Hey, was over doing a very brief lurk-see at that other forum and saw Ray's "controversial" thread...
So, in honor of that thread, and in the need for a bit of a breather from the deep and yet extremely intellectually stimulating conversation on Jefferson with Arbilad, Jason, Shiz, and Jeffery (did I get you all?), I thought we should / could talk about the man's perspective of wearing protective under clothing over sensitive regions of the anatomy.
Like, at what age is it appropriate to first advise your children to not come up and head butt you in the lap?
Is there such a thing as a training jock, and when should we introduce our sons to them? Is it a guy thing, or is it okay for mom to pick it up at the store (like the boy's underwear)? And why is it there is no trained fitting consultants for a guy?
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
I personally approve of the jock strap especially coupled with the hard plastic cup. Saved my life on a number of occassions. I remember during one incident with my daughter that I like to refer to as the Pizza Hut Offensive where a swift and decided blow was delivered to the nether regions of the Medong Delta when the strap and cup were not in place. It took some time before my complete forces were once again under my control. In another great historical incident the protective gear was not firmly in place resulting in an direct enemy strike to the Soithurtsme Triangle. I was directly facing a younger opponent in hand to hand to his foot to my groin combat. Those were dark times.
As I like to say the best defense is a good jock strap. I voted for support before I voted against it.
This brings to mind my favorite quote from the movie Grease, "If you can't be an athlete, at least be an athletic supporter." If I sign my son up for martial arts again, I'm going to buy him a jock strap and cup. But I'm not going to care too much about fit. Just so long as the cup is held in place, and doesn't fall down the pant leg of his do-ghi.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
Having wrestled in junior and senior high, I can assure you that the strap helps, but is not fool proof. And, I don't believe any guy wore a cup... First, we were tougher than the football team. Second, it's rigidity kind of gets in the way of the overall effectiveness of your body moving. And third, one word... singlet highlights everything. Okay, so that was three words. You just kind of learned to get used to the pain, but then again, a guy who has the habit of purposely trying to inflict that sort of pain on his opponent is not gonna last long when the rest of the team get's even with him in practice and the coach has left the room...
Too funny, Jason...
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
Ray, that last post kind of reminds me of that stupid movie starring Dana Carvey... Master of Disguise... where his character has the annoying little habit of wearing underwear on his head since he has no outlet for the instinctive urge to put on disguises...
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
"You smell that? Do you smell that? Jock Strap, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of Jock Strap in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' body. The smell, you know that Jock Strap smell, the whole hill. Smelled like - victory.
Very interesting stuff in the basement of the general discussions forum.
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That's because back then there was only a small group of people posting, and it didn't seem like anything you said was going out to a wide audience.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
Seemed like there were less fussy female types back then too. We got away with talking about jock straps and Tomacco a lot more back then. Ahh, the good old days.......
"The promptings of the Holy Ghost will always be sufficient for our needs if we keep to the covenant path. Our path is uphill most days, but the help we receive for the climb is literally divine." --Elaine S. Dalton
His missus isn't on this forum, so he's feeling brave.
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If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
Nah, Poncho saw it back then and thought it was a hoot... er, wait... CUT! CUT! CUT! that may not be terribly appropriate to say, what with the topic of the discussion this was originally mirroring across the river...
Take 2... Ready! And ACTION!
Nah, Poncho saw it back then and thought it was funny...
And CUT! That's a wrap folks!
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude than the animated contest of freedom, go from us in peace. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen! - Samuel Adams
I would venture to say that Cat Herder is pretty lucky to be married to me. I don't criticize the "manly" topics of discussion that these here men folk like to bring up from time to time. After all, men need a little male bonding right? I get a kick out of it sometimes. I never tell him "What!! You can't talk about that stuff online, open for the whole world to see? What would the neighbors think!" I will even come to the defense of my dear Cat Herder when the situation calls for it. (Which got me to join the forum in the first place). After all, if women find ways to talk about labor stories and certain other delicate subjects then I say hey, let the men have their moment(s)! What do you say ladies? Should we let these fine men do the male bonding? We all just need to be tasteful about what we talk about. Like I tell my four year old "No potty talk!"
And as a side note...Can I say this? Do I dare? Should I post this on the Truth or Dare thread? It is NOT always fun to wear a bra. Whew! I'm so glad I got that off my chest. (No pun intended).
You had to go and put this on their nice little jock strap thread, did ya? I don't recall any bras being advertised as non-stop fun, but maybe Roper would know differently?
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"The promptings of the Holy Ghost will always be sufficient for our needs if we keep to the covenant path. Our path is uphill most days, but the help we receive for the climb is literally divine." --Elaine S. Dalton
You had to go and put this on their nice little jock strap thread, did ya? I don't recall any bras being advertised as non-stop fun, but maybe Roper would know differently?
Well, isn't that what motivated this little thread in the first place? I'm just the only one who had the guts to say it "out loud."
However, you are right Hiccups, we will now dispense with the "bra talk" and let them resume their "jock strap talk." Carry on gentlemen! (And I don't wanna know if Roper knows whether or not it's fun to wear one of those well, you know...his personal life is his own business).
(And I don't wanna know if Roper knows whether or not it's fun to wear one of those well, you know...his personal life is his own business).
Dude. That is so not what I meant.
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"The promptings of the Holy Ghost will always be sufficient for our needs if we keep to the covenant path. Our path is uphill most days, but the help we receive for the climb is literally divine." --Elaine S. Dalton
Duke and Bike are the two most common manufacturers of jock straps. My BIL should have known that. He wrestled for all four years in HS. Unless he never wore one, which in a singlet is just wrong.
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Of course, he may never have heard of Duke before... I don't believe we had them in stores in my area for the five years I wrestled in Jr and Sr High...
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
No excuse for him. We grew up fairly close together (dif high schools) and I had a several of each kind for track and basketball. He shoulda known. Besides, Duke? Maybe for a German Shepherd, but not for a kid.
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The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life. - Julie Beck
Real men would be eunuchs if they didn't wear jock straps in modern contact sports... things happen -- bad things -- men, real or not, don't like to talk or even think about if they get injured in that area bad enough...
Besides, nothing inspires young male highschool athletes to stop goofing off like the fear coach is gonna make them run laps in nothing but their jock strap!
So there!
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It seems to me the only thing you've learned is that Caesar is a "salad dressing dude."
I could think of like 17 things in thirty seconds that are worse than cooking with booze.
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"The promptings of the Holy Ghost will always be sufficient for our needs if we keep to the covenant path. Our path is uphill most days, but the help we receive for the climb is literally divine." --Elaine S. Dalton
I forgot my cup one time when I had to spar. Luckilly I was sparing against a guy that had poor skills. I knew it which is why I still fought. Luckilly nothing happened. I figured I would have to do a whole mess of pushups if I told my instructor I forgot my cup. By the way I had never heard of Duke or Bike for athletic supporters. We had Addidas, Wilson, Tiger Claw, and some Walmart brand.
CUT! CUT! CUT! that may not be terribly appropriate to say, what with the topic of the discussion this was originally mirroring across the river... 
You had to go and put this on their nice little jock strap thread, did ya? I don't recall any bras being advertised as non-stop fun, but maybe Roper would know differently? 
