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British Soldiers Get Germ-Fighting Undies
Ant writes "Yahoo! News reports that British soldiers will be getting germ-fighting underwear. The antimicrobial underpants have been introduced by the Ministry of Defense as part of a new desert uniform for soldiers. They are the first undergarments issued to British troops, who traditionally have had to supply their own.
Military officials said Thursday the unisex trunks were made from artificial fibers for comfort, with silver particles woven into the material to prevent sweating.
"It is coated to prevent bacterial infection, and we have tried to arrange the seams so that they don't chafe," Col. Silas Suchanek, who led the team that procured the new equipment, said Thursday."
... how long til they get the rest of their equipment?
The British army is woefully underequipped... but hey, as long as they've got pants and tea, they'll be fine!
Just another harmless drunk
Well do they keep out sand?
*ducks*
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The underpants gnomes finally figured out the missing part of the plan.
Step 1. Steal underpants.
Step 2. Sell to the military (ta-daaa).
Step 3. Profit!
Really, we should defer to the UK's right to name its own institutions and call it the "Ministry of Defence", just like Pearl Harbor should not be "Pearl Harbour" or "Perl Harbor" (as I've been admittedly prone to think).
unisex trunks
...nuff said.
I, for one, welcome our artificial fiber silver particle infused anti-bacterial non-chafing seam underwear-wearing British overlords.
Oh, wait, I'm in the USA, which means I *don't* welcome them as overlords! We still like them though, in spite of that bit of unpleasantness in the 1770's and 80's. And that whole War of 1812 thing.
Well, it's another development in our war to eradicate biological agents in our war on terror.
If you locate a hazardous bacterial sample, simply find a British soldier and drop it down his pants.
My postings are informational and does not constitute legal advice. Act on it at your risk.
Doesn't the British government have something better to do with their citizens money then make germ-fighting underwear?
Then again, how else would they get a front page story on slashdot...
Then the germs evolve and become resistant to silver and we're in REAL trouble.
Wow, war even drives innovation when it comes to clothing fashion. Seriously, these underwear seem to be really great. I wonder if the British Army will open up their own Yahoo! store and sell these underwear...
What a riot.
I never change underwear!
I mean the anti-bacterial stuff is useless, they might as well have developed 'cool undies', which when reaching a certain temperature automatically chemically react cooling that person.
What will they think of next?
...with silver particles woven into the material to prevent sweating.
Uh oh, one more thing the colloidal/ionic silver idiots will use in their come-ons to turn people blue.
Luckily, like most scams these days, I'm guessing the majority of the victims will be pathetic wannabes and the scammers themselves.
Fuck it
No? Well... now comes with complimentary free underwear!
If the number of British army enlistees suddenly skyrockets in the next month, we'll all know why.
.. then I'd buy them.
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(i kid you not)
Considering testicles don't like high temperatures, (it's one of the reasons we have them in a sack outside our body, and why everyone should use boxers) what are the chances that these new undies will cause damage to the soldiers testicles since they are stoping them from properly regulating their temperature by sweating, in a desert no less?
Now we have a cure for STDs.
$sig$
The silver threads in the knickers are a good idea. That means if a werewolf bites him/her on the arse or crotch that the soldier will be protected.
I didn't know that the British armed forces were into the occult and supernatural.
It aint a reassuring thought.
WTF? I can understand unisex "outer" uniforms, but the idea of unisex underwear is plain stupid. Is the British Army trying to pretend that men and women are exactly the same, even "down there"?
From the picture, the underwear look like standard men's boxers, except without the front flap. Why leave out the front flap in men's underwear? Probably because they had to make a concession to these being "unisex", and a flap is clearly a male-only feature. Also, what about guys who prefer briefs?
The end result is that men will have a harder time freeing willie to irrigate the desert, and women will be forced to wear what are essentially men's underwear (and, I would imagine, are less comfortable for women--correct me if I'm wrong).
