Tights, pantyhose, call it what you will, things would be different if women ruled the world
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If women ruled the world some things would be very different. I, for one, would provide tax incentives for companies inventing genuinely useful labour-saving devices like an iron that does not require the operator to stand, fold, or fiddle with sleeves for hours at a stretch; microwaves, that put their energy into excellent cooking (no cold spots) and don’t beep annoyingly until you open the door; and tights – pantyhouse that are reasonably priced, never ladder as soon as you take them out of the wrapping, in fact never ladder at all, stay put all day, and are machine washable – if they come with a ten-year guarantee, all the better.
Actually, tights have been making news in my world this weekend on several fronts. First came news from snow-bound Boston that my cousin is filling her pantyhose with rock salt and laying them in her gutters where they are proving an efficient and effective method of de-icing. Then, from this side of the Atlantic, a startling survey by tightsplease.co.uk suggests men are wearing tights to work. I kid you not. But, I don’t think the findings can be universally true for surely women the world over would have spotted that trend before now given that they are the ones who would have been picking said tights up off the floor. Of course we wouldn’t be picking anything at all up off the floor if women ruled the world.
I remember the year my father stored onions he had grown in old pairs of tights dangling from the garage roof – you dropped one into the toe, tied a knot, then another one and so on. Looked like a footballer’s legs …
Oh how differnt this world, my house, my bedroom would be if women ruled the world! I haven’t begun wearing tights but saw my grown daughter in them this weekend and got the go ahead to wear them with a dress. I’ll be sporting them this Sunday to church. Thanks for your comment on blogging today.