In today’s blog, we shall focus our attention on the origins of boxer shorts and men who wear them. Origin of boxer shorts The humble origin of the boxer shorts was not in Africa [1] , as most conspiracy theorists would like us to believe, but in Orissa [2] , India. Orissa to its credit also has pending patents with regards to tying one’s back hair together as a net to catch Ridley Turtles. But coming back to the origin story of boxer shorts, till the early 970AD, all of mankind was content with constricting the blood flow to their nether regions. Things would have continued to be the same had it not been for a young coconut farmer named Biju, who got teased every single time he climbed the coconut tree by his pet cat, Alka. Alka would wince and laugh every single time Biju would tie the jute rope around his waist and climb the coconut tree in his underwear. You see, one of the biggest drawbacks for the patrons of underwear, is that one needs to be maint...