Well we now finally know how the underpants gnome wind up at "PROFIT!"
I don't want knowledge. I want certainty. - Law, David Bowie
The site I have the pictures on is down, but hopefully I can give a detailed enough explanation of what happened to me last year to make folks realize the importance of anti bacterial undies.
:) http://www.scvi.net/activex/tv19.htm
I was sittin on the toilet one day and noticed a swollen ingrown hair to the right of my right testicle. I tried to pluck the hair out, followed by squeezing the little bastard. Nothing was coming out, so I said, "fuck it" and just left it at that.
During the week, it developed from an ingrown hair to a very painful boil. It got to the point where I could hardly walk anymore and had to see the doctor.
Soon as the doctor saw it, he said "We're going to have to lance it". Kaiser usually doesn't give out painkillers if they can avoid it (once had a broken toe and they refused me pain meds) Luckily I had a male doctor, and I think that fact made him more sympathetic to my pain.
He numbed the spot up, then poked the spot with a scalpel, probably going in about 2-3 centimeteres, followed by some very painful squeezing to get all the crap out of the bacterial playground that had formed next to my nutsack.
I thought that was it, but nope. The doctor said "We have to leave a wick in there so it heals right" A wick? WTF? Basically a wick is a peice of cotton gauze stuck in the hole where the boil used to be. This prevents the opening of the wound from sealing up, and allows the hole to heal from the bottom up.
For the next month, I had to make daily trips to kaiser to have the wick removed, and replaced. The first wick was over a foot in length! Every week the wicks got shorter and shorter until they finally told me it no longer needed a wicking.
I can totally see these types of bacterial infections knocking out a soldier for a month. For me, I could not walk without popping 2 or 3 vicodin after they inserted the wick. At least I had the luxery of my house, high speed internet, and cable TV (not much interneting during this ordeal, as it was very hard to sit)
--toq
OH Ps, im typing this live while i'm at work at the karaoke bar, watch the live stream here and say hi
On the plus side, we've descovered the illusive "2: ???" step...
1: Collect Underwear
2: Sell Silver
3: Profit!
NO, this can NOT be used as a condom or classified as safe sex!
Please mod parent -1 Eeeuuuwww...
On the inverse side, the first headline on Fark at this moment was on Slashdot yesterday, and on other sites the day before. The fuck is your problem?
Sweet Jesus, man! That's the worst story I've heard in months! I'd recommend keeping that to yourself.
Don't anyone dare modding this man up. Think of the children!
I've come for the woman, and your head.
Times like these call for a mod -1: too much information.
- A
does this mean no more swamp ass?
My UID is a palindrome, that must be good for some type of prize.
that silver had antibacterial properties. A silver based antibiotic mixture was inserted INTO a friends wound to help sterilize it and I thought the reason people used silverware was for similar reasons. (Although I could just be buying into urban legends or making wrong assumptions... I don't recall ever reading that in an official tome somwhere...)
I hate to comment on my own comment to bitch about moderation, but I noticed a few comments below mine stating that it should be downmodded.
Look, this is what happened to me. Like it or not. The comment came from my heart, formed by my own personal experience. Sure, it's gory, sure it's detailed, but this is exactly what happens to folks when bacterial infections happen. Boils form on the skin, and in the crotch area, this makes for a very debilitating condition. Like I said, I had the luxery of my house, soldiers in Iraq don't have the same immenities that I have.
Just a follow up, after this happened my wife and I started buying anti bacterial soap. Since then, I haven't had so much as a zit on my legs. Before the boil, I showered every day but with regular old soap. Regular soap just isn't enough to prevent this from happening. Just one juicy bit of info I read on antibacterial soaps, you have to leave them on the skin for at least 2 minutes for the active ingredient to work.
So please mods, don't downmod my parent post. It was completely on topic and showed the dangers of bacterial infections of the crotch. Thank you.
