Stop the presses! According to Alan Greenspan, sales of men's underwear are leading indicators of economic booms or busts, and sales of men's underwear are expected to decline 2.3% in 2009.

http://www.huffingtonpost...84863.html

"If you look at sales of male underpants it's just pretty much a flat line, it hardly ever changes," Krulwich recounted after the publishing of Greenspan's book, "The Age Of Turbulence." "But on those few occasions where it dips that means that men are so pinched that they are deciding not to replace underpants. And [Greenspan] said 'that is almost always a prescient, forward impression that here comes trouble.'"

It could be a sign of the recession. But then again maybe men got the idea to let their Mr. Happy's get a little room to breathe.

When times are hard, the pants can just hold on a little longer

From Flight of the Conchords' "Inner City Pressure"

You know you're not in high finance,
Considering second-hand underpants

I just bought 8 pairs of drawers within the last 2 weeks...then again, I hadn't bought any in about 3 years .

MuthaFunka said:

MuthaFunka, you must be a bachelor.

TD3 said: