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The Grungy Ugly Underwear

The very same hallway!

There it was by the wall in the hallway–someone’s grungy ugly underwear.  It looked like it must have been white at some point, but was now a dingy gray like maybe someone had used it to mop the floors.  Who would have left their underwear there?  It was so disgusting!  My dorm mates and I all took our turns stopping and staring, and everyone wished that whoever the owner was would come and pick them up.  But no one did pick them up.  They must have lain there for over a week.  I even remember one of the maintenance men walking by and wrinkling his nose at the sight.

The chapel speaker that week spoke on being a servant and doing the unlovely deeds.  A few of our dorm mates were sitting together and someone whispered, “Like picking up the grungy underwear in the hallway!” and we all snickered.

I happened to have a free period after chapel.  I was alone in the dorm, and as I walked by the underwear, I felt convicted about the chapel message, so I decided to do the dirty deed.  I went to the bathroom, grabbed some paper towels (I certainly didn’t want to touch it) and went to pick up the infamous wad.  I didn’t breathe and held it at arms length as I walked the distance to the bathroom where the big trashcan was located.  I very carefully pushed the flap open and let go of my unwanted cargo.

As it fell into the trashcan I saw a brief flash of the initials E.T. written with a sharpie on the tag.  The very same way that I had to label all of my clothes at boarding school. . . .

Esther

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36 Comments Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged: embarrassing, funny

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  1. varunner7 says

    February 22, 2011 at 7:14 am

    Ah, dorm living! Always an adventure 😉

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  2. Kelly C says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:01 am

    Hahaha! So funny! 🙂

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  3. Hattie says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:07 am

    Boy, living on the first floor, I sure did miss out on some interesting events!!!

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  4. mrsmarkdave says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:22 am

    That is the funniest story I think I have ever heard. Glad the underwear was gone by the time I walked those same halls 🙂

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  5. Danna says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:37 am

    Oh no, so funny, yet I kind of feel bad for laughing 🙂 I love the way that you tell stories Esther!

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  6. aurie says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:47 am

    Too funny!!

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  7. Kim @Kimmama says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:49 am

    Esther that is too funny!!! They were your underwear all along? You must have dropped them while doing laundry, I imagine. A similar thing happened in my dorm, but I never picked them up. It was a thong instead and there was no way! LOL!!

    We also had an incident where someone pooped in the stairwell. Now that was truly disgusting!!

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  8. Anri-Louise says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:59 am

    OH NO! It’s a classic! I love your stories (mostly secondhand re-tellings via Rob ’cause I don’t have internet at home). They make mine seem so normal, which is quite q feat! Thanks for making us laugh often. Anri-Louise

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  9. Elizabeth Grimes says

    February 22, 2011 at 9:47 am

    Gross! You’re a brave soul! Lol!

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  10. Becky says

    February 22, 2011 at 10:49 am

    Ha! Thank goodness you were alone when you threw them out! I would have been horrified!

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  11. Robin says

    February 22, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Great story, ET

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  12. Alessandra@ Tribal Times says

    February 22, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    Yuck! How funny!

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  13. Carly A. K. says

    February 22, 2011 at 2:56 pm

    Embarrassing! I’m wondering if you ever realized how they ended up there! Did you and your roommate share wardrobes?

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  14. Abbigail says

    February 22, 2011 at 3:25 pm

    funny! Good thing you picked them up. Can you imagine what would have happened had someone else seen the E.T.?

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  15. Nancy @ A Rural Journal says

    February 22, 2011 at 4:20 pm

    Now we want to know how they got there. 🙂 Or is that still a mystery?

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  16. Sharon Henning says

    February 22, 2011 at 7:19 pm

    I saw that one coming….

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  17. Rachel says

    February 22, 2011 at 7:45 pm

    My goodness its a good thing no one else was led by the sermon to do the unlovely deed that day!

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  18. Susan Evans says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:44 pm

    How mortifying! LOL

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  19. Ruth says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:48 pm

    HA! So they were yours? That’s hilarious!

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  20. Meli says

    February 22, 2011 at 11:20 pm

    LOL….too funny and cute!…good thing only you saw the initials….*_^

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  21. Heidi says

    February 22, 2011 at 11:25 pm

    Esther, I always know I can come here for a laugh!

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  22. Lindsey van Niekerk says

    February 23, 2011 at 12:17 am

    The hallway reminds me of our dorms at ORU. What university did you go to?

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  23. Lynda says

    February 23, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Now that’s funny. Oh Esther, what would the blogosphere be like without you. lol

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  24. Jenilee says

    February 23, 2011 at 11:19 am

    oh no! how funny is that?? 🙂 lol thanks for sharing your funny story with us!!

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  25. Amy says

    February 23, 2011 at 11:35 am

    I guess you know why you were convicted to pick them up, LOL!

    I found you through the iFellowship blog hop and I am a new follower. Have a blessed week.

    http://socialstudiesmomma.blogspot.com/

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  26. Cherie says

    February 23, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    No wonder the message was speaking directly to you! Thanks for a great chuckle today!

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  27. Jennifer says

    February 23, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    Oh, that is gross! Why would somebody do that?? E.T….an extraterrestrial, maybe. 😉 I like your blog. I can tell just by reading one post that yours is the kind of writing I like to read, so I am following you now, and I’ll be back. Happy iFellowship Day. 🙂

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  28. Sheri says

    February 23, 2011 at 2:36 pm

    So they were yours? LOL

    Irritated

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  29. Deborah says

    February 23, 2011 at 5:30 pm

    hahaha…so funny! Maybe that’s why you felt so convicted after the sermon…God knew they were yours!! 🙂

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  30. Stephanie @ MomKaboodle says

    February 23, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    ohhhhh does this bring back dorm memories! So funny that you were convicted to remove these….bahahahaha. Even if the others were around, you could play it off like gross randoms….. =) I enjoyed reading this!

    Thanks for linking up with iFellowship.

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  31. The Lazy Mom says

    February 23, 2011 at 6:53 pm

    Hahahaha! NO WAY! Hahahaha!

    Visiting from Wed Walk from http://www.imalazymom.com!

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  32. Pam says

    February 23, 2011 at 7:54 pm

    I can totally see myself doing something like that–good thing I only lived in the dorms for one year (and lived close enough to home to do laundry there)!

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  33. Karen Dawkins says

    March 1, 2011 at 9:15 am

    HILARIOUS!!!! So glad God convicted you and spared you the humiliation of discovery! 🙂

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  34. Skyler Ashley says

    March 12, 2011 at 10:43 am

    Hahaha Glad it was you who picked it up and not someone else! xD

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  35. Melanie says

    December 27, 2011 at 1:22 pm

    When I was quite a bit younger, and didn’t know how to properly sort the laundry, my undies turned gray after being washed with my jeans and other dark clothing. Nowadays I’ve learned to wash my whites separately! LOL! That was a funny story!

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  36. Ginny Marie says

    December 29, 2011 at 1:53 pm

    Classic! That is an awesome story! (I wouldn’t have wanted to pick them up, either!)

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