--toq
Well, that's money well spent. It's wonderful what taxes are used for nowadays.
Commando
But more on topic, These are boxers, and I think the idea was that the silver will help cool the body, so you don't sweat so much. (Maybe the design helps the sweat evaporate faster)
I don't think it's possible to make clothes that actually stop you from sweating when you are hot.
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for "We'll."
Substitute a brain for my tapioca while you're at it.
KFG
the problem people are having isn't that this post came from your heart, rather people are having a problem with the fact that this story came from your testicles.
I have bad karma....
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ok time for the immature slashdot posts, sooo thats how you beat the clap.
Dude you just totally made me crack up at work :D
I got my silver underwear from REI several years ago for mountaineering. What sold me was mostly the reduction of odors, since when you're on a mountain, you're wearing that sweaty underwear for two days of solid work! Highly recommended.
Years ago, a British military group enjoyed their leave at our local skihill in British Columbia. They were easily identified from a distance by the black and grey ski suits supplied by a local vendor; the suits were later sold off by the truckload.
...I don't think this particular article of clothing will maintain its resale value.
hey! thinfoil underwear!!
HORRAY!
Alright, it's a relevant story, so in the interest of fairness, I propose a compromise. Repost the story as follows and we'll all try to talk the mods into upping it.
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The site I have the pictures on is down (You didn't want to see it anyways), but hopefully I can give a detailed enough explanation of what happened to me last year to make folks realize the importance of anti bacterial undies.
I was sittin on the toilet one day and noticed a swollen ingrown hair. [Yes, it was where you think it was]. I tried [several things]. Nothing was coming out, so I said, "fuck it" and just left it at that.
During the week, it [got really bad: doctors, needles, etc].
I can totally see these types of bacterial infections knocking out a soldier for a month. For me, I could not walk without popping 2 or 3 vicodin [for awhile]. At least I had the lux[u]ry of my house, high speed internet, and cable TV (not much interneting during this ordeal, as it was very hard to sit)
</T0qersHell>
This... is Britain's... finest... hour. Err gonch.
How long before the US Army follows suit?
I enlisted four and a half years ago in the Army National Guard, and in two weeks time I'm actually leaving for Iraq. As per the regulation, we are supposed to wear the Army issue briefs. That's what we did during Basic Training - but God knows those things aren't made for comfort. They chafe, and once you've been in the field for a few weeks - well, let's just say that the risk of infection increases. Which is why it pays to carry a lot of baby wipes and Gold Bond.
I actually wear boxers instead of the standar-issue briefs now and it is definitely more comfortable. But anyway, now that I'm headed for the desert, I wouldn't mind having this nifty new underwear - I hope the US Army takes up this good idea. You don't realize how much you take the little things for granted until you're out in the field and out of clean pairs of underwear.
Vivin Suresh Paliath
http://vivin.net
I like
"It is coated to prevent bacterial infection, and we have tried to arrange the seams so that they don't chafe,"
Nothing can ruin a battle faster than chafe from underwear seams.
The Luddites were ahead of their time.
You took pictures if an infected ingrown hair on your testes? That takes a lot of balls.
The site I have the pictures on is down...
Oh Sweet Jesus, miracles still occur!
Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!
Only stops them from reading your thoughts if your head's up your ass.
If you just took anything I said seriously, read it again.
Suppose we could get a pair of these knickers to the goatse guy? Looks like he could use some germ fighting action in that area of his body.
Why slashdot? Why not?
Wow, that is the greatest story I've heard on Slashdot in a long time. I don't know if I am more grossed out or more amused. I haven't laughed so much all week.
Seriously though, having had a few boils myself, cleaning yourself carefully is good advice.
Qxe4
Dude, me and 10 of my friends are watching this karaoke bar, and it's the best thing we've ever seen on the internet. So funny. Thank you. I think I see you, if that's you up front. Nice to put a face behind the scrotum. =)
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but do they have an anti-skid feature? it would be a shame to have u'r silver undies look like a shiny drag strip.
