# Mammograms by satellite

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-by-satellite/116224>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 27, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-by-satellite/116224 "2002-06-27T13:27:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-by-satellite/116224/1 "2002-06-27T13:27:35Z")

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From the Press Association’s Ananova website:

[Women pose naked at windows for ‘mammogram by satellite’](http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_617056.html)

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> Four Portuguese women stood topless at their windows because they thought they were getting a mammogram by satellite.
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> The women, who live in San Bartholomeu de Messines in the Algarve, were telephoned by a woman who claimed she was a doctor.

I don’t know whether to laugh or be outraged.

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-by-satellite/116224/2 "2002-06-27T13:39:09Z")

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You’d think these people would keep abreast of technology.

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-by-satellite/116224/3 "2002-06-27T13:40:06Z")

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That’s it. You’re getting your coat.

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-by-satellite/116224/4 "2002-06-27T13:50:08Z")

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No! Don’t make me cleave…

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**Author:** ![Delta-9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3be4f8/32.png) [@Delta-9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Delta-9)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-by-satellite/116224/5 "2002-06-27T14:23:23Z")

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Busted!

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-by-satellite/116224/6 "2002-06-27T14:47:34Z")

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Busted flat, in Moulin Rouge…

\</Janis Joplin\>

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2002, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mammograms-by-satellite/116224/7 "2002-06-27T17:04:30Z")

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Waiting by the pane…

\</Janis Joplin\>