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Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at 12:30AM Mrs. G. 
Mrs. G. has a friend, another homeschooling mother, whose twelve-year-old daughter announced one afternoon that she was too old for lifeless, white cotton underwear. As a matter of fact, she was ready for a thong. Mrs. G's friend, a practical and modest woman, explained that while she agreed her daughter might be ready for a more spirited and colorful undergarment, a thong was out of the question. Heads butted. Horns locked. Fuming ensued. But Mrs. G's friend remained steadfast. Under no circumstances, she told her daughter, will I be spending my money on a thong. Deal with it. So Mrs. G's friend's twelve-year-old hell cat daughter, a cheeky fireball since birth, went home and dealt with it. She went home and...
knit herself a thong. She knit herself a pink wool thong. When you're done itching, please take a moment to admire the girl's resourcefulness and determination, to reflect on her originality. Her mom sure did. Mrs. G's friend could always tell when her daughter was wearing her woolen thong, because the girl had noticeably more hitch in her giddyup.
Damn homeschoolers. Can't take 'em anywhere.
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Reader Comments (81)
Oh my. At least she didn't grow the cotton and weave herself one. Oh, wait. I probably just gave her the idea. Rats.
Hee, hee, hee.
Ya gotta just love that!!
Some girls are so cool.
haha that is so funny. Good on her.
I always think it is a good idea to ban a few things just to get them using their imaginations and being creative. There was a discussion on the radio the other day about how we should allow toy guns in nursery schools etc. I have never allowed toy guns in my house partly because I don't really agree with them, but mostly because I know my sons will make their own and that has got to be better, hasn't it.
A wool thong though!!! Ouch!
Lol, I hope mum goes out and buys her a cotton one before any long-term damage is done. She sounds like a cool young lady....go the thong! I would if I still could!
Oh dear. That IS some mighty mighty determination. That girl could become president one day.
that is what I call suffering for fashion that girl will go far in life once she gets more comfortable underwear
a friend and her daughter attended a hot August wedding the Mom said to the daughter I can't wait to get home and take of my hot underwear and put on something cooler the daughter replied that she was ok since she wasn't wearing any underwear true story
girls!
With such determination, that girl will go far - well, as far as she can go before the irritation gets to her.
Just wait until her teen years - Mom has her work cut out for her!
That is one determined child! Is she started on her next thong yet? Maybe out of something different?
Oh, LORDY! I think thongs in general are an abomination. A WOOL thong is just beyond the pale...
Love it! Anyone prepared to knit themselves a pink wool thong well and truly deserves it. She won't be wearing it for long. Ouch.
That. Girl. Rocks.
Having said that, being one who "knows" a little something about said subject ... I would no sooner wear a wool thong than I would shove pinecones in my eyes. Ewwwwwww.
That reminds me that I had a crocheted bikini in the 70ies...
To my defense: I didn't do it and it was cotton and didn't look too bad (or my taste was so off)
But I knitted thong...
Maybe, more a piece to hang framed on the wall:D
Let's hear it for homeschooling ingenuity! I've been knitting something practical (and a bit dull).
Darla
Hopefully there will be an opportunity for her to highlight this feat in a college application sometime soon.
OMG!! It's the Itchy and Scratchy show!..No,I don't watch "The Simpsons" why do you ask?
Admittedly, I had a twinge of jealousy overcome me. Why can't I knit a wool thong?
Wow... now that's stubborn. ;)
*Mental note: Never teach Sweet Pea to knit.*
Just yesterday Jezebel had a thread on the topic of http://jezebel.com/342132/british-writer-bring-back-big+bottomed-undies " REL="nofollow">big undies and discussed this article about http://timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/caitlin_moran/article3141104.ece" REL="nofollow">Pantorexia
Choice Quote:
"And what these results tell us is that there is scarcely a woman in Britain wearing a pair of pants that actually fit her. Instead of having something that, sensibly and reassuringly, contains both the buttocks – what I would call a good pair of pants – they’re wearing little more than gluteal accessories, or arse-trinkets. They’re all in briefs, demi-briefs, bikinis, strings, midis, hi-legs or thongs."