You link to a site that requires IE? This is /. ya know.
Ah yes, the war of 1812. What I don't get is that Americans seem to be pretty pissed off about it still, but if a bunch of English and Canadians went and burned down the White House right now, most Americans I know would buy them a round of beer. This would be especially true if they blocked the exits first. Oh well, It's just that time is meant to heal all wounds but it seems to be making things worse.
When Argumentum ad Hominem falls short, try Argumentum ad Matrem
Victoria's Secret announced the imminent launch of their new "Patriot" line.
Stay sentient. Don't drink bad milk.
Silver ions stops microbs from burning O2. cool now I don't have to take a shower for a month!!!
Don't know about the rest of the ./ crowd, but i'm not one for driving. Just not a fan of trying to stay alive in fear of soccer moms driving 30,000lb SUV land yachts I guess... but really I was thinking the other day about driverless highways, and I guess there is actually some movements being made in that direction. read about it.
There's some cool shit in that link about maximizing efficiency by having cars drive only a few meters apart to minimize air resistance and the like. I'm all for it.
I can't remember the last time I forgot anything.
well, in AD 2101, war was the 31337^3.
"They are the first undergarments issued to British troops"
I don't think that's quite true. Atleast, in WWI they were issed with them (with buttons in them too).
Athletes will probably enjoy anti-chafe undies as well. At the moment the best alternative is the UnderArmor brand's line of underwear. The difference in comfort is considerable. After 2 or so hours of running I'd normally come back with painful rashes, 3 hours and they may even bleed slightly. The sleek underarmor fabric keeps things sliding painlessly and kept this from happening, as opposed to normal cotton boxers.
The problem is the $20 dollar pricetag per pair! Even if it isn't really better than the UnderArmor, at least it'd provide some competition to drive the prices down a bit for performance underwear.
mmmmm... I do find the idea appealing. A few disco balls, a bit a of sweat... I'll provide the RnR...
The Cloud - because you don't care if your apps and data are up in the air.
Why leave out the front flap in men's underwear?
Not trolling, but seriously, does anybody actually use that thing? When I go to a public urinal, I want speed and stealth i.e., a commando raid. The last thing on earth I'm looking for is to get caught playing fabric origami just to access the plumbing. Or is the purpose actually to act as a squeegee during retraction to minimize the chances of..er..having to shake your leg afterward?
"I like you - you've got balls".
"I like balls".
The moral of the story is to squeeze yank and pull at any swollen growth in the pelvic area. It's for your own good.
Can't say as much for the kittens though.
Conversely you'd be amazed how miserable chafing underwear and sweaty socks can make you, and how quickly.
(and, I would imagine, are less comfortable for women--correct me if I'm wrong)...
Jesus, I wish that were the case. My GF keeps stealing my underwear to wear when all hers need to be washed. If some guy could invent underwear that is comfy for men, but uncomfortable for women, I'd buy fifty pair.
HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!
An infrastructure for supplying the troops with clean underwear, silver magic or not, is second in importance only to supply of food and ammunition (well, communications and...well, it is quite important).
If you don't change underwear regularly you are bound to get very nasty rashes in just a few days (which will put you out of any useless service). If you leave it to the individual serviceman to supply his own trunks, then there is a high risk some won't change them often enough.
I would guess that underwear lasts longer in desert climate than in more temperate climates due to that the sweat evaporates faster and leaves less time for the germs to grow, but all the same anti-germ underwear seems like a good idea. You increase the underwear changing interval which means you can cut back on the supplies organization (and the individual soldiers don't have to carry as many pairs of underwear).
I suppose that the price/value ratio of military underwear with silver content is better than $100 hammers? :D
But this may DEFINITELY be bad for POWs. So far the captors didn't find any value in there...
