A question of etiquette...

[Guest guest]

>Is it bad form to put Buzz Lightyear pants with a Bob the Builder vest and

>Tarzan socks?

No, but it does strike me as a rather expensive option. With a girl

following on behind, you should be buying plain, neutral vests which Caitlin

will be happy to wear. And plain white pants so that you can sew some

broderie anglaise around the edges and call them knickers.

HTH

Lynda,

SAHM to (8), (5), Fraser (3), Callum (15/5/00)

Newsletter Editor, Mid-Northumberland Branch

Area Rep, Region 7

www.lyndagarland.co.uk

[Guest guest]

And as for the mistake of buying twin girls identical days of the

week knickers. I won't go into it.

I confess that I do anything I can get away with (which is not much

with the elder two but gives me free rein with his little lordship)

Natasha

SAHM to Sophie and

Lots of things in Hackney & Islington Branch

[Guest guest]

> And as for the mistake of buying twin girls identical days of the

> week knickers. I won't go into it.

> Natasha

LOL!

Made the mistake of DOTW knickers - slightly different sorts - with my 9 & 6

y/os who wear similar sizes....*They* know which is which, *I* don`t -

Despite 50% probability, I seen to get it wrong more days than I get it

right!

Barbara

[Guest guest]

As is currently wearing knickers ranging from age 1 1/2 - 2 to age 5-6

I'd have a total nightmare if I had more than one daughter ;-)

Cerys

> -----Original Message-----

> Made the mistake of DOTW knickers - slightly different sorts -

> with my 9 & 6

> y/os who wear similar sizes....*They* know which is which, *I* don`t -

> Despite 50% probability, I seen to get it wrong more days than I get it

> right!

> Barbara

>

[Guest guest]

does she get a cold bum or something????

RE: Re: A question of etiquette...

>As is currently wearing knickers ranging from age 1 1/2 - 2 to age

5-6

>I'd have a total nightmare if I had more than one daughter ;-)

>

>Cerys

>

>> -----Original Message-----

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>> Made the mistake of DOTW knickers - slightly different sorts -

>> with my 9 & 6

>> y/os who wear similar sizes....*They* know which is which, *I* don`t -

>> Despite 50% probability, I seen to get it wrong more days than I get it

>> right!

>> Barbara

>>

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[Guest guest]

Ever the pedant!

Cerys

Angiwrote

> does she get a cold bum or something????

> -----Original Message-----

>

>

> >As is currently wearing knickers ranging from age 1 1/2 - 2 to age

> 5-6

>

[Guest guest]

>No, but it does strike me as a rather expensive option. With a girl

>following on behind, you should be buying plain, neutral vests which

Caitlin

>will be happy to wear. And plain white pants so that you can sew some

>broderie anglaise around the edges and call them knickers.

Sew??

Wassat?

[Guest guest]

Hell, you could just buy some Barbie pants/vests and make him

wear them inside out!

No time for sewing with 2 children - 1st sewing I did after DD2 was the

Brownie Badges for DD1 !

Barbara

[Guest guest]

>Is it bad form to put Buzz Lightyear pants with a Bob the

>Builder vest and

>Tarzan socks?

It’s not a question of form, it’s a question of law.

Section 149.35 (a)(ii) of the International Treaty On

Licensed and Trademark Character Underpants clearly states

that ‘Theme undergarments covered by this treaty may only

be worn with garments promoting the same movie, television

program, comic book, etc (as defined in section

4.12((iii)), or, in extremis, a different movie,

television program, comic book, etc produced, edited,

filmed, or otherwise created (as defined in section

12.99(g)(i)) by the same studio, production company,

author, or other entity (section 7.32(k)(iv)).’

In other words, Disney’s Tarzan socks with Disney’s Buzz

Lightyear pants are fine, but Bob the Builder vest, sadly,

is not.

Imagine your son’s confusion and resultant fine, if caught,

as it were, with his pants down, during a surprise

undergarment inspection (as defined in section

233.76(a)(i)).

Luckily, I’m sure you’ve made sure his umbrella licence is

up to date, just in case.

Phyllis

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[Guest guest]

LOL! Well done.

Lesley

ANT, Trainee BFC, Mother of Three

Worthing

" The birds of unhappiness may fly overhead

but don't let them nest in your hair " - Chinese Proverb

Re: A question of etiquette...

> >Is it bad form to put Buzz Lightyear pants with a Bob the

> >Builder vest and

> >Tarzan socks?

>

> It's not a question of form, it's a question of law.

>

> Section 149.35 (a)(ii) of the International Treaty On

> Licensed and Trademark Character Underpants clearly states

> that 'Theme undergarments covered by this treaty may only

> be worn with garments promoting the same movie, television

> program, comic book, etc (as defined in section

> 4.12((iii)), or, in extremis, a different movie,

> television program, comic book, etc produced, edited,

> filmed, or otherwise created (as defined in section

> 12.99(g)(i)) by the same studio, production company,

> author, or other entity (section 7.32(k)(iv)).'

