@Jerb322@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 24 days agoWhen I was a kid, "thongs" were footwear...message-square19fedilinkarrow-up160arrow-down16
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareWhen I was a kid, "thongs" were footwear...@Jerb322@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • 24 days agomessage-square19fedilink
minus-square@HailHydra@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglish6•24 days agoThey are in Australia, they’re a sandal-type footwear
minus-square@wewbull@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish2•24 days agoI always assumed you called them thongs because the bit that goes between your toes looks like the underwear going up a butt-crack.
minus-square@Dagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilink-1•24 days agoYou got it backwards. Think about it. Beachwear has been a thing since around 1900, while visible underwear wasn’t a thing until recently. Easy way to remember is to think that necrosis usually starts at the extremities.
They are in Australia, they’re a sandal-type footwear
I always assumed you called them thongs because the bit that goes between your toes looks like the underwear going up a butt-crack.
You got it backwards. Think about it. Beachwear has been a thing since around 1900, while visible underwear wasn’t a thing until recently.
Easy way to remember is to think that necrosis usually starts at the extremities.