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German soldiers get Brit-Fighting undies.
emt 377 emt 4
Or I should say the royal family need the undies to stop inbreeding. I guess 1000 years of marriying cousins to keep power concentrated is a bad thing. For those who don't know history, you would be suprised at how many cousins married cousins in british royal family history.
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I wonder how many soldiers get infection because of dirty underwear? Wouldn't it make better sense to give soldiers a couple of individually packaged wet wipes instead?
Rosco: "If brains were gunpowder, Enos couldn't blow his nose."
The metallized silverfoil undies will show up on radar.
I doubt that we will ever figure out - and I suspect that even if we did figure out we couldn't do much about it
Or you think with your penis?
"It is not how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it exists." -Ludwig Wittgenstein
I have just the solution for the female soldier on the go -- http://www.shenis.com/
and we have tried to arrange the seams so that they don't chafe,
So, they're wearing them inside-out then.
Coincidently, I do this half the time in my underwear 4-day rotational schedule (forwards, backwards, inside-out forwards, inside-out backwards).
*scratch scratch*
Now, where's that stench coming from?
Can I mod your sig insightful? Where'd you get it from, or is it your very own?
"Good news, everyone!"
Athlete's foot is one of the more common problems while infections may occur as a result of untreated injuries. (untreated fungal infections may also lead to bacterial infections if not properly treated.)
You actually don't want to get rid of all bacteria, since some bacteria are actually good for you and helps keeping the bad bacteria out.
Another issue is that there is a risk of getting multi-resistent bacteria that is harder to treat if you expose bacteria to antibiotics for a prolonged time. This is one reason why you shouldn't treat virus infections with antibiotics - it has no effect on the virus.
If builders built buildings the way programmers wrote programs, then the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.
More like ask the female soldiers to send their used underpants to your prison inmates.
Little do they know you just want those panties for your massive silver extraction operation!
That reminds me the joke:
I'll do anything
A man was sitting at a bar enjoying an
after-work cocktail when an exceptionally
gorgeous young woman entered. She was so
striking that the man could not take his
eyes away from her. The young woman noticed
his overly-attentive stare & walked directly
toward him.
Before he could offer his apologies for
being so rude, the young woman said
to him, 'I'll do anything, absolutely
anything, that you want me to do, no
matter what it is, for $100 on one
condition.'
Flabbergasted, the man asked what the
condition was.
The young woman replied, 'You have to tell
me what you want me to do in just three
words.'
The man considered her proposition for a
moment, withdrew his wallet from his pocket &
slowly counted out five $20 bills, which he
pressed into the young woman's hand.
He looked deeply into her eyes & slowly,
meaningfully said, 'Paint my house.'
There's a picture on Wikipedia. It stops a lot of germs. Impressive.
Karma: Positive (probably because of superiour intellect)
Most US Forces use Under Armor underwear. It doesn't have silver to prevent bacteria, as far as I know, but it seems to last forever and keep sweat and chaffing away. I think they wash their clothes in the US, so maybe silver particles were not on the top of their list.
http://www.underarmour.com/
We don't want to see the pictures sicko.
Ordinary soap should be enough if you remove ingrown hairs before they get infected. I don't like antibacterial stuff since chances are that bacteria has become resistant when I really need it.
SHUUUUT UP! ...Er, lovely boy...
I can attest to the fact that even if you wear tight little briefs that are one size too small, and dip your testicles in hot water before sex, that you will *STILL* get a woman pregnant.
Dear God! Please tell me this was not your method of birth control.. and if it wasn't, what the hell were you doing dipping your testicles in hot water before sex?
"Just a follow up, after this happened my wife and I started buying anti bacterial soap."
Yep, so now you are breeding bacteria that are immune to anti-bacterial agents. Eventually, you will have just as much bacteria as when you started, but you will no longer have the option of applying an anti-bacterial agent when you need it. E.g. when you have an open sore that needs to heal.
