiosity what makes you ask Ed?
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Posted by dharmon on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:28 PM
Because men usually take off womens blouses, but they rip off our shirts.


Actually....because women used to be dressed by someone else (maid, etc...)
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Posted by gabe on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:28 PM
I always thought it was to avoid confusion with distributors or sales departments.
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Posted by gabe on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:30 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Because men usually take off womens blouses, but they rip off our shirts.


Actually....because women used to be dressed by someone else (maid, etc...)


I like the way you think--because women were dressed by someone else and men like to think of them being undressed by someone else.

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Posted by dharmon on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:32 PM
Same reason prom dresses have velcro now.......
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Posted by chad thomas on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:34 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Same reason prom dresses have velcro now.......


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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:38 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Because men usually take off womens blouses, but they rip off our shirts.


Actually....because women used to be dressed by someone else (maid, etc...)


Dan, you are correct. Ladies had maids who helped them dress, and
buttoned their dresses for them.

Have you been reading Victorian romances?!?!
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Posted by Hugh Jampton on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:40 PM
There is a perfectly reasonable explanation,, in ye olde days when buttons were first invented only the rich and posh could afford them. Now posh ladies did not dress (or undress [;)]) themselves so the buttons were placed on the side to make them easy to do up (and undo [;)]) by right handed people (in this time left handed people were persecuted as spawn of the devil). Posh men on the other had had their clothes laid out for them, but they dressed themselves.
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Posted by dharmon on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:51 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Because men usually take off womens blouses, but they rip off our shirts.


Actually....because women used to be dressed by someone else (maid, etc...)


Dan, you are correct. Ladies had maids who helped them dress, and
buttoned their dresses for them.

Have you been reading Victorian romances?!?!



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Posted by Mookie on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:52 PM
I am so laughing over this one!

Plus it is so nice to read something simple instead of wading through all the "heavy" postings of late!

Gonna sew buttons on my t-shirt and ask the driver for help!

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Posted by Hugh Jampton on Thursday, May 26, 2005 12:58 PM
There's actually several theories on this,,, check out
http://histclo.hispeed.com/mat/tech/but/but-con.html
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Posted by tatans on Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:04 PM
Probably the same reason American zipper sliders are on the opposite side of Canadian zippers.
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Posted by mikeyuhas on Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:22 PM
No, no, no, you have it all wrong. It's so the laundry can know to charge about eight times as much to clean what would otherwise be an identical shirt.
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Posted by Junctionfan on Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:33 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tatans

Probably the same reason American zipper sliders are on the opposite side of Canadian zippers.


Like the metric system versus the imperial?[:D]
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:36 PM
same reason we park on drive ways and drive on parkways..
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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:39 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

QUOTE: Originally posted by cherokee woman

QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

Because men usually take off womens blouses, but they rip off our shirts.


Actually....because women used to be dressed by someone else (maid, etc...)


Dan, you are correct. Ladies had maids who helped them dress, and
buttoned their dresses for them.

Have you been reading Victorian romances?!?!



Yep......Victoria's Secret....[}:)]


Dan, I asked about Victorian romance novels: not a women's underwear
catalog!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:42 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by farmer03

same reason we park on drive ways and drive on parkways..


Unless there's a traffic jam on the parkway. Then it's just a park. [:p]
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Posted by adrianspeeder on Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:54 PM
What the heck Ed???

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 2:58 PM
So what is victorias secret, what is she hiding from us?

Belts go diffrent ways for men and women too.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:07 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tatans

Probably the same reason American zipper sliders are on the opposite side of Canadian zippers.


But what of the "St Louis Zipper" on the C&EI? (For you youngins out there the C&EI became a part of the MoPac, then the UP.)

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Posted by edblysard on Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:18 PM
Adrian,
The question was posed to me by a mid-west feline, amoungst a series of other questions and comments about why men can wear white tee shirts to water parks and women cant....and why men never have strap problems in public.
I figured we needed a laugh, and I really wanted to know why...

By the way, I personally have no objections to women wearing white tee shirts...

Mike,
I dont understand it either...the cleaners charge $1.99 each to do my white dress shirts, and like $10.00 to do a pair of my wifes linen slacks...

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Posted by SALfan on Thursday, May 26, 2005 3:34 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Brak710101

So what is victorias secret, what is she hiding from us?



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Posted by dharmon on Thursday, May 26, 2005 4:04 PM
It was raining in Los Angeles again as the Sunset Limited pulled out of the station. I sat in silence, as we started moving, watching the city roll by through a rain-streaked window. I took off my jacket, cracked the window and lit up a smoke. The compartment may have been a bit much just for me, but I need the space and quiet. It had been more than a year since Mexico, Kissmy Caboose, the hospital and all that, and I just needed to get away. I was headed to Miami, then on to Havana to meet my Canadian friend Kevin for some sun and cool rum drinks. I had just settled in with a novel, some light reading about the intimate apparel industry, when there was a knock at the door. It was the conductor.

“I just wanted to make sure everything was okay, Mr. Cinderdick”, he said. “My name’s Chad, just let me know if you need anything. Dinner will begin serving at 6:00, unless you want to have something brought here.”

I thanked him and he went on his way to the next compartment. I crushed out the cigarette, laid the book down and closed my eyes, then let the gentle rocking and steady rhythm of the rails ease me into semi consciousness. I thought about the last time I saw Kissmy, standing there next to the phone at the police station, looking helpless as they took her away….

I awoke to the sound of a man and woman having an argument next door. …
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Posted by Gluefinger on Thursday, May 26, 2005 5:00 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by CSSHEGEWISCH

Probably for the same reason that hot dogs are packaged with ten in a pack but the buns are packaged eight per pack.

Paul


I think I just read something about a bun company and a hot dog company making an agreement about this!
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Posted by cherokee woman on Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:17 PM
Okay, Dan, good story line going here: please don't keep up in suspense!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:17 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by dharmon

It was raining in Los Angeles again as the Sunset Limited pulled out of the station. I sat in silence, as we started moving, watching the city roll by through a rain-streaked window. I took off my jacket, cracked the window and lit up a smoke. The compartment may have been a bit much just for me, but I need the space and quiet. It had been more than a year since Mexico, Kissmy Caboose, the hospital and all that, and I just needed to get away. I was headed to Miami, then on to Havana to meet my Canadian friend Kevin for some sun and cool rum drinks. I had just settled in with a novel, some light reading about the intimate apparel industry, when there was a knock at the door. It was the conductor.

“I just wanted to make sure everything was okay, Mr. Cinderdick”, he said. “My name’s Chad, just let me know if you need anything. Dinner will begin serving at 6:00, unless you want to have something brought here.”

I thanked him and he went on his way to the next compartment. I crushed out the cigarette, laid the book down and closed my eyes, then let the gentle rocking and steady rhythm of the rails ease me into semi consciousness. I thought about the last time I saw Kissmy, standing there next to the phone at the police station, looking helpless as they took her away….

I awoke to the sound of a man and woman having an argument next door. …

NO Skippy, NO! She screamed over and over again...I shook the cobwebs out of my head and...I thought...It sounds like HER!...
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Posted by jchnhtfd on Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:24 PM
I'm gonna watch this thread!
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Posted by Sterling1 on Thursday, May 26, 2005 6:38 PM
OK OK enough already . . . end up the same way as that other thread . . .
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