Incorrect. In the infancy of Regretsy, we (very) occasionally had civil discussions here. It wasn’t always about the humour. May the thumbs down commence.
When my parents died and we were going through the little stuff, I just had to have my dad’s coin “purse.” My sister looked at me like I’d lost my last marble, and now I know why: It really DOES look like a turd, and when you squeeze it, it goes goatse on you. I love it, though.
I used a hideous pair of pj shorts as a bag for a while; sewed the legs closed and put a strap on it. It looks like boxers. However, I did it for carrying groceries as a recyclable bag. I’d never think of selling it. WTF.
That’s the difference. You never thought to sell it. It was a thing you made, you used and you kept. You didn’t think to charge someone else 25 bucks for your upcycled former clothing.
I know nobody here needs a reality check but here it is nonetheless: THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE MAKING PURSES OUT OF UNDERWEAR, SELLING THEM FOR $25 ONLINE, AND HUMAN BEINGS ARE ACTUALLY GIVING THEM KUDOS AND THINKING ‘OH, HOW NEAT!’. It’s never too early to start drinking.
I think it happens everytime I have to open a new bottle of whiskey to go with a splash of coke-cola (for color, natch) and a side of dublestuft Oreos.
On the plus side, if you did carry this around you wouldn’t ever have to worry about getting mugged or your kids going through your purse and saving a seat on the bus would be no problem.
All this time I’ve thought your avatar was Daffy Duck after having his bill shot and sent askew on his face. I’ve literally just now noticed it’s a troll magician with a mustache.
This is the third avatar I’ve finally seen for being what it really is in the past week. My vision’s okay, but who can I see about getting my perception checked?
Steamy, I first and second thought it was Daffy Duck ♥ with his bill shot and sent askew, and even when I remember that it’s a troll magician with a moustache…I still see Daffy Duck ♥ with his bill shot and sent askew. I want to see Daffy Duck ♥, damn it! Is that SO wrong? I mean, what harm does it do anyone else? I don’t respect Belly any less (as if that were possible–just kidding!), but I look at him and I see Daffy Duck ♥ and I’ll be damned if I’m going to apologize for it.
(You gotta excuse my nerves. You see, it’s duck season, and confidentially, I’m a duck.)
I think my four year old daughter pretty much summed it up when she saw the picture: “It’s just a pair of underpants. I wouldn’t carry that as a purse. It’s too underpants-y.”
You know? For 25 bucks, you could have a bag that might actually be fun to have searched at the airport. “No go ahead, I don’t mind. It’s for my own safety. Now… Reach into my bag made from underpants I found in the street.”
Is there anything you can make with upcycled underwear that will not be remotely squickish and utter crap? I ask you.
I just have a feeling that underwear is the one thing that should never be upcycled, but who will listen to my advice? For all I know, these nimrods will continue to churn out underwear purses, underwear hats, and underwear blankets for all I know.
You’re not going to believe this, but the skirt of my wedding dress was made of “upcycled” tighty-whities. Of course, I make boxers for a living… it actually suited me perfectly. =)
It could also be used as a lunch sack. A couple sandwiches in the back and a healthful banana and an orange and an apple in the front, and away you go to the office or school or wherever.
After looking at the other pictures, I’m quite sure that she just slipped a regular old tote bag from The Gap inside a pair of her husband’s Costco brand underwear and called it a day.
I sew for my family — repairs, Halloween costumes, dress-up play, doll clothes, practical items, etc — because I know my stitching is not neat and professional enough to offer to others. Now I have actually found someone who sews worse than me and attempts to charge for it. I have read so much Regretsy now that *that* bothers me far more than the underwear.
I thought underpants were supposed to be on the INSIDE. In this case, perhaps the purse liner? then the maker wouldn’t have to sew up the fly – it could be the opening to a pocket.
Or perhaps, since they’re new and all, they could be used as, here’s a thought – underpants.
