Fashion + Beauty
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
A Bra that Might Save Your Life One Day
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In this era of
multi-tasking, we're confident that every morning when you put
on your bra you ask yourself if that garment couldn't do more
with its life than merely lift and separate. Well, someone has been
on the case. The science humor magazine
Annals of Improbable
Research just gave its
annual Ig
Nobel prize in public health (get it?) to the inventor of a
brassiere that in an emergency can be transformed into a pair of
gas masks.
More Interesting Inventions: A Cure for Cramps?
(Other
prize-winning research for the year went to scientists who
found ingenious uses for tequila and panda poop, and a phycisist
who analyzed why pregnant women don't tip over.) The contest is
tongue in cheek, but the inventions are real (at least in the sense
that they actually have to work). The bra designer, for example,
knows first hand that there are times when a gas mask can come in
handy: she comes from the Ukraine and saw the effects of the
Chernobyl nuclear plant accident in the 80s. Her bra includes two
detachable filtered cups. We guess you're supposed to share one
with the nearest male, at least until the invention of the atomic
jock strap.
Related:
How to build a lingerie wardrobe.
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Posted by biscuiteater Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:27am PDT
It is Ukraine, not THE Ukraine. You don't call Afghanistan THE Afganistan, do you?
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Posted by Wifey Thu Oct 8, 2009 1:35pm PDT
Ok biscuiteater2, you're from THE United States right...Quit being a B!
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Posted by LeahH Thu Oct 8, 2009 2:36pm PDT
was that really neccessary biscuiteater?
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Posted by Iresa Thu Oct 8, 2009 5:52pm PDT
Ahaha...the comments has no relation with the article, but merely correcting people vocabulary.
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Posted by GirlyGirl© Thu Oct 8, 2009 6:25pm PDT
I don't care who's being a B on here, would anyone in their right mind, (not including the folks that wear aluminum foil hats) think that this is even conceivable? Do they make nursing bras like this? One for you, and one for the baby? ROTLF!!!!!
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Posted by Suzy Thu Oct 8, 2009 6:56pm PDT
This articlt makes no sense. I feel like the person didn't write the story.
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Posted by becca Thu Oct 8, 2009 11:17pm PDT
So...what... are you supposed to buy one for everyday and make sure it is worn at all times? I mean, I don't think people will always know when they might need it
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