Raising crotch consciousness in thrift store shoppers worldwide

post other thrift store horror stories here

I thought this thread was going to be about people in shops staring at your crotch.

I have lots of stories about that.

"crotch consciousness" somehow made me think that the crotch had hitherto been unconscious, and I have been pondering how that might have happened.

feel free to talk about people in shops staring at your crotch

i once bought a new jacket from a store in la and brought it back to australia and the first time i wore it i found in the pocket two olive stones wrapped up in a lipstick-stained christmas party napkin. it was a bit horrible at first (during the unwrapping part when i didn't know what i was going to find) but i soon admired the cheek of it and hoped the swinish lying girl had had a good time at the party wearing my jacket, a generous life-affirming line of thought which you might think of adopting for that stranger who had the party in your pants, that excitable friend you haven't met yet.

what kind of cheapskate wears second hand clothes, anyway?

Er, what? Ever heard of ecology? Or sweatshops?

so what

Just wanted to say there might be other than budgetary reasons to buy second-hand.

just kiddin anyway, mate.

second hand underwear, though.

second hand toilet paper

get it?

anyway lingbert maybe you accidentally jizz/shitted whilst trying on those pants.

if not you would have noticed the jizz/shit when you were trying it on. innit. haha, trying on underwear.

hey did i tell you i once unearthed a bomb whilst working on a site?

explain it to me max r :\

when i needed a little bit of extra income once, i got a job at the GAP where my roommate was a manager.

after my interview, i tried on a pair of jeans and found $40 in the pocket.

that was the best money i made working at the GAP.

I'm going to spend this weekend trying on jeans all across town.

uh... you may want to re-read the initial question/post!

& ken what is this bomb thing you keep mentioning all over ilx??

i undercovered one whilst working on a site!

it was a preposterous tale, much like this underwear story

undercover => uncovered

i don't think i have any good stories. but what is that vintage clothing store smell? rotting cotton? wet leather?

Soiled gussets apparently.

the initial story has more holes than vintage clothes.

what are these "siets" you "work" on?? context!
did it 'splode?

"sites"

dried up feces on the inside of the seat of the pants. Upon further inspection, I also notice what is most likely dried jism on the inside of the crotch of the pants

is this better or worse than feces on the crotch and "something else" on the seat?!?

the initial story has more holes than vintage clothes

the initial story is 100% true wtf.

i'd say it's a toss up, moonship

WAIT.

are you american? (this is important)

is this better or worse than feces on the crotch and "something else" on the seat?!?

-- moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, October 3, 2007 3:57 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

OMG LOL @ disgusting gay

Someone had their way w/ your prospective pants in the dressing room, which has so many levels of EWWWWWWWW!!! involved I will just make do w/ the clothes I now own and never shop again.

uh... you may want to re-read the initial question/post!

I want that $40 bucks. I can take them in dressing room without actually putting them on.

but who knows what else could be lurking in them pockets!

i misread this whole thread and pictured lingbert going to a thrift store and found a pair of underpants (argh) and tried them on and then went home and found shit and jizz all over it and took it back.

i think it was the shit and jizz part and made me picture undergarment. now i see, so please carry on! i believe this story now

do you still want to know if i'm an american or not?

but who knows what else could be lurking in them pockets!

Last night I found some plastic wrap in my ceviche and just now found a staple in a bag of snap peas. It does seem a bad week for me to go sticking my hand in things.

Wowowow a STAPLE? Mmmm potential tetanus.

lingbert told me this story last night and i have to say it's even more horrible in the retelling, out loud. also, knowing i've been to that store.

it was your pants wasn't it

Wowowow a STAPLE? Mmmm potential tetanus.

Yeah but I saw it before I ate it. I think I'm cool.

i went to get chinese with a work buddy once. halfway through his meal he found 1/3 a brillo pad in his general tso's. i pointed at him, laughed, and kept eating.

Clearly a man of discerning tastes, that sanskirt.

once at a bachelor party everyone was so blotto and loud that we got kicked out of the restaraunt. our appetizers had just arrived, so i drunkenly picked up the now free tuna tartare and carried it out in my hand.

My insult lately is "Oh poop pants!" when I can't say "Oh bullshit" when my BS radar is buzzing.

http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/3/36/Somethin

Based on the fluids, I assumed the UK definition of "pants" and was incredibly grossed out. I am still grossed out but I no longer think ppl buy second-hand underwear.

you can actually buy second-hand underwear at thrift stores!! i've only ever seen boxer shorts, which seems more acceptable than say a rack of used briefs, but is still nasty.

no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

Earlier this year, I found a nice pair of black pants at Goodwill. They fit well, they looked nice, and they were <$10.

How could anyone read this and think it was referring to pants in the British sense? Apart from anything else, who would think under $10 was a bargain for used underpants?

I suppose HI DERE might have some excuse for not knowing the going rate for second-hand underwear in the UK, but I don't see how Ken C can claim this. Plus, they were priced in DOLLARS.

I suppose Lingbert could be Australian.

This was posted at 4:17 AM EDT! That's primetime working hours in the UK.

i live in the US and use pacific standard time

This was posted at 4:17 AM EDT! That's primetime working hours in the UK.

You Americans and your crazy working hours culture.

By the way, I'd also like to clarify that British people do not buy second-hand underpants. Well, some might, but I've never seen it happen.

After I tried to explain to the cashier what the problem was (I believe I used the terms "dried feces" and "something else"), she asked me to show her.

Was the cashier asking to be shown in an excited "oooh - show me!" kind of way?

"I wasn't that bothered when it looked like it was just a run-of-the-mill refund request, but now you've really piqued my interest!"

you can actually buy second-hand underwear at thrift stores!! i've only ever seen boxer shorts, which seems more acceptable than say a rack of used briefs, but is still nasty.

-- Lingbert, Wednesday, October 3, 2007 4:05 PM (35 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

TRUTH:

http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/8954/pmensbetteruu3.jpg

They're fucking huge!
And "better" than what?

Is the "worse" rail reserved for ones with soiling?

i live in the US and use pacific standard time

there's your problem right there, lingling. we're still on daylight savings.

Bwahahahaha lingling.

this is kind of fucked but i still have to post it

http://my.imaginationispower.com/images/lingling.gif

Was the cashier asking to be shown in an excited "oooh - show me!" kind of way?
She didn't seem very excited about it. I would imagine that people working at thrift stores get all kinds of wacko excuses for returning things, so maybe she was a little skeptical. Also, the tags were already cut off, so that might have been an issue, too.

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I once tried on a pair of second-hand jeans, and found a big penis inside. Thankfully it was mine.

I hope you got a refund.

tuomas is king missile

Do you ever catch poop?

just wash them u prude

I found a balled-up tissue in the pocket of a coat I bought at Savers but I'm p sure it didn't have any poop or jizz on it

I once tried on a pair of second-hand jeans, and found a big penis inside. Thankfully it was mine.

― Tuomas, Thursday, October 4, 2007 2:17 AM bookmarkflaglink

I once tried on a pair of second-hand jeans, and found a big penis inside. Thankfully it was Tuomas’.

where was the rest of him?!!!!

"Excuse me. Did you lose this?"

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/76/DetachablePKingMissileCoverArt.jpg