guaranteed NO RUN pantyhose

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A few years ago I was invited to participate in a pantyhose wear test program. A friend worked for a hosiery mill and they were developing a new pantyhose that would not run. My friend knew I was a devoted pantyhose wearer and asked if I would be interested in participating. I told him I had my doubts about there being such a thing as "no run" pantyhose, however, I was curious, so I agreed to participate.

He brought me a pair the next day and gave me explicit instructions on the wearing of the pantyhose. I was instructed to wear them daily and for at least 8 hours a day. I was also requested to not have sex in them. Other than that, I was to wear them as I would any other pair of pantyhose.

The I removed the pantyhose from their cellophane packet. They were a suntan shade and immediately reminded me of "granny hose." Thick, like the stockings my great-grandmother wore! Once I stretched them over my legs they became sheerer, though not at all as sheer as an average pair of pantyhose. The knitting had the appearance of a spider's web. My friend explained that this was a result of the tiny "lock stitch" which was used to prevent cross threads from slipping, thus creating runs. The pantyhose felt soft but I didn't like that they were not as sheer as I'd have liked. They also bagged and sagged noticeably by the end of the day.

My friend would call each evening and ask for a report on the condition of the pantyhose. He'd also ask my thoughts on them and what activities I had done while wearing them.

On the third day of wearing them I noticed what I thought was a run, although it didn't look like a normal run. Upon inspection, I noticed a run in on the side of my upper right thigh. The pantyhose were nearly a "double-knit" and the run appeared to be under the outer knit or lock stitch. The run was only about two inches long. When my friend called that evening I told him about the run. He seemed defensive and argued that they were still perfecting the pantyhose. I was surprised at his defensiveness and told him that the run was a typical run as bare skin wasn't showing. The run appeared to look more like a defect in my pantyhose. My friend requested that I continue to wear the pantyhose and said he would come by in a few days to inspect them.

My friend stopped by one evening to view the pantyhose while I was wearing them. I told him that I had not gotten any more "runs" and he asked to see the "run" I had told him about. He placed his left hand on my thigh, it was warm and soft and felt great. He rubbed his hand over the "run" and stated that they (the mill) was hoping that the type of damage he was inspecting was the extent of "running" the pantyhose would sustain and that they could soon go to market with the pantyhose. He told me I would no longer need to wear them and he asked for my honest assessment of them. I told him I thought they were horrendous, granny-hose and the most unsexy pantyhose I had ever worn and that I would never buy them. I also told him that I thought they would run if I tried to make them run. My friend asked what I meant by that statement and I then told him to go ahead and try to run them. He laughed and got a devilish grin on his face. He knelt before me, placed his right hand on my left thigh and with his left hand grabbed hold of the nylon on my right thigh. He pulled hard and it didn't rip. I laughed and teased him about needing to eat his Wheaties. He pulled again so hard that his muscles bulged throughout his arm. The nylon made terrible crackling sounds as it was stretched and then suddenly began to rip and he continued to pull. He had torn an egg sized hole in the pantyhose but no run.

He looked up at me and said with pride, see, no run. I then reached down and pulled the nylon upward. It took a lot of effort but I finally got the nylon to begin running. As the run traveled my thigh it made sounds like denim ripping. My friend stated that of course they would run if someone set out to destroy them but that in the real world wear the pantyhose would wear at least 10 times an average pair of pantyhose.

I said that's great if I'm going to war and trudging through the jungle and battle fields, but if that was the case, the last thing I would be wearing is pantyhose! I repeated that I liked sheer pantyhose and that this spider had used many a run in her pantyhose to lure a male spider to her web! He blushed and stammered about it getting warm in the room.

Well, the mill marketed the NO RUN pantyhose and they have proven to be very successful. However, it should be noted that the average buyer of these pantyhose is a 67 year old granny!

Pass these pantyhose over unless you are looking to play pantyhose demolition games. You're going to need a lot of physical strength to ruin these crappy pantyhose.