# Breasts **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 15, 2001, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040 "2001-04-15T04:43:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/21 "2001-04-15T15:42:37Z")
Breasts. Is there anything they _can’t_ do? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/22 "2001-04-15T16:09:29Z")
There aren’t enough paper towels in the world to wipe up the coffee I just sputtered on the monitor. Thanks, Mnem 🙂 Robin BTW… ::MsRobyn raises her T-shirt to show (.Y.):: We need a boobie smily! Robin ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/23 "2001-04-15T16:21:10Z")
You only reinforce the great goodwill that I have towards my breasts…🙂 (0)(0) ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/24 "2001-04-15T16:22:33Z")
My attempt at a boob smiley has failed. ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/25 "2001-04-15T16:23:22Z")
An Easter present for the men of the board… _lifts shirt to show…_ ( \* Y \* ) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/26 "2001-04-15T16:24:28Z")
🙂 (.)(.) ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/27 "2001-04-15T16:24:45Z")
This thread is just turning into women showing off their breasts. Do continue. ---
**Author:** ![ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c77e96/32.png) [@ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChoosyChipsAndCeilingWhacks)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/28 "2001-04-15T16:29:18Z")
Hurrah! Yeah me! Please…more praise. Keep it coming. 🙂 [Lifting shirt to show anyone who hasn’t seen already.] -L ---
**Author:** ![Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/41988e/32.png) [@Tequila\_Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tequila_Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/29 "2001-04-15T16:30:17Z")
( @ )( @ ) Is it chilly in here? ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/30 "2001-04-15T16:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mnementh \* > \*\*This thread is just turning into women showing off their breasts. > > Do continue. \*\* In 3 months, we’re gonna see an ad on late night T.V. for “Straight Dope Chicks Caught on Tape”…for only $19.95. It will put all those Spring Break Co-ed tapes to shame… ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/31 "2001-04-15T16:35:11Z")
**Persephone** wrote: > [@](#): > > My breasts thank you. And on behalf of the men of the Board, we thank your breasts. We really, really do. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/32 "2001-04-15T17:25:26Z")
I love my breasts. I do I do I do. I used to have a manager who was mildly obsessed with my breasts. I liked to torment him by coming up behind him and pressing up against his back. I’d also remind him on a regular basis that I can touch them _any time I want_. I am soooo evil. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/33 "2001-04-15T18:24:49Z")
Geobabe, that’s just sick. Unless you want to do it to me… 😉 Palmyra said: > [@](#): > > Mine are more like this: > > (o)(o) I’d be happy to verify that for you. Bring 'em on by. 😉 Cyn said: > [@](#): > > You only reinforce the great goodwill that I have towards my breasts… > (0)(0) Wow, Cyn, nice nipples! ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/34 "2001-04-15T19:22:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Palmyra \* > \*\*Mine are more like this: > > sub(o)[/sub] \*\* cite?😉 ::is tempted to link to the various breast threads we’ve had in the past few months, but elects to let people discover the IBTC thread by themselves. In private:: ---
**Author:** ![Cyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e4f/32.png) [@Cyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyn)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/35 "2001-04-15T19:31:17Z")
\*\* Irishman,\*\*you don’t know how many times I’ve heard that…Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/36 "2001-04-15T19:49:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by berdollos \* > \*\*Your love of breasts is genetically programmed into you. > That is why you love breasts. \*\* Perhaps, but my cousin and I were discussing this topic yesterday after his wife made a comment about us both being titty men. We were both breast fed but our moms are not exactly well endowed. I trace my mammophilia to the stack of Playboy magazines my dad had stashed in an old camper shell, specifically the May '66 and December '68 issues. If that theory is too mundane and pointeless I actually think I may be [the kid](http://www.lileks.com/institute/publicity/monroe2.html) in this picture. Might explain a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Palmyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Palmyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palmyra)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/37 "2001-04-15T20:35:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by iampunha \* > **cite?😉** um, NO. sorry, no nudie pics today, and probably none tomorrow either. ---
**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/38 "2001-04-15T21:43:39Z")
As the owner of two (count 'em - two) breasts, I thank you for your interest and support. Because the straight dope is all about fighting ignorance, in the interest of science, I shall be holding ‘viewings’ behind that curtain over there. ---
**Author:** ![Eutychus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/39 "2001-04-15T21:56:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jazzmine \* > \*\*As the owner of two (count 'em - two) breasts, I thank you for your interest and support. > > Because the straight dope is all about fighting ignorance, in the interest of science, I shall be holding ‘viewings’ behind that curtain over there. \*\* ::: running behind the curtain real quick before anybody else gets there ::: ---
**Author:** ![Billdo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billdo/32/315_2.png) [@Billdo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billdo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2001, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040/40 "2001-04-15T23:19:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DAVEW0071 \* > **But the OP made me think of something. There are many different slang words for breasts, and I wondered if anyone else thought the way I do; specifically, that various breast sizes and types fit various descriptive terms for breasts. (e.g. smaller breasts are better described as titties rather than hooters)** This reminds me of a conversation with friends from long ago. We came to the consensus that each woman’s breasts fell into one of three classifications: a pair, a set and a rack. I believe that the discussion was initiated by an offhand comment one of us had made about a woman that had just passed – “nice rack”. We all concurred that the woman did indeed have a nice rack, but that led immediately to an exploration of what differentiated a rack from other breast structures, and shortly thereafter, the the other breast classifications. It wasn’t merely size or shape, but rather a measure of the whole breast attitude. I don’t recall what the specific criteria were, but I knew that at the time we could reliably and consistently distingingush between the three classifications. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breasts/62040.md?page=3)