No More Cooties

(London) Modern science has made a breakthrough with the invention of antimicrobial underpants. The British Ministry of Defense is even supplying the cootie-free skivvies as part of the new desert uniform for soldiers. Woo-hoo!

From TheStar.com:

Col. Silas Suchanek, who led the team that procured the new equipment, said the unisex trunks were made from artificial fibres for comfort, with silver particles woven into the material to prevent soldiers from sweating.

Hi-Yo, Silver! Interestingly, I've noticed that I seem to sweat less when I have a lot of silver, but I never thought of putting any in my shorts.

Nevertheless, just think how popular the new cootie-free knickers will be among the sultry "Love-You-Long-Time" salesgirls in Skanktown. You have to admit that the Brits hit a home run with this idea. Maybe next they can make bed linen cootie-free to stave off the emerging bedbug problem in hotels around the world.

All in all, the idea sounds smashing with one possible exception. Specifically, just how much of a problem will people have trying to get through airport security screening while sporting metallic underwear?