Another Ghost Story?!

Well, another rhyme anyway. In April 2023, I posted several stories of apparitions* through rhyme. They were of various ghosts, including the one haunting Retro Jeff's home in Illinois (see those referenced below). Here's another:  

    Ghost arising from his mausoleum

          You'll shake and shudder if you see him

    Stripped when he died, but not quite bare

          The deceased was buried in his underwear!

 

 

 

Of course I returned for my clothes. 

You didn't expect me to go through eternity 

wearing only my union suit, did you?

Previous Ghost Stories

found in Union Suit Fan:

Ghost in the Attic
Posted April 5, 2023

Ghost in the House
Posted April 15, 2023

 

The Ghost of Colonel Sanders
Posted April 28, 2023

Once, I figured ghosts wore only white union suits when they beleaguered this world. 

As you can plainly see, ghosts wearing red union suits also haunt. 

Apparently, about 50% of them.

I suppose it depends on what underwear you're wearing 

when you "kick the bucket!"

In folkore, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or non-human animal

 that is believe to have the ability to appear to the living. Hence, an "apparition."

If you have a ghost, spirit, or apparition story with him (it) in his union suit

or a photo of such, email it over to me for publication in this blog... Chris

How About Another Way to Beat the Heat and Enjoy Summertime! Lawn Bowling!

After beginning an outdoor bowling game, these men apparently decided to strip to their union suits for a more comfortable match. Maybe bowling is better in your underwear after discarding more restrictive outerwear. You may remember RC played a round of minature golf in his union suit a couple of years ago after losing a wager. Perhaps that was less restrictive for him than wearing heavier clothes (see the golfer below).

The following was emailed to me by Retro Jeff, sourcing the photo from the archives of the New York City Public Library:  

Chris: the photo is from the archives of the New York City Public Library and stamped on the back: September 29, 1909. If you really study the photo, I believe the two men and the bowling pins were superimposed on a landscape view. The trees seem to have shadows but the figures and pins do not. They also appear to kind of "float" above the grass. An early example of photoshopping?.... Jeff  

Probably. Sure looks like it, doesn't it? Maybe it was from an old union suit underwear ad, similar to others I have seen and posted in this blog.  Thanks for sending... Chris

 

RC enjoying a game of miniature golf, playing 18 holes, in his bright red union suit having lost a wager to his buddy, Tom. This sportsman in his long underwear was posted January 11, 2020 just before the beginning of Covid: 

 Here's One Suit to Beat the Heat!

     ...emails Clay of Saranac Lake, NY.  "Abbreviated" underwear for summer.

Those should certainly help a guy to stay cooler, Clay. 

A bit different design than the union suits advertised below, popular a hundred years ago! One of my grandpa's actually wore these in the summer time when, about the end of May, he changed out of his long, full body winter union suits...  

Talk about "Athletic Union Suits."  In a hot summer of yesteryear, this man and boy stripped down to their abbreviated underwear (BVD's) to play baseball!

And what better way than these boys found to stay cool in the oppresive heat of summer!

Then there's the "Emperor" who proudly danced around the stage in his abbreviated unions! 

 

Can't beat abbreviated underwear this time of year. Hope the above gave you ideas as to how to stay cool in hot weather! Enjoy the rest of your summer, Union Suit Fans. I plan to, no matter what type of underwear I'm wearing...Chris

"Good Heavens to Betsy" as My Union Suit clad Grandpa Use to Say!

Union Suit Fans, I missed National Underwear Day this past Monday, a day of celebration every August 5th! But, but I had a good excuse. I really did. I was in the northern reaches of Canada on a fishing trip without benefit of the internet (which isn't necessary a bad thing from time to time). So I couldn't post a thing. In this case, I missed recognizing a favorite national holiday for us union suit wearers. 

However, I was wearing my union suit that day (and all days) as the day time temperatures were chilly and the nights down right cold. Here's proof:

That's me in my favorite underwear, taken by my fishing partner. I would show you a picture of him but I didn't take one. Primarily because he was in his inferior two piece thermal underwear. And, he is a union suit wearer just like you and me!  Go figure.

You know by now, I try to avoid posting underwear fans who are not union suit fans. So you don't see many wearing two piece long johns in this blog.

Anyway, I hope you had a great day celebrating, and that you wore your favorite underwear!

(Sorry, I couldn't find an official
National Underwear Day image
of guys wearing union suits)

Added August 11th: And just in, look what Buckeye Mike of Ohio wore on National Underwear Day this year:

Polka-dotted Boxer Shorts with
Athletic Shirt

Added August 12th: In his comments below, Retro Jeff of Illinois mentioned that it was way to warm for him to wear a union suit on August 5th where he lives. So, he wore binkini underwear. That night the temp dropped with the next day being cooler. So, he pulled on a union suit for the day. Thanks for not modeling that green abbreviated underwear, Retro.