I, along with many many other Marines in Iraq, was recently issued something that sounds very similar. I actually haven't even worn mine yet favoring the Under Armour I purchased myself before deploying. A note on the silver fiber, though. First, judging from experience of the others who have worn it, nothing in it prevents sweating. And second, according to the tags, at least, the silver is what prevents microbial growth.
-- Napalm sticks to kids.
Have British soldiers been issued toothbrushes yet? Now that would be something they truly need!
Don't believe everything you read in the tabloids. I serve with the British Army, and when it comes down to it, we get what we need, and what we do get is damn good.
The headline gave me a Simpsons flashback moment... fade to grey...
Homer sees Lisa reading Wired magazine, grabs it and goes on about how much he likes 'Weird magazine', thinks GigaBytes is some kind of joke, then discards the magazine when he realizes it isn't 'Weird', but 'Wired'. The cover had a picture of a strangely Bill Gate-ish character wearing, what the headline claims are 'Electric Underpants' - 'Virtually Wedgie Proof' - 'Do we really need them?'
Signatures are a waste of bandwi (buffering...)
I'd like you to meet Mr. Silver Underpants.
So, we wont be suprised by the decrease in English Fertility later, now, will we?
So now a potentially life threatening event is signaled by music. Think of the poor pilot who doesn't know if they should try to regain control or start dancing.
Maybe if they washed their uncut limey cocks every once in a while they wouldn't need the high tech underwear...
--- Generation X: The first generation to have SIG lines inferior to their parents... ---
Great, now I can hunt in that dragon cave in my favourite MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game) for several days without have to change underwear or taking a shower.
I will make millions of experience points and improve my character level alot!
And they'll start to join the human race...
It's mithril mail, for their privates! And officers too, I expect. Bed and breakfast in Isengard!
--
make install -not war
Have British soldiers been issued toothbrushes? They most surely need them.
This is the second time I've posted this. The first one was deleted for some strange reason.
We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight them in our under-pants.
Lars T.
To the guy who modded me down from perfect to terrible Karma - Apple haters still suck
There's no reason to think that bacteria developing a resistance to triclosan will also be simultaneously developing a resistance to cyclosporin.
All the Royal Families in Europe interbred...
Haemophilia was started in England by One of the Queens. She was a carrier and had a great number of children, most of whom were either afflicted or carriers of the defective gene. They bred with many of the other Royal family leading Haemophilia to be considered a royal disease...
I did a HS Biology project 5 years ago trying to trace they gene as it made its way around all the Royal Families
Gravity Sucks
http://www.scrotalsafetycommission.com/
So, I take it that Highlanders are exempt?
Or are kilts just for dress uniforms?
Ed Craig "Who cares what you think?" George W. Bush, 4th of July 2001
I recall a summer that I commenced by indulging in bowls after bowls of pears that were sold cheaply at a nearby supermarket. Unknown to me at the time, till I read it later on in a book, my avid consumption of this fruit caused me to have a candidal infection that soon got so bad the skin on my scrotum was not only red, insanely itchy and painful but was also peeling off. Chocolate too had a similar effect, worsening the itch. I could hardly walk, and on some days I couldn't at all, with all I could do being just to apply some cream and lay in bed all afternoon and evening. Oh and the cream didn't work! Whatever creams I was given by doctors just didn't work for any longer than a few hours and then the itch would all return. I washed frequently, changed underwear twice or thrice a day with each application of the cream, and yet it didn't, despite trying different creams for weeks or months even. Eventually what did work was this one time the pharmacy ran out of the cream i was prescribed and they offered me the same medicine but instead of a cream as an ointment - an ointment is oil-based instead of water-based. Remarkably, this worked! Same medicine that didn't work as a cream, worked as an ointment!
So if you get a candidal infection in your scrotum, get an ointment, not a cream!
