[Info-vax] The nice part of about working on OpenVMS is that you can wear whatever color undies you want

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <iiq4qe$dl4$1 at news.eternal-september.org>,
	"Jay E. Morris" <morrisj at epsilon3.com> writes:
> On 1/18/2011 12:31 AM, JF Mezei wrote:
>> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
>>
>>>> I usually go commando so I guess I already meet the flesh-colored
>>>> requirement
>>>
>>> English is my first language and I use it a lot but I have never heard
>>> this expression.  Please enlighten.
>>
>> One of the alst NBC TV programmes that was succesfull was a series
>> called "friends". In it, one of the characters started the expression
>> "going commando" and it seems to have gone mainstream. It means you wear
>> no underwear under your pants.
> 
> Much earlier than that, at least Viet Nam war. I was going commando in 
> the swamps of Ft. Stewart GA in very early  80s. 

Late 60's, early 70's at Ft. Benning!!!  Of course, we didn't have a
cool term for it.  :-)

bill

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