{"id":571306,"date":"2010-05-19T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T23:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/19\/george-clooney-voted-best-road-trip-companion-by-underwear-co\/"},"modified":"2010-05-19T19:28:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T23:28:00","slug":"george-clooney-voted-best-road-trip-companion-by-underwear-company-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/571306","title":{"rendered":"George Clooney voted best road trip companion by&#8230; underwear company survey?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Filed under: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/timewarp\/\" rel=\"tag\">Classics<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/convertibles\/\" rel=\"tag\">Convertible<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/ford\/\" rel=\"tag\">Ford<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/category\/celebrities\/\" rel=\"tag\">Celebrities<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/photos\/jockey-1965-ford-mustang\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"4\" hspace=\"0\" border=\"1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blogcdn.com\/www.autoblog.com\/media\/2010\/05\/jockey-mustang-630.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><small>Jockey&#8217;s 1965 Ford Mustang Convertible &#8211; Click above to enlarge<br \/>\n<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<p>\nHere&#8217;s a fun little fact for you: When the economy began tanking in late 2008, sales of men&#8217;s underwear followed, plummeting nearly 12 percent. In fact, male undergarments are one of Alan Greenspan&#8217;s key market indicators. Why? If you don&#8217;t have a job, suddenly outdated undies are the least of your concerns. How about another one? On average, men only buy underwear for 17 years of their lives. No, your grandfather isn&#8217;t wearing the same boxers he picked in Hanoi, but typical guys only buy their own unmentionables from age 19-36. Otherwise, the duty falls on the heads of mothers, girlfriends and wives.<\/p>\n<p>And why do you care? Because both of those tidbits go a long way toward explaining why Jockey, a company that specializes in men&#8217;s underwear, seems to think most Americans would want to go on a road trip with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/01\/20\/video-opel-goes-all-oceans-eleven-and-augmented-reality-for-n\/\">George Clooney<\/a>. Don&#8217;t get us wrong. Clooney seems like a stand up guy, and we certainly wouldn&#8217;t turn down having a beer with the actor-turned-philanthropist if the opportunity arose, but we could probably come up with a few other persons of interest when it comes to hopping in the car and heading for the horizon. We&#8217;re thinking the results of the survey may have been slightly skewed to the female end of the spectrum. <\/p>\n<p>The info also keys us in to why Jockey is offering everyone and their cousin the chance to win a gorgeous 1965 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/model\/mustang\">Ford Mustang<\/a> Convertible to go on their very own all-American road trip. The car will be towing a small Airstream from coast to coast to stir up interest, so you can either catch it along the way or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jockeyclassic.com\/event\/\">sign up here<\/a>. Here&#8217;s hoping there&#8217;s a 289 under the hood. Hit the jump for the PR, and be sure to leave us your pick for a road trip companion in &#8216;Comments.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>[Source: Jockey]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/19\/george-clooney-voted-best-road-trip-companion-by-underwear-co\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Continue reading <em>George Clooney voted best road trip companion by&#8230; underwear company survey?<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2010\/05\/19\/george-clooney-voted-best-road-trip-companion-by-underwear-co\/\">George Clooney voted best road trip companion by&#8230; underwear company survey?<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\">Autoblog<\/a> on Wed, 19 May 2010 18:28:00 EST.  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In fact, male undergarments are one of Alan Greenspan&#8217;s key market indicators. Why? 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