It's a sad state of affairs that people tend to sue at the drop of a hat. Today, I saw a story in Reuters about one such lawsuit in which a woman sues Victoria's Secret claiming injury from one of their thongs. It appears that while she was putting a pair of what I deem to be the most uncomfortable looking bits of lingerie on, a bit flew into her eye and caused tiny little cuts in her cornea.

Was Victoria's Secret negligent? Or was this woman expecting too much from such underwear? And, barring questions like what is a 52-year old traffic officer doing wearing a thong in the first place, I can't help but laugh. Why? Because it seems that there are no limits to what a person can sue someone or company for. It's a sad state of affairs.

I don't know about you, but I would be embarrassed to hang out my dirty laundry like this (pun definitely intended) for everyone to take into account. I can't even imagine hanging such items out on the line - if I was the type of person who would actually wear one in the first place. I mean, one would expect a certain amount of delicacy to an item that basically consists of a couple of pieces of string.

This reminds me of an article I read a month or so ago that said that thongs are no longer in. The younger girls have moved on to the next fad and now it's the cougars that are doing wearing them - a sure sign that they've gone out of style. Perhaps the woman named in the story above should get a clue.

Sure goes without saying that it should be comfort before style!

PS... is anyone else out there old enough to remember when thong was actually used to describe footwear?