# Bra in the Freezer, I don't Get It **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 12, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603 "2002-08-12T22:21:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/1 "2002-08-12T22:21:47Z")
Shaving cream on the hand and tickle the nose I get. Hand in a warm glass of water I get. Bra in the freezer, I don’t. I imagine it would be painful to put on, but wouldn’t the wearer notice the coldness in her hand before she put it on? Someone, please enlighten me. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/2 "2002-08-12T22:23:51Z")
I don’t get it either. ---
**Author:** ![Lisa\_Ann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lisa\_Ann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lisa_Ann)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/3 "2002-08-12T23:04:08Z")
It’s just dumb. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/4 "2002-08-12T23:06:27Z")
My brother once got his eyebrows shaved off while he was sleeping. Most cruel joke I’ve ever heard of because he was forced to look really stupid for a really long time. That’s one I don’t get, because it’s so mean. Shaving cream, I understand. It’s nicer to use whipped cream though, because it tastes better. That warm water tricked NEVER worked when I was a kid. Bra in the freezer though? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of that. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/5 "2002-08-12T23:15:07Z")
only idea i can come up with is, in the case of an underwire design, one would not lnow the wires were frozen untli putting it on - the straps would have warmed while the metal was still cold. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/6 "2002-08-12T23:18:55Z")
Perhaps the water bra? See [http://starbulletin.com/2000/11/07/features/story2.html](http://starbulletin.com/2000/11/07/features/story2.html) I like the photo. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2002, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/7 "2002-08-12T23:43:09Z")
**happyheathen** beat me to it. I’m assuming that the woman puts the bra on, and then recognizes the frozen metal a few seconds later (and dances around trying to get the bra off, swearing at whichever bastard thought this was a funny gag). ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/8 "2002-08-13T00:12:48Z")
**Silver Fire** , take a look at [this picture](http://www.dumbpics.com/pictures/53.shtml). The only freezer joke I’ve heard of is to soak someone’s underwear in water and then put it in the freezer. Supposedly you get maximum yuks if you can lay it on something flat so when the prankee finds it and holds it up it looks like it’s had the sh\*t starched out of it. I guess they’d have to wait for them to thaw _and_ dry out if they were in a hurry to use them. ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/9 "2002-08-13T03:04:23Z")
I hate to sound stupid here, but what is the the hot water thing? ---
**Author:** ![Cosmopolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/94ad74/32.png) [@Cosmopolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cosmopolitan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/10 "2002-08-13T03:08:00Z")
_Bra_ in the _freezer_, you say?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/11 "2002-08-13T03:13:05Z")
Exactly-you have to SOAK it first, then put it in. By morning, it’s frozen solid, and you can’t wear it. ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/12 "2002-08-13T05:45:01Z")
Wow, that’s really, really dumb. Kids are stupid. Then again so are people in general so it makes sense. 🙂 Thanks everyone! Oh, **Monica**. I almost forgot. Put water in bowl. Heat water to about body temperature. Put bowl next to prankee. Put prankee’s hand into bowl. This is supposed to make the prankee pee his/her pj’s. I guess the theory is since people can incoporate outside stimuli into their dreams (I had/have the hardest time with alarm clocks because of that) the warm water reminds the prankee of urine and induces urination. I’ve never seen it attempted nor have I heard any sucess stories. Maybe its’ just an urban legend. ---
**Author:** ![ladyfoxfyre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@ladyfoxfyre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladyfoxfyre)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/13 "2002-08-13T05:53:00Z")
I think the warm water just encourages your body to urinate. You’ve never gotten that feeling before when you stick your hand into warm water? I haven’t actually seen it done, but I can see where it might work. I wouldn’t do it if they were at my house, that would be a bitch to clean up and definitely not worth the laughs. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/14 "2002-08-13T06:54:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Guinastasia \* > \*\*Exactly-you have to SOAK it first, then put it in. > > By morning, it’s frozen solid, and you can’t wear it. \*\* That’s also the way I heard it (in some teen movie from the late 80s). It’s just a silly thing to do at sleep overs. On the other hand I live in a very warm climate and man oh man toss a damp shirt in the freezer for 30 minutes and put it on and it feels oh so good. Boxers too. Dry will work too but the coolness goes away too quickly. ALmost makes up for not having AC. ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/15 "2002-08-13T08:12:25Z")
Better yet, sit your own self into the fridge… Ooo, feels so good, especially if the AC’s broken. Now if you’ll excuse me- _Sound of fridge door opening_ Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh… ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/16 "2002-08-13T09:41:10Z")
- - - Oh dude, that guacamole is _ruined_. ~ ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/17 "2002-08-13T10:21:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Wolfian \* > \*\*Oh, **Monica**. I almost forgot. Put water in bowl. Heat water to about body temperature. Put bowl next to prankee. Put prankee’s hand into bowl. This is supposed to make the prankee pee his/her pj’s. I guess the theory is since people can incoporate outside stimuli into their dreams (I had/have the hardest time with alarm clocks because of that) the warm water reminds the prankee of urine and induces urination. I’ve never seen it attempted nor have I heard any sucess stories. Maybe its’ just an urban legend. \*\* Cecil’s column on the subject: [Why does putting someone’s hand in warm water make them go to the bathroom?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_027.html) ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2002, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/18 "2002-08-13T11:04:41Z")
The bra in the freezer thing has already been covered, but there’s also that _Who’s The Boss?_ episode that covers it. Hand in warm water thing: my sister tried to do it to me once, but she used cold water. No peeing in my sleep, but I woke up with my hand contorted into a claw, and my fingers were stiff and painful for the first few minutes when I woke up. She asked if I felt funny, I told her about the hand, she asked “Anything else?” I told her no, then I figured out what she was up to. I told her about using warm water, and reminded her who went to sleep **first** in our house, in case she got the notion to try it again. My cousin tried to do the water trick on his little brother once, but the dummy used hot water in his ignorance. So hot in fact that his brother woke up screaming instantly. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/19 "2002-08-14T01:12:05Z")
I saw this thread title last night and didn’t open it…the title sounded like such a good idea in this hot and muggy weather that I put my sports bra in the freezer before I left for work this morning. I am sitting here in my steaming hot house with my cold bra on…and it feels better in here than it has for weeks. I have another one in there for when this one heats up. 🙂 And to think the whole thing was a thread about pranks…Maybe I should stop OPENING threads and just continue to get my inspiration from the titles? ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603/20 "2002-08-14T01:28:39Z")
Glad we could, uuuuhh… help. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bra-in-the-freezer-i-dont-get-it/123603.md?page=2)