>

> In other words, Disney's Tarzan socks with Disney's Buzz

> Lightyear pants are fine, but Bob the Builder vest, sadly,

> is not.

>

> Imagine your son's confusion and resultant fine, if caught,

> as it were, with his pants down, during a surprise

> undergarment inspection (as defined in section

> 233.76(a)(i)).

>

> Luckily, I'm sure you've made sure his umbrella licence is

> up to date, just in case.

>

> Phyllis

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

> Hell, you could just buy some Barbie pants/vests

and make him

> wear them inside out!

Don't laugh... DS1 has been known to wear my little sister's

barbie pants...usually when he had an 'accident' whilst round

their house !

> No time for sewing with 2 children - 1st sewing I did after DD2

was the

> Brownie Badges for DD1 !

I sew all the time..the machine is out on the dining table all the

time at the moment - but then I do like sewing.

And no...you can't send me all the school uniforms to sew labels

on thank you!

Caroline

[Guest guest]

> I sew all the time..the machine is out on the dining table all the

> time at the moment - but then I do like sewing.

oh goody....

> And no...you can't send me all the school uniforms to sew labels

> on thank you!

> Caroline

Doh!!! ;-)

Barbara

off to sew First aid Badge before Thursday brownies..

[Guest guest]

>It’s not a question of form, it’s a question of law.

>

>Section 149.35 (a)(ii) of the International Treaty On

>Licensed and Trademark Character Underpants clearly states

>that....

Phew, thank goodness we have a pant law specialist on this list. I hadn't

realised quite how complex the issue was, and am very grateful to you

Phyllis for clarifying the matter for me.

And I haven't laughed so much in ages, thank you!

[Guest guest]

In this house locating clean underwear is a major achievement - anything

matching would definately be showing off :-)

Socks are a nightmare - DD goes to secondary in Aug so I giving serious

consideration to buying a vast quantity of black socks for DH, DS1, DD and

- the more socks in the system that are potential matches the easier

pairing them should be - it was when the DSs wore the same long grey socks

at primary! Maybe I should just hire some of the enterprising young lads

who are keen to earn some pocket money to organise the laundry here!

Liz Goudie (neglecting laundry duties for the NCT - that's my excuse anyway)

[Guest guest]

A woman after my husbands heart - only black socks cos then I can find at least

one pair - caught him wearing dd1's the other day! I used to be able to blame

missing socks on yellow dog, black dog and assorted puppies but nowadays I

follow the 'random black hole' or 'washing machine being hungry theory - I put

pairs in but singles come out - Oh well one of lifes great mysteries I will one

day devote hours to solving

Caroline

Jersey

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> ** Original Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 22:04:03 GMT

> ** Original Message follows...

>

> In this house locating clean underwear is a major achievement - anything

> matching would definately be showing off :-)

>

> Socks are a nightmare - DD goes to secondary in Aug so I giving serious

> consideration to buying a vast quantity of black socks for DH, DS1, DD and

> - the more socks in the system that are potential matches the easier

> pairing them should be -

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[Guest guest]

Mummy' secret code for dressing here goes -

Only matching items to be worn.

Only white knickers (plain) and vests purchased

Mummy chooses

Only the same type and colour of socks purchased to minimise the effects of the

Black Hole in the Washing Machine syndrome - goes for the whole family - don't

go

in for fancy novelty anything.

Do not allow child to dress herself for fear of losing the will to live.

Daddy's' secret code for dressing:

Bung anything on as long as it follows the following formula - one pair of

knickers, one t shirt, one pair of trousers or leggings, one top (sweatshirt, or

top etc), one pair of socks at all times.

Overriding theme must be one of not matching anything with anything so usual

colour coding is abandoned, orange and pink, beige and grey, different hues (but

not tones) of the same colour all allowed. In fact 'make the child look like

something out of a rag pile' look preferable.

Wherever possible insist on choosing the child's clothing if visiting his family

-

so they can see how my perfectly planned outfits can be totally disregarded and

assume that we have no money or don't care about how our child is dressed. At

least I think that is his intention.

Oh and find the oldest, scraggiest clothing that I have forgotten to put out for

the binmen, especially if it is a size too small.

Sue H.

who is pleased sometimes that it is normally me that dresses Emma, is that his

intention - like doing the washing up so badly that you insist on doing it

yourself?

[Guest guest]

>Jack age 7 is still wearing some underpants that he was potty trained in

age

>2, along with 7-8 year old ones.

Now I have a friend with a son aged 3 who says she has to buy age 5-6 pants

for her boy or else they won't fit. Now his bottom doesn't look immensely

large - no bigger than the average 3 year old bot, so I wonder if she

ascribed to the " pants up to your waist " philosophy, which I have rejected

in favour of the hipsters approach.

Food for thought...

[Guest guest]

nes.

>

>Now I have a friend with a son aged 3 who says she has to buy age 5-6 pants

>for her boy or else they won't fit. Now his bottom doesn't look immensely

>large - no bigger than the average 3 year old bot, so I wonder if she

>ascribed to the " pants up to your waist " philosophy, which I have rejected

>in favour of the hipsters approach.