Thank god my daughters think they are as uncomfortable looking as I do.
Their teenage underwear is low rise boy cut micro-fiber in crazy colors. Gotta love Target.
Thank you for a much needed laugh! Ohmigod, I had to adjust my crack just from reading this.
I would love to have the knitting pattern for a thong. Then I'd knit a couple in bright itchy, scratchy coloured wool so that when my girls announce that they're ready for thongs, I could hand them over with a "Here, enjoy", knowing that they'd be back to cotton briefs in no time at all.
Gotta admire the girl's determination.
I love that story! A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do....Your daughter's friend sounds like a girl after my own heart. When I was almost 5 I told my mom that I wanted my ears pierced...she told me not until I was 13. Then she caught me trying to pierce them myself....guess what I got for my birthday?
Her mama needs to think fast and show her "coolness" by countering with ...
"thongs are passe' ... boy cuts are what all the girls are wearing now."
I love it! Good for her...but hmmm...itchy, baby.
Heidi
That's some crazy, itchy moxie; home grown, no less.
Woolen wedgie.
Thongs are a mystery to me.
I HATE having to pick my crack in public. But when that itty bitty string starts winding up little butt hairs, how can one NOT pick?
The issue of thong underwear came up at a Girl Scout council training a few years ago. Evidently, if we, as leaders did not think 'all girls should wear thong underwear at 12' we were not hip.
That's okay. I'm comfortable. To hell with hip.
THAT made me laugh out loud. Bless her heart - I guess she showed her mom, huh?
what a hoot! i'm itchy just thinking about it though. that kid's got guts!
what a hoot! i'm itchy just thinking about it though. that kid's got guts!
Don't you mean she had noticeably more ITCH in her giddyup?
I love that girl. She's a keeper.
That's what we get for teaching these kids to be self-sufficient, right?
We should have known all this one-on-one teaching would come back to haunt us someday.
You gotta commend the pluck. And I'm still laughing about the "hitch in her giddyup."
Keep your son away from this one.
The whole idea of a wool thong is making my cheek twitch. Cool kid, though.
Love her creativity and LMAO at BLC!
Love the determination and ingenuity, but her yarn choice has me squirming in my seat!
What an industrious young woman! She's destined to go far with determination like that. To think she actually WEARS the thing! Yikes!
Maybe Mrs G.'s friend should compromise on a pair of pink panties. Or maybe Mrs. G.'s friend's daughter should babysit for an hour and buy her own pair. Mrs G's friend's daughter would find them much more comfy than a wool thong, but that wouldn't be half as funny. LOL!
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How cool is thatI'm glad mom kept her sense of humor about it. I try not to butt heads with my daughter over stuff that really doesn't matter in the end. (No pun intended.)
Those teenage years are going to be one wild ride! Sometimes they just can't hear 'no,' hmmmm? Our eleven year old has hair down to his shoulders -- icky stringy unkempt hair. He says it's his 'identity.' So we're picking our battles and saving the heavy hand for bigger issues and letting this one go. Of course, I won't let him wear a thong, either. :-)
That takes resourcefulness to a whole new level!
That little girl is gonna do just fine in this crazy world. Her mother might need meds at some point---sooner rather than later, perhaps--- but her daughter? That child will knock 'em dead.
Way too funny!
I'm glad I have a son.
Great solution for both. The girl gets her thong, but there's no way she'll wear it for long.
I don't understand thongs. I mean, why?
Almost makes me wish I home-schooled my kids..
Too funny - actually sounds like something I would have done.
Have a wonderful day.
Too funny - actually sounds like something I would have done.
Have a wonderful day.
I so love your blog, because I can come and get a good, gut-busting laugh, and then read your comments and get several more!
As for the woolen thong? That's a grrrl after my own heart.
Of course, once that thong is washed in hot water, it's going to shrink into AN ITTY BITTY FELTED WOOL THONG.
I can't believe the girl didn't just cut up all her old underwear.
Maybe she can be talked into boy-cut?