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Debra Bass
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The Doodle Bra: It's a regular white cotton bra that comes equipped with six non-toxic erasable markers and stencils, $9.99 online at doodlebra.com.

There are matching white cotton undies, including socks, stockings and panties, but you can also opt for shorts, tank tops, canvas shoe and even skirts.

However, this silliness all started with the bra and some attempt at female bonding, I suppose. The company sent me a note about the product as a great game for a bridal shower. Draw the party theme on your underwear or otherwise express yourself ... and then what?

In my opinion, if you are old enough to get married and you are writing on your underwear with orange marker, we need to talk. But then again, I've done dumber things at bridal showers.

And then perhaps the oddest part of this equation is that once you throw the bra in the wash, it all disappears. So, you can now draw on that bra AGAIN at a later date when you're bored.

A colleague pointed out that this might be entertaining at a frat house, but she imagined that they would write obscene things on the bras and panties to decorate their house. I countered that it would be cheaper and more efficient to buy thrift bras and permanent marker. Not that I would encourage that.

But I'm so confused. Somehow, I kind of liked the idea better (only marginally so) when I thought the marker was permanent. But no, this product turns your underwear into a wearable dry erase board. And nothing says sexy like that.