Slog - Comments on Queen Victoria's Secret http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret Her underwear? Expensive and crotchless. A pair of Queen Victoria's bloomers, with a 50-inch waist, were snapped up for $9,000 by a Canadian buyer at a central England auction Wednesday. Auctioneer Charles Hanson said Queen Victoria's underpants belonged to "a very big lady of quite small stature with a very wide girth." She was said to be 5 feet tall. The handmade knickers—which date back to the 1890s—bear the monogram "VR" for Victoria Regina. They are open-crotch style, with separate legs joined by a drawstring at the waist.... Five feet tall with a A 50-inch waist? That's spherical, right? Reading... Copyright 2008 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:13:46 -0800 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:49:58 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle No, that's queenly.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1087984 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1087984 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:19:48 -0800 Comment by maf-a-matician one's diameter and one's circumference.

]]> maf-a-matician http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1087987 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1087987 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:20:52 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Math is not your strong suit.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088000 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088000 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:24:52 -0800 Comment by nos the chemise, with a 66-inch bust, sold for $8,000. sounds a little less spherical and more umm...... trapezoidal?

]]> nos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088018 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088018 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:33:13 -0800 Comment by leek Harrumph! I'm guessing more people than me must have sent in this SlogTip. Dammit.

]]> leek http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088032 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088032 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:42:33 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger With that size she was a modern woman! Or maybe an American?

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088037 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088037 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:49:19 -0800 Comment by Viking Most knickers were crotchless until women got out of HUGE skirts. Almost impossible to get them down for peeing etc then back up until then.

]]> Viking http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088060 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088060 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:02:15 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO 50 in waist. Holy christmas. Can you imagine the stank that came off that pussy? Yikers!

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088093 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088093 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:26:00 -0800 Comment by robo So why wear them in the first place?? Why, in fact, do we all cling to the idea of panties/boxers/briefs, Dan?
Please respond... is it to catch stray dripples, prevent zipper snags, and avoid wet patches on our trousers when we watch Jake Gyllenhaal movies? Or is it mere modesty (although apparently not a modesty carry-over from the Victorian age).

]]> robo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088097 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088097 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:29:09 -0800 Comment by inkweary VR-Victoria Regina: Crotchless panties-Victoria Vagina

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088114 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088114 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:40:13 -0800 Comment by Fnarf @9: groins sweat, and unless you shower every time you go to the toilet you get rank (remember, Vicky probably didn't shower at all). If you're still unsure why people wear underpants, find some people who don't and hang out with them for a couple of weeks.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088224 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:34:27 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle She probably had more baths and showers than most people back then did.

Why do you think perfumed handkerchiefs and dresses were such a rage then?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088255 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088255 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:52:27 -0800 Comment by robo thanks fnarf. i've always wanted to ask that. i guess my hygiene has precluded the rank smell when i've gone without. mostly, i find that i'm a little too 'well-defined' visually when i free-ball it, for my tastes.

It's kind of hard to imagine a thong being that good at absorbing crotch sweat/rank toilet leftovers.

]]> robo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088259 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:54:31 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Well, a thong is a whole 'nuther subject.

And you've pointed out another benefit of underpants: concealment. Not everybody wants to look like Derek Smalls from Spinal Tap.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088341 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088341 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:40:56 -0800 Comment by Harry Callahan awww dan, i didn't know you had a thing for ladies undies. how very hetero of you!

]]> Harry Callahan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088400 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088400 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:23:45 -0800 Comment by John some research will tell us the good Queen bathed often

it was the commoner trash, the Savage family down the road in the small cottage who did not do much bathing, soap was expensive and some body odor was no big deal

horse manure galore, pigs everywhere, no sewers, shitting in the pot in the corner = the town is alive with stench

]]> John http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088506 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088506 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:37:40 -0800 Comment by Fnarf Harry, are you suggesting that "a Canadian bidder" is actually a popular sex columnist from nearby Seattle, Washington?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088516 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088516 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:44:18 -0800 Comment by Queen Victoria We are not amused.

]]> Queen Victoria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088556 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/queen_victorias_secret#c1088556 The Ladies Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:49:58 -0800