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Self deodorizing or not......EWWWW!
Posted by: Coconuts | May 21, 2009 at 12:43 PM
"Japanese spaceman Koichi Wakata rides floating rug and dons self-deodorising underpants in zero-gravity experiments."
Are self-deodorizing underpants a new moniker for farting in your shorts?
Posted by: Texgal | May 21, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Having said that, how does one go about getting the job of "stunt" astronaut?
Posted by: Coconuts | May 21, 2009 at 12:45 PM
I promise that in any recycled air environment--elevator, submarine, space station--you WILL notice when someone doesn't change their underwear regularly!
Posted by: Allen at Division | May 21, 2009 at 12:52 PM
二つ以上のパンツを押し詰めて私はあなただ！
(I TOLD you to pack more than two pair!)
Posted by: Wakata's mother | May 21, 2009 at 01:06 PM
I was afraid they were going to have video of him changing his underwear!!!
Posted by: cowprintrabbit | May 21, 2009 at 01:13 PM
I hope all his dreams are um.....dry
Posted by: DaninIA | May 21, 2009 at 01:22 PM
Only a week? To quote someone or other, "I could do the time standing on my head".
Posted by: Loudmouth | May 21, 2009 at 01:48 PM
二つ以上のパンツを押し詰めて私はあなただ！
Google translates that as "I have two or more押SHI詰ME pants are who you are!"
Google翻訳するには、たくさんの葉を希望する。
(Google Translate leaves a lot to be desired.)
(According to Google Translate)
Posted by: Chris S. | May 21, 2009 at 02:08 PM
The Endeavour space shuttle is scheduled to collect Wakata ...
...and submit him for analysis to the microbiology lab
Posted by: Betsy | May 21, 2009 at 02:29 PM
Allen, yup it doesn't much matter what you are wearing at that point!
Posted by: Tash | May 21, 2009 at 03:42 PM
I saw this astronaut riding the floating rug on TV last night and I would love to try that myself. However the underwear thing would be a definite no.
Posted by: nursecindy | May 21, 2009 at 03:52 PM
Just because they don't smell doesn't mean they are hygenic.
Posted by: Cheesewiz | May 21, 2009 at 04:10 PM
Cheese...and vice versa
Posted by: Betsy | May 21, 2009 at 05:27 PM
"The space-age underpants, T-shirts, shorts and socks, can be worn for a week without washing, and without assaulting the senses of passing astronauts."
How many millions did the boffins spend on this experiment? It could have been conducted on terra firma in any college dorm.
Posted by: Clown Puppy | May 21, 2009 at 06:41 PM
Well, not only can you wear the special underwear for a week, they're also stylish!
Posted by: ScottMGS | May 21, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Google translate is actually remarkably good, but (a) my, um er ah, Wakata's mother's, Japanese is horrible, and (b) it has a lot of problems determining where morphemes begin and end in Japanese. What was actually written was "two or more underpants (direct object marker) pack (infinitive) I told you".
By the way, the Japanese word for underpants is "pantsu". I am not making this up. I'm guessing they didn't have the concept before Western contact...or something...okay, maybe "contact" isn't the appropriate word there...oh, never mind.
Posted by: Mr Death | May 22, 2009 at 07:45 AM