Also, I recently had a candidal infection on my side, due to a habit of having to cover myself with a duvet or a blanket otherwise I can't fall asleep. This was fine until this day I showered and then went to bed on a warm summer evening, covering myself with a winter duvet, and woke up with an itch that I know was a candidal infection. Tried the cream or powder, same thing, works for a few hours but then the itch returns, and eventually when I ran out of both I tried some vinegar from the kitchen on a cottonbud and applied to the sore skin. Two applications, and it completely killed the little beasts!
OK fair enough. This is what happned to you. I think tho you should have prefaced it with a warning... but thats just my opinion.
On a related note... in university I knew a nursing student. She was full of interesting information such as yours. She once talk to me at length about colon surgery. To cut to the chase, if you ever need to have any form of colon surgery do *not* let the doctor explain what they are going to do. Simply tell them to knock you out before the operation and afterwards just say weather it worked or not. Thats what Im doing if fingers crossed I ever have to. Trust me on this one.
The site I have the pictures on is down...
Also. Am I the only one to wonder why someone would have a site detailing such a thing?
Could be worse, he could have posted pictures. Count your blessings.
Table-ized A.I.
"Col. Silas Suchanek, what do you do for a living?"
"I design underwear"
Anecdote: Our battallion was in the middle of a training rotation at the National Training Center in the desert that is Ft. Irwin, CA. At the conclusion of each mission, we would have a rather scathing after action review led by our evaluators. These AARs were filmed. We had just completed a pre-dawn assault on an enemy position that was protected by a *lot* of concertina wire. As a result, more than a few of us had torn our BDUs. We were tired and sort of spaced out.
We all sat on the side of a wadi, upslope from the Army camera crew that was setting up to film the AAR. My buddy Jim was sitting next to me, and I happened to glance over at him. His nuts were completely exposed from a six inch rent in his trousers, and he was sitting on his butt with his legs spread wide and his elbows on his knees, so he was giving the camera crew a view they didn't necessarily appreciate.
Jim, being Jim, just shrugged and put some 50 mph tape (basically green duct tape) over it. He was the same guy who forgot to button his trousers after taking a leak one January afternoon on a training exercise at Ft. Drum, but that's another story.
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Tip: refrain from rubbing unwashed pears on ballsack prior to consumption.
wtf!?
- "Hear that?! The percolations are imminent! Cease your ingress!"
The thing that puzzles me about the original post is that the underwear was synthetic. That is a really bad idea for crotch rot. Now if they were wearing a thin synthetic under cotton underwear to hold the moisture away from the sking, that would be one thing but that doesn't appear to be the case (and it wouldn't work well where the groin meets the legs without a fold over flap). Seems like the silver is being added to counteract the fact that the underkegs were made out of a synthetic fiber instead of a natural fiber as they should have been. I have read about the US military making heavy use of synthetics in uniforms due to lobbying of the Man Made Fiber Producers' Association. So, it looks like high tech (silver) has been used to counteract the adverse affects of the inapproriate use of high technology (synthetic cloth).
KY jelly or surgilube is actually more effective in treating fungal infections than the commercial preparations. It is cheaper than the alternatives particularly if you buy it at your local medical supply house (the non-sterile packages sold to consumer in drugstores cost about 4 times as much). The preservative used, chlorhexidine gluconate, is the same (though lower concentration) as the active ingredient in surgical scrubs (hibiclens, etc) and is effective against fungi at even low concentrations. The moist gel helps heal skin but normally moisture encourages fungal growth. This works on althletes foot, vaginal infections, schmega cheese, infection between the groin and leg or other places of skin on skin contact, in the rectal area, and even in the mouth. Clean and dry the area, apply jelly, and leave on overnight (socks or underwear can be worn over it). Oil or petroleum jelly based ointments actually trap in moisture and keep out oxegen, both of which are detrimental as they promote the growth of anerobic organisms. In the case of the uncomforable hard flaky skin pealing that can accompany (crotch or toes) fungal infections, the jelly helps soften the flakes which can be sloughed off with a little elbow grease. 100% Aloe vera gel is also somewhat effective. Neem leaf and Tea tree oil can help.
