WRT the first story on the page...
When I was in the Navy I used to catch static for wearing plain white t-shirts. They were nice heavy T's, no different than most shirts plastered with logos or whatever. But because they were just plain white they constituted "underwear." I started taking a Sharpie and dabbing a dot over my heart. For some reason, that was enough to make them "outerwear"
Sometimes bright line rules sure do seem silly.
-Sik