Why do people say

By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

A pair of trousers when there is only one?

Or a pair of knickers?

Often wondered lol xx

By *prite128Woman over a year ago

maidstone

no idea about trousers but in the olden olden days ( when you were a teenager

) knickers came in two separate legs which were then tied round the waists.

nice warm thighs and an open crotch

By *prite128Woman over a year ago

maidstone

waist not waists ...stomachs and chins i have in plural but not waists - hard enough to find one

By *imfromGlasgowMan over a year ago

er...guess

The net seems to think it originates from the days when there were two seperate pieces laced together.

The 'two bits joined together' also explains tweezers, pliers, shears and so on.

By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Probably because you have to insert your two legs into a pair of holes

a bit of DP and all that....