Army underpants are MIA

[Kellanved]

Swedish soldiers are so attached to their military-issue green camouflage underpants that 3,199 pairs of them went missing last year.
The garments topped the list of items that recruits failed to account for when the army does its inventory.

The next most-pilfered article was the olive-coloured military bath towel, of which 2,400 disappeared, said the army in-house newspaper Vaernpliktsnytt.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3698655.stm

[underpants]

1. his reminds me of the time we got a German soldier drunk on a train

We ended up with all of his uniform....except the undies. I still have the t-shirt.

[tigereye]

2. so your underpants didn't go missing on your vacation?

sorry I wanted to say something about your Vegas thread but had little to add. MY feeling is that vacations with relatives are good once per year at the beach. I love mine in small doses.