I know what would be perfect with this – a coin purse made from a kangaroo scrotum. You can buy them in the cheap tacky souvenir places here in Australia. They are about $15 each, depending on size naturally enough. If you want to add a kangaroo scrotum keyring that will cost a little less, but for those the hair is left on the scrotum. It’s nice and soft, too.
Somewhere, some Regretsy lurker perv is convo-ing the seller to see if she can make him some clutch purses out of panties she’s worn while she mowed the lawn.
“NEW” pair of men’s tighty whities underwear, eh…it looks pretty stretched out in the crotch region to me. Personally I wouldn’t touch it, bleached or not.
May 7, 2012 at 1:31 pm
I’ll just leave this brief comment….. zippered skid marks.
May 7, 2012 at 1:31 pm
If this had Batman on it, I’d totally buy it.
May 7, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Or Ninja Turtles
May 7, 2012 at 1:33 pm
lol I was thinking that if they were made from Underoos, they might be kinda cool.
May 7, 2012 at 4:46 pm
Bedazzle a speedo and you’ll have a clutch fit for the Golden Globes
May 8, 2012 at 12:07 am
Or a gift, fit for Spandy Andy
May 8, 2012 at 1:44 am
Someone needs to Make it Sew!
May 7, 2012 at 9:00 pm
The Underoos clutch is in her evening wear collection…
May 7, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Underoos!!!
May 7, 2012 at 6:06 pm
PedoBear would agree Underoos
May 7, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Wonder Woman!
May 7, 2012 at 5:12 pm
With glitter.
May 7, 2012 at 1:31 pm
This is really shitty.
May 7, 2012 at 2:00 pm
I know. It’s pissing me off.
May 7, 2012 at 4:03 pm
I think it’s nuts.
May 7, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Well it Depends…
May 7, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Quit pooh-poohing this project. I’m sure the designer had to bear down really hard to get this out.
May 7, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Quite the streak of puns here…
May 7, 2012 at 7:26 pm
No wonder this sack looks stretched-out.
May 7, 2012 at 1:31 pm
Heaven forbid a Hershey bar should melt in that thing!
May 7, 2012 at 1:32 pm
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May 7, 2012 at 1:49 pm
“If thou dost not have anything witty to comment, than thou should not comment.” Regretsians 11:2
May 7, 2012 at 1:59 pm
Regretsians 5:7, surely.
May 7, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Regretsians – 4:20
May 7, 2012 at 2:35 pm
Duuuuuude!
May 7, 2012 at 4:21 pm
The Book of Regretsy seems very repetitive. It must really not want comments without wit.
May 8, 2012 at 12:54 pm
Well then I am really fucked, because I always come here with thou twit.
May 7, 2012 at 2:07 pm
Incorrect. In the infancy of Regretsy, we (very) occasionally had civil discussions here. It wasn’t always about the humour. May the thumbs down commence.
May 7, 2012 at 2:44 pm
“If thou hast no comment that furthers the conversation, drink more.” Octopodes Cocktail:Hour
May 7, 2012 at 2:46 pm
Oh hell. Sorry about the comment placement, Pickle. I didn’t mean to imply you weren’t
drunk enoughfurthering conversation.May 7, 2012 at 1:32 pm
I can’t figure out if I should use my pantiliner coin purse or turd coin purse with this. Ideas?
May 7, 2012 at 1:32 pm
Definitely the turd coin purse. Much more classy.
May 7, 2012 at 2:05 pm
When my parents died and we were going through the little stuff, I just had to have my dad’s coin “purse.” My sister looked at me like I’d lost my last marble, and now I know why: It really DOES look like a turd, and when you squeeze it, it goes goatse on you. I love it, though.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/88798999@N00/5374297251/
May 7, 2012 at 6:57 pm
Plus you’ll need the pantyliner to wear as a hat (those sticky strips really keep it in place).
May 7, 2012 at 1:36 pm
Definitely the turd coin purse, the pantiliner coin purse would go better with a women’s underpants purse.
