# Chainmail Hauberks, for the proud mother-to-be

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainmail-hauberks-for-the-proud-mother-to-be/258086
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 3, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainmail-hauberks-for-the-proud-mother-to-be/258086 "2004-08-03T03:56:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author: ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2004, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainmail-hauberks-for-the-proud-mother-to-be/258086/1 "2004-08-03T03:56:19Z")

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I just happened to be checking Google’s “Froogle” feature for chainmail, when I found this…

[Chainmail garb, naturally. But check the category it’s under.](http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%22chainmail%22&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&tab=wf&cat=128)

😕

This is, of course, probably the result of either a bug in Google’s system, or some programmer’s joking around…But still, I thought I’d share.

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### Author: ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2004, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainmail-hauberks-for-the-proud-mother-to-be/258086/2 "2004-08-03T03:58:26Z")

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Yes, but how does it stand up to dildo attacks?

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### Author: ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2004, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainmail-hauberks-for-the-proud-mother-to-be/258086/3 "2004-08-03T04:33:26Z")

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If I were a pregnant wife right now, I might need something like this to help protect me from a pregnant-wife-murdering husband. It seems to be going around.

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### Author: ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2004, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainmail-hauberks-for-the-proud-mother-to-be/258086/4 "2004-08-03T13:54:18Z")

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I’m guessing that in their list of categories, “Maternity” is real close to “Medieval.”

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### Author: ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2004, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainmail-hauberks-for-the-proud-mother-to-be/258086/5 "2004-08-03T14:03:35Z")

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Well shit - wish I’d had this much protection six months ago.  
😃

- Rez, week 24 and counting…

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### Author: ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainmail-hauberks-for-the-proud-mother-to-be/258086/6 "2004-08-03T17:02:35Z")

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Makes perfect sense to me. SCAdians must get knocked up just like everybody else.

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### Author: ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2004, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chainmail-hauberks-for-the-proud-mother-to-be/258086/7 "2004-08-03T21:55:22Z")

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I’d say from the prolific activity that takes place behind the scenes at Ren Faires, SCAdians must get knocked up a lot more than everybody else.