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Twins, 8, invent 'wedgie-proof' underpants
MSNBC ^ | Nov. 2, 2007 | staff reporter

Posted on 11/02/2007 5:31:03 PM PDT by Daffynition

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Bully-proof underwear earned 8-year-old twin Ohio boys a spot Friday on daytime TV talk show, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."

Using rigged boxers and fabric fasteners to hold together some seams, Jared and Justin Serovich came up with the "Rip Away 1000," a pair of underwear that cannot be jerked up to give its wearer a painful "wedgie."

"When the person tries to grab you — like the bully or the person tries to give you a wedgie — they just rip away," Justin explained Thursday by phone from Los Angeles, where the TV segment was taped Wednesday.

The brothers began brainstorming one day after they were playing around, giving each other the treatment. Their mother's partner sarcastically said someone ought to invent wedgie-proof underwear, the family said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Humor; Science
KEYWORDS:
Cute. Wedgies. Ellen DeGeneres. Brief.
1 posted on 11/02/2007 5:31:03 PM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition

Bad news for this guy.

2 posted on 11/02/2007 5:35:52 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator

3 posted on 11/02/2007 5:47:50 PM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: Daffynition

The interesting answer - Rip away undies. Ellen’s friends must be pleased, and likely trying to figure out how to fund these for every boy and girl.


4 posted on 11/02/2007 5:50:49 PM PDT by kingu (No, I don't use sarcasm tags - it confuses people.)
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To: kingu

The twins will be scarred for life by appearing with DeGeneres.


5 posted on 11/02/2007 5:57:37 PM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: Daffynition
Scarred for life? Guess what?
...This year, 8-year-old twins Jared and Justin Serovich were working each other over with the schoolyard bully's staple when their mother, Julie, caught them in the act and took them to task.

Julie's partner, Judy Kimberly, sarcastically suggested that someone should invent wedgie-proof underwear...


6 posted on 11/02/2007 6:03:26 PM PDT by BufordP (Had Mexicans flown planes into the World Trade Center, Jorge Bush would have surrendered.)
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To: Daffynition

I “smelled a fish” from the article you posted when I read, “...Their mother’s partner...”. That’s why I hunted around and found that other article.


7 posted on 11/02/2007 6:06:48 PM PDT by BufordP (Had Mexicans flown planes into the World Trade Center, Jorge Bush would have surrendered.)
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To: BufordP

WOW! Great find ...now the pieces fit. Appearance on the DeGeneres show was a foregone conclusion. Yuck!


8 posted on 11/02/2007 6:13:07 PM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: Daffynition; Cagey; Larry Lucido; Mr. Brightside; Rb ver. 2.0; lesser_satan
GEORGE: He gave me a wedgie.

JERRY: He got fired the next day.

ELAINE: Why do they call it a wedgie?

GEORGE: Because the underwear is pulled up from the back and ... it wedges in..

JERRY: They also have an atomic wedgie. Now the goal there is to actually get the

waistband on top of the head. Very rare.

ELAINE: Boys are sick.

JERRY: Well what do girls do ?

ELAINE: We just tease some one 'til they develop an eating disorder.

guy who ruined his life.

9 posted on 11/02/2007 6:19:08 PM PDT by MotleyGirl70 (Go Packers!)
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To: MotleyGirl70

LOL!!


10 posted on 11/02/2007 7:19:47 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Hunter 2008)
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To: Daffynition

“Cute. Wedgies. Ellen DeGeneres. Brief.”

s/b

“Cute. Wedgies. Ellen DeGeneres. Briefs.”

;’)


11 posted on 11/02/2007 10:51:36 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Monday, October 22, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: MotleyGirl70; SunkenCiv; Cagey

Come on guys ... there has to be a government funded study some where that details what gives the best wedgie ... boxers or briefs. ;D


12 posted on 11/03/2007 1:15:15 AM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: MotleyGirl70; Daffynition
We just tease some one 'til they develop an eating disorder.

ROFLMAO!

13 posted on 11/03/2007 3:34:04 AM PDT by Cagey (Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
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To: Cagey

So, have you ever given anyone a wedgie? Hmmmmmmmm....? :_D


14 posted on 11/03/2007 7:42:26 AM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: Daffynition

I went to Catholic School and we were not allowed to even know what a “wedgie” was.


15 posted on 11/03/2007 8:08:21 AM PDT by Cagey (Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
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To: Daffynition

Of course, these kids didn’t realize the best way to avoid a wedgie is to go al fresco.


16 posted on 11/03/2007 8:29:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Profile updated Monday, October 22, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: Daffynition

Ellen has moderated, she’s not the raving pro-homosexual activist that she was in the 90s. She was great in that Disney movie.


17 posted on 11/03/2007 8:32:09 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Cagey

True. It wasn’t part of the uniform. 8-D


18 posted on 11/04/2007 7:14:42 AM PST by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Atomically speaking?
19 posted on 11/04/2007 7:17:57 AM PST by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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