Some doctors will actually recommend KY for various skin conditions but most don't think to do so because there is no marketing campaign behind it.
Eating yogurt or kefir and avoiding carbohydrates is also helpful if you are dealing with an internal infection. Eventually, too much yogurt can tip the balance of intestinal flora in the other direction and cause similar symptoms such as excessive gas. External infections may be a sign of an internal infection; when the body is busy fighting yeast internally it can let yeast grow externally.
If the infection is really bad no single treatment, not even KY, is sufficient by itself.
I have used baking soda with some success just as you have used vinegar - the andromeda strain principle. Stings like the dickens. I don't recommend repeated use.
Men: KY used recreationally is quite effective at preventing the growth of schmega cheese.
They don't have to develop multiple resistances simultaneously because bacteria can and do trade genes for different types of resistance with other strains of bacteria. We are not fighting just one single organism here; your triclosan resistant bacteria can meet my cyclosporin resistant bacteria and 'learn' each other's resistances, and pass both resistances on to their next generations.
(Or something like that. Damn it Jim, I'm a Geek, not a Doctor!)
Also, is there some rule that you can only be attacked by one strain of bacteria at a time?
I will not use products that contain anti-bacterial substances and don't believe that anyone should unless there is an urgent medical need. I would even support a law that forbid commercial products that contained anti-bacterial agents.
And as you tread the halls of sanity, You feel so glad to be, Unable to go beyond. I have a message, From another time..
The only reason you got that problem is because you indulge in homosexual acts. Fucking faggott Die Already
but can it still protect a guy from a kick in the nads??!! what a waste of research.
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So the privates will not have all the equipment they need, even if they themselves lack it.
-Palal
ha!
your story reminds me of don't shave down there.
I don't understand the difficulty... are you having a hard time finding something when using the flaps?
That's what we did during Basic Training - but God knows those things aren't made for comfort. They chafe, and once you've been in the field for a few weeks - well, let's just say that the risk of infection increases. Which is why it pays to carry a lot of baby wipes and Gold Bond.
Yah, but there's another issue here, which is gonna get me modded down as a troll. But it's relevent, especially in a desert climate.
Think about it: the Jews and the Muslims, both desert people, have two things in common that the "middle brother" (Christianity) has abandoned as a religious requirement: circumcision, and avoidance of pork.
First the pork. Pork spoils quickly and nearly indetectably (by smell/taste) in a desert climate.
A quick study of desert societies of all continents will show that most of them are circumcised - Aussie aboriginals, Saharans predating Islam, etc.
Perhaps religion was merely used as a tool to promote the avoidance of these risks?
Note that circumcision has been embraced culturally in most of North America, but not in most of Europe. Most American soldiers will therefore be circumcised, most British will not.
I actually wear boxers instead of the standar-issue briefs now and it is definitely more comfortable. But anyway, now that I'm headed for the desert, I wouldn't mind having this nifty new underwear - I hope the US Army takes up this good idea. You don't realize how much you take the little things for granted until you're out in the field and out of clean pairs of underwear.Indeed. But I had myself circumcised at the age of 22. In cold weather, no big deal. In warm weather, I definitely feel cooler and more comfortable. Remember, mankind did not evolve wearing pants of any sort; the protective benefits of the foreskin have been eclipsed by its liabilities.
Fire and Meat. Yummy.
Doesn't regular soap kill most bacteria anyways?
Well, I guess, they are british. A bit much to expect them to know how to clean themselves!
Both slashdotters and soldiers at the front dont change their unmentionables more than once week, though the latter have a good excuse.
(Have a sense of humor, moderators!)/
...to match my tinfoil hat!
:-P
"Creativity is allowing ones self to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep" - Scott Adams
This is neat stuff.