Twins Gain Fame By Inventing Bully-Proof Underwear
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Eight-year-old twins said they have the solution for wedgies, those dreaded and time-honored yanks on a school kid's underwear by playground bullies.
Jared and Justin Serovich came up with the "Rip Away 1000," rigged shorts that got them to the finals of a central Ohio invention competition earlier this year, as well as an invitation to appear on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
The third-graders from Gables Elementary took apart some old underwear and reassembled them with Velcro holding together the seams.
"When the person tries to grab you - like the bully or the person tries to give you a wedgie - they just rip away," Justin explained Thursday by phone from Los Angeles, where the "Ellen" installment was taped Wednesday. It was to air Friday.
The kids began brainstorming one day after they were horsing around, giving each other the treatment, and their mother's partner sarcastically said someone ought to invent wedgie-proof underwear, the family said.
