
Apparently the torment suffered by every kid at the hands of schoolyard bullies doesn't end on the playground. Or in childhood. It seems 46% of grown men point to the wedgie as their "most uncomfortable underwear situation."
Though not the Atomic variety administered by drunken members of the JV football team, this self-inflicted wedgie beat out Elastic Stretching Out Too Much (40%) and
Scratchy Tags/Tags That Stick Out (36%), to be the number one problem guys battle with their underwear, according to a recent survey by Jockey International, Inc. (Actually wearing "tightie whities" was apparently not considered a "problem" in this survey.)
And when one of these situations occurs, what did guys say was the most embarrassing place to have to "make an adjustment"? According to the survey, most guys (45%) dread doing a little shifting during a job interview. ("We'd love to have you on our team, Bob, but it appears you have a bad case of panty crickets.") This was followed by Romantic Dinner in a distant second with 21%, (I guess pulling a wedgie out of your crack over some prime rib and Chianti doesn't bother most guys), and Business Meeting with 18%. At the bottom of the list was Meeting Her Parents for the First Time with only 11% caring if they did a little clean-and-jerk in front of her mom and dad. (Well, if it didn't bother her over dinner...)