May 7, 2012 at 1:54 pm
And a jockstrap clutch for evening.
May 7, 2012 at 2:32 pm
You don’t want to see this seller’s version of a Diaper Bag.
May 7, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Why not both? And don’t for get the penis chapstick cozy.
May 8, 2012 at 4:53 am
I have a penis chapstick cozy. It is fabulous.
May 7, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Perhaps the cluster of piles coin bag?
May 7, 2012 at 1:33 pm
I will only accept underpants bags if they have Spiderman on them.
May 7, 2012 at 1:33 pm
Are you an abusive parent that’s run out of ideas on how to make your child’s life an even bigger living hell?
Send your 6th grader back to school with the multi purpose “Bully Magnet” book bag this fall!
May 7, 2012 at 1:34 pm
YES! Finally a way for me to carry even the heaviest loads.
May 7, 2012 at 1:35 pm
I used a hideous pair of pj shorts as a bag for a while; sewed the legs closed and put a strap on it. It looks like boxers. However, I did it for carrying groceries as a recyclable bag. I’d never think of selling it. WTF.
May 7, 2012 at 1:58 pm
That’s the difference. You never thought to sell it. It was a thing you made, you used and you kept. You didn’t think to charge someone else 25 bucks for your upcycled former clothing.
Also, it wasn’t tighty whities, for fuck’s sake.
May 8, 2012 at 4:54 am
you never thought of selling it because you didn’t have THE STROKE OF GEENYUS*.
*batshit.
May 7, 2012 at 1:35 pm
Do we know who this Crochet Guevara guy is, btw?
May 7, 2012 at 2:50 pm
Slightly. But every time we follow the trail to learn more, it all just unravels.
May 7, 2012 at 1:35 pm
I always wanted a Dookey and Bourke bag!
May 7, 2012 at 1:36 pm
They are new? PASS.
May 7, 2012 at 1:38 pm
That is just what I was thinking…the purse would be more ecological if it was made from previously worn underpants.
May 7, 2012 at 1:36 pm
I know nobody here needs a reality check but here it is nonetheless: THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE MAKING PURSES OUT OF UNDERWEAR, SELLING THEM FOR $25 ONLINE, AND HUMAN BEINGS ARE ACTUALLY GIVING THEM KUDOS AND THINKING ‘OH, HOW NEAT!’. It’s never too early to start drinking.
May 7, 2012 at 2:02 pm
I’m confused. What is this ‘start’ drinking you refer to?
May 7, 2012 at 5:52 pm
I think it happens everytime I have to open a new bottle of whiskey to go with a splash of coke-cola (for color, natch) and a side of dublestuft Oreos.
May 7, 2012 at 6:59 pm
Clearly the seller agreed with you.
May 7, 2012 at 1:37 pm
I would only buy one if it had a custom “penis pocket” for my cell phone.
May 7, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Well, wouldn’t need a “penis pocket” if the fly wasn’t stitched shut!
Just gotta learn how to finger your way into the fly to reach the goods inside!
; )
May 7, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Oh, good, they’re new. That makes it so much classier.
May 7, 2012 at 1:39 pm
On the plus side, if you did carry this around you wouldn’t ever have to worry about getting mugged or your kids going through your purse and saving a seat on the bus would be no problem.
May 7, 2012 at 1:40 pm
With all the shit women lug around with them, it’s only appropriate.
May 7, 2012 at 2:57 pm
All this time I’ve thought your avatar was Daffy Duck after having his bill shot and sent askew on his face. I’ve literally just now noticed it’s a troll magician with a mustache.
This is the third avatar I’ve finally seen for being what it really is in the past week. My vision’s okay, but who can I see about getting my perception checked?
May 7, 2012 at 3:29 pm
You should always check your perception at the door when you’re looking at Regretsy.
