richard p wrote:.... she claims they are more comfortable than girlie ones.. how did she find out...
Given that a lot of girlie underpinnings would seem to consist of a bit of string with a quarter of an old hankie pinned on somewhere she probably used her eyes and brain.
Otherwise probably a friend told her.
I'm more intrigued by the cinema, who first thought of it, or had they been watching "Blackadder goes forth.", did she add a pencil in each nose and keep saying "Wibble!"