This advertisement for bamboo boxer shorts Bossy found in her New Yorker magazine yesterday. Because Bossy’s inner 14-year-old was all, “Oh is this what you mean by wood in your pants?”
Bossy must say, right up there with socks made of oak, Bossy has never considered a world where bamboo undies were a benefit. Who knew?
kristin @ going country says
October 20, 2009 at 7:36 amI got a whole forest of bamboo and a need for some new underwear. You think it would be hard to make?
Elsewhere says
October 20, 2009 at 8:25 amGet some pandabears to pre-chew them for you, that’ll work!
BossysMom says
October 20, 2009 at 10:01 amAnd it takes so long to carve them. Not beneficial.
Gaby says
October 20, 2009 at 10:22 amI feel like a dork knowing this, but bamboo is naturally anti-microbial, which makes it great for clothing, sheets, and medical linens. Which, when you think about what goes INTO those boxers, might be considered a great benefit!
Little Miss Sunshine State says
October 20, 2009 at 11:42 amHave you ever felt Bamboo Cotton sheets? They are so soft, you will want to take to your bed and never get up!
21st Century Housewife says
October 20, 2009 at 11:50 amI don’t understand how this can work . . . .
Dharmamama says
October 20, 2009 at 12:37 pmOh, no, LMSS – she took your advice!
I’m trying to be clever, knowing that bamboo can grow as quickly as 24 inches in one day, but I can’t make it work. Anyone else wanna try?
anne marie in philly says
October 20, 2009 at 1:01 pmI have knit with bamboo yarn; splits like a MoFo, but it is non-allergenic (a plus for me)!
I’d hit the underwear model (where “hit” equals “do”)!
dgm says
October 20, 2009 at 3:01 pmWe have bamboo flooring, and one of the benefits is that it doesn’t expand with heat and moisture. Just sayin’ . . .
Deb says
October 20, 2009 at 5:43 pmOk what’s the dealio with the bamboo? While shopping for socks at Target- they had socks made with Bamboo?
Reeb says
October 20, 2009 at 8:04 pmI missed the “inner” part of “Bossy’s inner 14-year-old” and thought first time round that Bossy Daughter was asking her mother that!! And wondered (a) what Bossy answered and (b) what BD was doing asking her mother that, and then (c) realized I’d misread it.
Life is even more entertaining for those who misread.
Cupcake Murphy says
October 20, 2009 at 10:20 pmMaybe the marketing people were all “If we revolt people then they’ll buy” and then they high fived or something.