May 7, 2012 at 3:30 pm
Steamy, I first and second thought it was Daffy Duck ♥ with his bill shot and sent askew, and even when I remember that it’s a troll magician with a moustache…I still see Daffy Duck ♥ with his bill shot and sent askew. I want to see Daffy Duck ♥, damn it! Is that SO wrong? I mean, what harm does it do anyone else? I don’t respect Belly any less (as if that were possible–just kidding!), but I look at him and I see Daffy Duck ♥ and I’ll be damned if I’m going to apologize for it.
(You gotta excuse my nerves. You see, it’s duck season, and confidentially, I’m a duck.)
May 7, 2012 at 1:40 pm
Sure, it’s creepy and weird. But it’s also ugly and badly made!
May 7, 2012 at 1:43 pm
And, honestly, isn’t that what’s important?
May 7, 2012 at 1:43 pm
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May 8, 2012 at 3:24 pm
Because they could, why else? People do lots of things because they can, doesn’t make them a good idea. We’re here to mock, not ask why.
May 7, 2012 at 1:46 pm
I think my four year old daughter pretty much summed it up when she saw the picture: “It’s just a pair of underpants. I wouldn’t carry that as a purse. It’s too underpants-y.”
May 7, 2012 at 8:13 pm
My six year old agrees and adds, “Everyone knows that panties are for your head.”
May 7, 2012 at 1:53 pm
I nearly shat myself when I saw this listing… I surely need to buy it right now.
May 7, 2012 at 1:54 pm
1. Collect underpants.
2. Make them into purses for ladies.
3. Profit!
Now we know the secret.
May 7, 2012 at 1:59 pm
HA! The mystery of the underpants gnomes finally solved!
May 7, 2012 at 4:15 pm
First you get the underwear, then you get the power, then you get the weeemen.
May 7, 2012 at 4:23 pm
I’d rather have the wee-wee men.
May 7, 2012 at 4:47 pm
Hear the lamentations of the weemen?
May 7, 2012 at 1:56 pm
well, that’s one way to always have a clean pair of underwear with you in case you’re in an accident.
May 7, 2012 at 2:02 pm
I was thinking that it was more like an accident waiting to happen.
May 7, 2012 at 4:24 pm
I think the accident happened already.
May 7, 2012 at 2:00 pm
Do you know if it also comes in a more work-appropriate skivvies satchel?
May 7, 2012 at 2:43 pm
There are work-appropriate skivvies?
May 7, 2012 at 5:59 pm
Probly made from granny panties
May 7, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Can I get one of those in leather?
May 7, 2012 at 2:04 pm
how about a thong?
May 7, 2012 at 5:19 pm
Yes. Do you want studs on it?
May 7, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Are you allowed to carry tampons in men’s briefs?
May 7, 2012 at 2:05 pm
You know? For 25 bucks, you could have a bag that might actually be fun to have searched at the airport. “No go ahead, I don’t mind. It’s for my own safety. Now… Reach into my bag made from underpants I found in the street.”
May 7, 2012 at 2:08 pm
Perfect carrier for an iPad.
May 7, 2012 at 2:28 pm
It desperately needs a vulva patch.
And a goatse one on the back.
May 7, 2012 at 2:38 pm
Is the zipper in the front?
May 7, 2012 at 2:46 pm
I’d need to carry more, so I’d need to make mine from Spanx.
May 7, 2012 at 2:53 pm
Is there anything you can make with upcycled underwear that will not be remotely squickish and utter crap? I ask you.
I just have a feeling that underwear is the one thing that should never be upcycled, but who will listen to my advice? For all I know, these nimrods will continue to churn out underwear purses, underwear hats, and underwear blankets for all I know.
May 7, 2012 at 4:08 pm
You’re not going to believe this, but the skirt of my wedding dress was made of “upcycled” tighty-whities. Of course, I make boxers for a living… it actually suited me perfectly. =)
May 7, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Pic please!
May 9, 2012 at 6:49 pm
I finally got my web guy to post the pic to my site:
BTW, those are Spiderman Underoos on my left hip, since the guy to my right who I married is the Barking Spider-man…
May 7, 2012 at 5:22 pm
You know, I was thinking ‘Kentucky Derby Hat’. Now that would be a unique chapeau for the derby!
