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09 December 2005

Share my shame. →[More:]I just walked across the street to get a pizza. (Best pizza in town -- fortunately and unfortuantely -- resides just a few buildings down.)

I thought people were looking at me funny, but I figured it was probably because I was looking funny at them.

Turns out that I had a huge patch of cat hair on the crotch of my sweats -- um, very much on the crotch of my sweats. Merkin-like, even.

It was always safe to assume I was one of the neighborhood weirdos, but now it's confirmed.

Ahem.

post by: mudpuppie at: 21:09 | 27 comments

I share your shame, but i also chuckle.

posted by urbanwhaleshark 09 December | 21:12

You know what a merkin is! That's cool. I'm impressed.

posted by kmellis 09 December | 21:14

Um... thanks?

posted by mudpuppie 09 December | 21:20

I recently discovered a flaw in the crotch of my favorite navy blue pants after it had grown large enough to seriously 'show off' my tighty-whities whenever I sat down. I have no idea how long I've been flashing white... or if anything more had leaked out.

BTW, puppie, what color are the sweats versus the cat hair? I generally prefer dark colors from the waste down to make things like that less obvious... including undies, but recently cheaped out with the whites.

posted by wendell 09 December | 21:22

Aw, mudpuppie, they're all just relieved it wasn't THEM.

posted by bunnyfire 09 December | 21:27

I don't understand why you feel shame.

posted by sciurus 09 December | 21:33

Wendell: Black sweats. Orange cats.

Good enough?

posted by mudpuppie 09 December | 21:40

Just think of it as a performance art moment.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 09 December | 21:43

I know the word merkin only because of Pearl Jam.

And I feel for you, mudpuppie. I used to frequently walk around with a back covered in cat hair, it made me feel really gross whenever I figured it out. Not as bad, but still.

Now I keep the tape-roller hair-remover thingy close by at all times.

posted by puke & cry 09 December | 21:44

I once had the seat of my (very thin) pants completely rip out in public, I mean completely, like I had passed a quantity of TNT. To make matters more interesting, I was going commando at the time. It was like something out of Chaucer: The Dipshit's Tale, perhaps.

There: shame shared. Chin up, DJ Merky Merk!

posted by melissa may 09 December | 21:46

Melitha, you are my savior. Thank you.

posted by mudpuppie 09 December | 21:51

Meeeeeooorrrrw!

posted by orthogonality 09 December | 21:56

For future reference, I have a store, in fact a veritable Mall of America's worth of examples if you ever again need feel more suave than someone else, dollink.

posted by melissa may 09 December | 22:03

*boggles*

deja vu

*boggles*

posted by sciurus 09 December | 22:11

Once, I was swimming at public lap swim and I was resting at the end of the lane. This other guy comes swimming up, and, instead of doing his turn, he looked straight at me and said, "Your boob is hanging out."

I looked down and indeed it was.

My friend then cheered me up by telling me about the time she was walking down Avenue A in a miniskirt & no panties, and she forgot and bent over to pick something up.

So there's two more embarrasing tales.

posted by dame 09 December | 22:17

You should change your user to name to President Merkin Muffley. :-)

posted by jrossi4r 09 December | 22:18

Oh man, I feel for you, pup. I have never had a cat hair merkin but I have done my share of accidental flashing and even had a boob-flop or two.

posted by LeeJay 09 December | 22:53

Here's another embarrassing moment. I was shopping at what we used to fondly call Saks North Avenue, aka Veteran's Warehouse, a huge Baltimore thrift store. I was wearing tights & a hippie skirt. I knew the elastic of the tights was gone so when I felt them slide down towards my knees I didn't worry about it (after all, I had a skirt on too, right?) until the security guard came over furiously to me and said, "Are you buyin' or sellin' here!?!" Yes, skirt had gone with the tights, and I was essentially shopping bare assed, clad only in a winter coat.

posted by mygothlaundry 09 December | 22:54

mygothlaundry, I just laughed so loud I woke the dog.

posted by LeeJay 09 December | 23:13

I dove into a public pool once and surfaced to find that my shorts had taken an unauthorized leave. Much pointing and laughing ensued.

posted by goatdog 10 December | 00:28

pup, I just read this. That is awesome. I suggest you embrace your shame.

posted by gaspode 10 December | 03:11

Awesome??

Uh, thanks 'pode.

* smooch *

posted by mudpuppie 10 December | 04:24

Pup, I am loving the firecrotch merkin action. You know nobody likes a ginge. Unfortunately I have no specific story of my own to offer* in response, but please know that my lifetime's worth of general dorkiness is available for your shame-minimising, should you require it.

*Except for numerous shorts-losing stories like goatdog's: a product of the habit of swimming in boxers and preferring surf beaches. But it's been done.

posted by nomis 10 December | 04:47

Yeah, gaspode's got the right idea. Something like this happens to ya, you gotta wail with it. "What, you're not wearing a cat fur merkin? That's just... sad." Keep 'em guessing.

posted by bmarkey 10 December | 04:54

not knowing the proper procedure but wanting to appear completely okay with their debonair hungarian naked ways, i spent a lot of time inappropriately naked at the turkish baths in budapest.
very inappropriately.

posted by sam 10 December | 12:32

Thanks for all the sharing and giggles, guys. I don't have any such tales to share except for the usual "naked in high school" dream and, I suppose, that doesn't count.

Oh, the mister says he had a zipper break in a pair of shorts one summer. His shirt wasn't long enough to cover it. Oops.

posted by deborah 10 December | 13:09

I walked from the bathroom to my desk with my skirt tucked into my tights on Thursday, if it makes you feel any better.

It was late, and I don't think anyone saw me, though. (god, I hope no one saw me)

posted by kellydamnit 10 December | 13:20

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