...to consider this excessive?

I think you are right to say "small things are looming too large in your mind". Bet some of the women who have died from Covid would not be phased by this.....if they were still here.

I always go for the multipacks that are all in one bag so no hangers at all beyond the plastic bit clipped on the top giving the size. Usually have to guess how they should be laundered as any labels I cut out!
I have had several parcels recently delivered that look as if the have been thrown in the path of a herd of wildebeest so couldn't tell who had packed them !

I've done with fancy underwear since there was no one to appreciate them other than me.
Its now supermarket cotton machine washable that come in plastic bags. These bags go in with other plastics that can be recycled.

What an hilarious post.

Apparently big knickers are coming back into fashion as young girls are realising that cheese wire isn't as comfortable.

Hmm. Now I've written big knickers I bet I start getting adverts for them but it's too late because I'm a fan of M&S big knickers.

This did make me giggle. Sorry, I am not being disrespectful of your opinions, but it feels as if this is what we have been reduced to by being incarcerated at home for so long.
It reminds me of letters to the Times by 'Outraged of Ipswich'.
We are all reasonably articulate and intelligent women with normally busy lives, but suddenly we have the time to sit down and write letters about how our knickers are packaged.
Don't worry , I have not missed the message about unnecessary packaging, with the amount of online shopping we have all done during the past year we must all have tales to tell.
I am going to make a coffee, read the newspaper, put my feet up and wonder at myself for having for the first time in my life answered a letter about excessively packaged knickers. It is like a Victoria Wood comedy sketch.

DiscoGran

Now I've go this little image in my mind of badgers on a production line, wearing caps and name badges, packing up goods to send out..

I’ve really enjoyed watching Colin Murray hosting Countdown, but now find that the new regular presenter is to be Anne Robinson. As I’m only familiar with her acerbic persona in Weakest Link, I hope she’s more sympathetic to the Countdown contestants.

Countdown

Having seen another thread about new game shows - why not bring Weakest Link back without the sarcasm between rounds - it was a simple but effective format. I used to like 15-1 with William G, but when it came back they expanded the show to an hour with Sandi Toksvig (love her) chatting after every answer, but I felt it lost its edge.

Well, I’ve officially lost the plot!
How the Hell did this get posted on this thread???

Sorry everyone for the distraction!

It is years since I bought M&S knickers as they last so long. I used to buy 3 pair with every bra. Agree that all that info in package was unnecessary though

I had exactly the same experience, Scribbles. So much plastic in one little parcel. Ridiculous.

Just loving the humour on this thread. ?

What a fabulous phrase. This is going into my favourite list.

Ferrets packing would be no use as they would never let go of the goods! (Being a ferret myself, I should know?

I wonder if the badgers employed by M & S get staff discount? Has anyone seen any badgers with handbags in their garden?

The badger set in my garden have applied to go on Countdown

Do you think that the badgers are also employed to badger people into buying M&S knickers?

This post has made me laugh this morning. Thank you!
It reminded me of the last time I bought some bras in m&s, when I was asked at the till if I wanted the hangers! Does anyone hang their bras in the wardrobe?

An animal-ated conversation about knickers. Just what I needed to cheer my day!
Going off at a tangent, but on a similar vein.....
My granddaughter received a Valentine’s card from her boyfriend which stated
Roses are red
Foxes are clever.
I like your bum
Let me touch it for ever!
Who said that romance is dead? ?

No doubt one of the daily press will send in a mole to dig up the dirt on them DanniRae

The two packs I bought two years ago (M&S) are still going strong through frequent washes. I was thinking about replacing them as they seem to be getting too...big!

Never mind the Badgers, I think sloths are doing the deliveries. Takes ages for stuff to arrive. I got a message from a high street store to do a click and collect, but I hadn't ordered anything so I checked back to find the order number and it was one I did back in Nov, that they had to replace, it had finally arrived!

I but my knickers in tesco or asda and they come on plastic hangers but I remove them from the hanger before leaving the store and leave it for them to dispose off or re'use, I don't need all this extra unwanted plastic in my life.