Toilet paper and dried Tucks could be used for the flowers. But I can’t really figure out how to use tampons for decoration.
May 8, 2012 at 2:00 am
http://www.tamponcrafts.com/bouquet.html
May 7, 2012 at 3:04 pm
I see it more as a male purse.
At least in some very specific places.
May 7, 2012 at 3:06 pm
…great for carrying packages…
May 7, 2012 at 3:06 pm
That’s just the 8 wadded-up handkerchiefs shoved in the coin pocket that you’re seeing. Don’t be fooled. Ever.
May 7, 2012 at 3:14 pm
“Perfect for Mothers Day!”
May 7, 2012 at 3:14 pm
“…and Father’s Day!”
May 7, 2012 at 3:08 pm
It could also be used as a lunch sack. A couple sandwiches in the back and a healthful banana and an orange and an apple in the front, and away you go to the office or school or wherever.
May 7, 2012 at 3:17 pm
Maybe I can use it to carry my medications…
May 7, 2012 at 3:39 pm
Oh, and a Thermos in the shape of a “cup”…
May 7, 2012 at 4:25 pm
Can it also be used as a nut sack?
May 7, 2012 at 3:34 pm
What are you guys talking about. This is so avant garde.
May 8, 2012 at 7:39 am
Avante garde: it does not mean what you think it means
May 7, 2012 at 3:36 pm
I think it’s a perfectly serviceable scrotum.
May 7, 2012 at 3:41 pm
After looking at the other pictures, I’m quite sure that she just slipped a regular old tote bag from The Gap inside a pair of her husband’s Costco brand underwear and called it a day.
May 7, 2012 at 3:59 pm
I’ve been looking for a new briefcase . . . .
May 7, 2012 at 4:04 pm
I sew for my family — repairs, Halloween costumes, dress-up play, doll clothes, practical items, etc — because I know my stitching is not neat and professional enough to offer to others. Now I have actually found someone who sews worse than me and attempts to charge for it. I have read so much Regretsy now that *that* bothers me far more than the underwear.
May 7, 2012 at 4:27 pm
I thought underpants were supposed to be on the INSIDE. In this case, perhaps the purse liner? then the maker wouldn’t have to sew up the fly – it could be the opening to a pocket.
Or perhaps, since they’re new and all, they could be used as, here’s a thought – underpants.
May 7, 2012 at 4:50 pm
If this were the lining inside one of those bags made from the butt portion of jeans, I would find it hilariously witty. On its own, not so much.
May 7, 2012 at 6:09 pm
You are exactly correct.
May 7, 2012 at 4:35 pm
They’re ironic*!
*Only if you don’t know what the word “ironic” means.
May 7, 2012 at 5:32 pm
May 7, 2012 at 5:35 pm
Please tell me its not upcycled!
May 7, 2012 at 7:01 pm
I’m not buying until they make them out of “day of the week underwear.” I’d still hate the look but at least I’d know what day it was.
May 7, 2012 at 7:06 pm
I know what would be perfect with this – a coin purse made from a kangaroo scrotum. You can buy them in the cheap tacky souvenir places here in Australia. They are about $15 each, depending on size naturally enough. If you want to add a kangaroo scrotum keyring that will cost a little less, but for those the hair is left on the scrotum. It’s nice and soft, too.
May 7, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Somewhere, some Regretsy lurker perv is convo-ing the seller to see if she can make him some clutch purses out of panties she’s worn while she mowed the lawn.
May 7, 2012 at 11:15 pm
The continual use of the word “clutch” with this item does not make me happy inside.
May 11, 2012 at 4:51 pm
You know I have a white briefs fetish, but I sure don’t want this thing!
May 21, 2012 at 7:59 pm
“NEW” pair of men’s tighty whities underwear, eh…it looks pretty stretched out in the crotch region to me. Personally I wouldn’t touch it, bleached or not.