>

>Food for thought...

>

>

Sound like Early Pants Size Bragging Syndrome

where mothers encourage their sons to wear larger than necessary pants in

order that

a) they can later boast to girlfriends that " I was always having to wear

larger sizes than the other lads "

they get used to that baggy feel so that when adult and buying own pants

and buying a larger than strictly necessary size, they are already used to

the feel so they think that is right.

I mean have you met a man who owns up to the fact that he buys M & S small

size?????

Angi

[Guest guest]

Daddy's' secret code for dressing:

Bung anything on as long as it follows the following formula -

------

I know I probably sound a bit sad, but when I sort out Jonty's washing I

actually put it away in piles of a complete outfit. vest, trousers/dungarees,

t-shirt & top. That way DS1, DS2 or Daddy can just go straight to his cupboard

and get out the next set of clothes to be worn. They can't get it wrong and have

no excuses!!

I don't get involved with what DS1 & DS2 wear although I've noticed that DS1

won't mix his labels, they all have to be the same!! He's getting a bit trendy

now, well he is 13 so I guess it had to happen eventually.

DS2 is a bit of a stig and judging by the amount of washing he produces compared

to everybody else in the family he only changes his socks and pants three times

a week. Yuk.

Tupman

Mum to Matt 13, 10, Jonty 18 months & Phil 36

NCT Houseswap Register Coordinator

[Guest guest]

>

> Just a demonstration of DH's attempt at colour

> coordination

I showed this to my DH whose response was " What's wrong with it like? "

'Nuff said!

(Gorgeous child by the way!!!)

Aileen

Mum to Mark 4 and 2 and DW of Colourblind 29

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[Guest guest]

Barbara said

You could just buy some Barbie pants/vests

and make him wear them inside out!

:

This reminds me of a dreadful experience I had one day at work (going

back a few years, mind you). I was wearing white pants (we all have

pants in this house, BTW) with red

Father Christmas' all over them under a grey summer dress. It was

only after I stood up in a meeting and caught sight of the back of me

in a mirror - yes, you've guessed, multiple father christmas glowing

thru the dress.

I went promptly to the loo and turned the offending pants inside out.

It

helped a bit, but not much. Then after the meeting, I spent about 20

mins in the loo tippexing out the father christmases before putting

pants back on so I could get through the day with a bit more

decorum.

Red face, red bum, so to speak.

Todman

Treasurer, Stansted Branch (R5)

Mum to , 3

[Guest guest]

> >Before I had DS1 a girl at work used to whinge about how

>>she had to sort out her DS's clothes at a weekend when she

>

>>was working because his father couldn't dress him

>properly.

>

>>Oh, how I laughed at the simpleton she had married!

>

>Just a demonstration of DH's attempt at colour

>coordination:

>http://www.calvinwilke.cwc.net/plaid.jpg

>

>'Nuff said

>

>Phyllis

:-) My DH would do that claiming he'd been making an effort to dress

them in the same style I do...

--

jennifer@...

Vaudin

[Guest guest]

Kieran was born in blazing hot June weather. Emma came for first visit

wearing thick denim dungarees, long sleeved sweater and tights !!!! Instead

of opening the wardrobe Dh had picked up the stuff on the chair that I had

put to one side to go to the next nearly new sale.

Lesley

Re: A question of etiquette...

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> Tupman wrote:

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> > I know I probably sound a bit sad, but when I sort out Jonty's washing I

actually put it away in piles of a complete outfit. vest,

trousers/dungarees, t-shirt & top. That way DS1, DS2 or Daddy can just go

straight to his cupboard and get out the next set of clothes to be worn.

They can't get it wrong and have no excuses!!

>

> This is what I did when I went into hospital to have Kitty. Thing is I

didn't think thought the scenario where spilt paint down his T-shirt

after breakfast on day 2 and daddy just grabbed the t shirt from the top of

the pile - eek - everything was out of order then!

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[Guest guest]

Phyllis wrote:

> >Is it bad form to put Buzz Lightyear pants with a Bob the

> >Builder vest and

> >Tarzan socks?

>

> It's not a question of form, it's a question of law.

Oh no!!!

Are you and in cahoots here? :-D

--

Sue

Oz

[Guest guest]

> Socks are a nightmare - DD goes to secondary in Aug so I giving serious

> consideration to buying a vast quantity of black socks for DH, DS1, DD and

> - the more socks in the system that are potential matches the easier

> pairing them should

> Liz Goudie (neglecting laundry duties for the NCT - that's my excuse

anyway)

My mum resorted to sewing discreet blue and red marks onto my sisters and

I's.

IMHO life's too short, it must have taken her ages!

Since I still have at least one pair still in use 15 years after leaving

home still with their little blue stitch she did it rather too well.

Sue Hutchinson SAHM to (30/1/98) and ? EDD 28/2/01