Of nearly 100 FLASH QUIZes sent, 43 responses were received. Not a bad return rate. The survey was conducted on Wednesday, January 31 and Thursday, February 1, 2001, entirely via email.
Those interrogated included college friends, co-workers, one boyfriend, a few crushes, family members, and acquaintances. Ex-boyfriends and parents were excluded (cuz there are something's I just don't want to know). One crazy aunt was included. As expected, many distrusted the scientific purposes of the survey and declined to give some information.
One respondent freely supplied information on her footwear, but stated "I don't feel comfortable telling about the underwear because I have no idea what you are doing with this information!" Others were coy in their responses. One respondent described both her shoes and underwear as "clean and comfortable" (code words for Orthopedic shoes and granny undies, I'm sure).
Another said hers were "good ones that fit, but are old like me". A male respondent said that he was "wearing a lovely ensemble designed by Israelis. His shoes are low top desert boots and his panties are wine colored boxers". Another male respondent said that he couldn't be sure of the brand of his underwear because "if my head could reach all the way back there I wouldn't leave the house". Quite true, I suppose. Doc Marten's were popular among women (and one report of Dr. Martian's - the same?).
More than a few knee-high boots were reported, as well. There wasn't a detectable pattern among the men's footwear. Since most men's shoes look alike it probably doesn't matter. Adidas, New Balance, Saucony, and Reebok were common brands among those wearing sneakers.
Black was tops from those listing shoe colors. Red, pink, and a green/brown mix were also reported. A number of respondents of both genders reported wearing no shoes or underwear, sometimes neither. Considering the majority of surveys were returned during business hours, it leaves me to wonder where some of my friends are working.
On the skivvies' side of the survey, boxer shorts were popular among the men, with briefs and the hybrid boxer-briefs not far behind. Eight men (and one woman) reported boxer shorts. Calvin Klein and 2xist were common brands of briefs.
One alliterative male respondent described his underwear as "Bill Blass blue bikini briefs with purple fishies". Say that ten times, fast. Among the female respondents, Victoria's Secret underwear was quite well-liked. Black and blue were common colors.
Not many reported underwear with patterns. A handful admitted to wearing thongs. One noted that she was wearing a thong because it was her boyfriend's birthday (Not what I would have asked for, but different strokes for different folks).
Instead of listing specific brands one respondent noted that "Corporate America already has us way too concerned about brand names". I guess this is true. When it came to mentioning where shoes or underwear were purchased, Victoria's Secret, Target, Walmart, LL Bean, and Banana Republic were reported. Interesting gamut.
To some I may have given the indication that the nature of this survey was to supply information that was inadvertently left off of last year's census. That is a lie. I asked because I was bored and nosy.
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