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One of the less important, but nevertheless serious (for me) consequences of the pandemic, has been the unfortunate curtailment of the bi-annual grundy-provisioning trip to M&S in uk. The shocking state of one's pre-lockdown undergarments came to a head recently, when Mrs. Shep surreptitiously threw the lot in the poubelle... quelle horreur!
So a desperate scrabble for new shreddies has ensued, and exposed (  ) the incomprehensible fact that Y-fronts (with the all important "slash-cut") do not exist in France! Now I'm rather partial to the stretchy boxer variety myself, however my research shows the same also applies to so called briefs/slips homme, baggy boxers homme, and even the obscene tanga-slip homme, which Amazon.fr flashed before my eyes unbidden  .
So is the Y-front with the oh-so-practical slash-cut regarded as an anglophone perversion, or is a question of form before function? Are our continental brethren prepared to forgo its convenience for the sake of a svelte pouch, or have they just failed to invent it? Perhaps there's some anatomical difference that makes the feature redundant; although I'm sure some of the somewhat frantic fly-furkling at the adjacent urinal which I've been unable to avoid glimpsing in the péage men's room, would be explained by the lack of immediate relief proffered by easy access...
Can anyone cast any light on this cross-channel sartorial divide?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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M&S ship to France. What have you done....
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Thought this was a post by oneglove for a minute there.
Personally, I'm with the French here. I haven't worn Y-fronts since I was a child.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I assumed the response was they preferred Nat Fronts. Insert your Le Pen is jokes here......
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There is something quite weird about Y fronts. No man of my intimate acquaintance has struggled unduly to get his willy out of a pair of briefs.
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Though I would be the first to admit that this is a small and no doubt unrepresentative sample....
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During the war Y fronts were reserved for fighter pilots
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| pam w wrote: |
| There is something quite weird about Y fronts. No man of my intimate acquaintance has struggled unduly to get his willy out of a pair of briefs. |
Brilliant @pam w, the thread is off in a promising direction... 
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| PORTMAN wrote: |
| During the war Y fronts were reserved for fighter pilots |
Interesting, strangely enough not followed by the marketing success (for the French at least) of the aviator sunglasses or the bomber jacket 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Go commando, problem solved. 
ps why is this thread in The Piste?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@shep, we were supposed to come down to M at Easter - id have smuggled you some m&s specials over the border, but Mr NN thinks the covid levels are too high.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| shep wrote: |
| Can anyone cast any light on this cross-channel sartorial divide? |
Well as you'll know the French word for Y is "i grec", perhaps the French don't like the idea of Greecey underwear..... 
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The french have fashion police, Y fronts I can imagine would be a horror to them.
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| Alastair Pink wrote: |
| shep wrote: |
| Can anyone cast any light on this cross-channel sartorial divide? |
Well as you'll know the French word for Y is "i grec", perhaps the French don't like the idea of Greecey underwear..... |
You may be on to something here, I'd be more concerned about connotations of "à la grecque" if I was the marketing guy...
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| biddpyat wrote: |
| The french have fashion police, Y fronts I can imagine would be a horror to them. |
I think you may have hit upon the crux of the matter 
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You know it makes sense.
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| halfhand wrote: |
| ps why is this thread in The Piste? |
Yes, good point. Discussion of a gentleman's apparel for their nether regions should perhaps more appropriately be in the Après Zone.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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@shep, the 1970's called and they want their pants back.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Klamm Franzer wrote: |
| @shep, the 1970's called and they want their pants back. |
Too late, Mrs. shep binned them!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| Alastair Pink wrote: |
| halfhand wrote: |
| ps why is this thread in The Piste? |
Yes, good point. Discussion of a gentleman's apparel for their nether regions should perhaps more appropriately be in the Après Zone. |
Yup.
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I think I know the answer to the OP. Is it because the French are a cultured and civilised folk, and they don't indulge in the deviances sought out by uncouth folk?
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The Piste or Apres?
I think it should be in the Equipment forum, personally.
Myself, I have to say I made the switch from M&S cotton to these this year. Remarkably more comfortable.
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| under a new name wrote: |
The Piste or Apres?
I think it should be in the Equipment forum, personally. |
Very good. And a rather fetching red I have to say, to be worn on the outside I would suggest, when you're zip-lining the bumps 
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| shep wrote: |
| under a new name wrote: |
The Piste or Apres?
I think it should be in the Equipment forum, personally. |
Very good. And a rather fetching red I have to say, to be worn on the outside I would suggest, when you're zip-lining the bumps |
Well if it's good enough for Superman to wear his red underpants on the outside then I guess it's good enough for you too!
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And WOULDN'T he look silly in Y-fronts?
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| pam w wrote: |
| And WOULDN'T he look silly in Y-fronts? |
@pam w, perhaps Superman would wear Y-Fronts if he were British......
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You also can't buy Opal Fruits or new Datsuns in France either, it's shocking.
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