ANGLER UNDIES: As a sports writer, I got an offer for free samples of the latest Depend line of underwear for men. It’s part of the company’s emerging effort to convince every age group of an apparently growing need to wear drippage-containment undergarments, i.e. diapers.
On first hearing of Depend undergarments, I was all “What kinda piss-poor promotional gimmick is this?” Then I got mailed a free three-pack of Depend Anti-drip Underwear for Surfcasters. On close examination, I had an epiphanous attitude reversal about guarding against inadvertent leakage. Simply put: incontinence rocks!
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