# This is too weird not to share with the Teeming Millions **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 18, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917 "2003-08-18T06:20:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**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 18, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/1 "2003-08-18T06:20:52Z")
Check it out- [Victorian Falsies](http://www.antique-lace.com/LadiesUndress/1324/1324.htm) šŸ˜› Yeah, itā€™s lame, but itā€™s also 2:30 am and Iā€™m bored and Iā€™ve been having trouble sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![benthames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@benthames](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benthames)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/2 "2003-08-18T06:24:23Z")
I just need to know what random surfing path brought you to that webpage. I cant even imagine where you started. I mean, did you type ā€œvictorian falsiesā€ into google, and up popped the page? ---
**Author:** ![HerMajestyLorna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7cd45c/32.png) [@HerMajestyLorna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HerMajestyLorna)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/3 "2003-08-18T06:32:21Z")
Wow. Those donā€™t look comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/4 "2003-08-18T06:54:43Z")
Yeah, those are creepy looking. [sub]And how did you find that site?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/5 "2003-08-18T07:26:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by benthames \* > \*\*I just need to know what random surfing path brought you to that webpage. I cant even imagine where you started. I mean, did you type ā€œvictorian falsiesā€ into google, and up popped the page? \*\* Perhaps it was found through the home page for the item: [http://www.antique-lace.com/index.htm](http://www.antique-lace.com/index.htm) Remarkable. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/6 "2003-08-18T10:41:41Z")
Eeek! Looks like those chest-protecters women use in full contact sports! ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/7 "2003-08-18T14:17:29Z")
Ooooh! Iā€™ve been looking at this entire site for about an hour now. Fascinating!! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/8 "2003-08-18T16:16:54Z")
In an emergency can also be used to lead a horse through a burning stable. ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/9 "2003-08-18T16:59:37Z")
Also great for molding cheese in. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/10 "2003-08-18T17:16:53Z")
Looks like it could stop small caliber bullets, tooā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/11 "2003-08-18T17:53:03Z")
Actually, they look pretty refined when compared with the elaborate wire rigging that gave Mae West her legendary proportions. I canā€™t find a piccy, but she wore an all-in-one corset and bustiere which looked as though she made it herself out of old coat-hangers. ---
**Author:** ![October](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@October](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/October)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/12 "2003-08-18T19:38:22Z")
Wouldnā€™t that be great to wear on a date? Your date starts to get a little touchy feely whenā€“surprise! You only thought you were getting to second base, buccoā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![October](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@October](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/October)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/13 "2003-08-18T19:47:25Z")
Actually, I have something similar for martial arts. Itā€™s this sports bra with insertable hard plastic cups called ā€œturtle shells.ā€ ---
**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 19, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/14 "2003-08-19T03:11:03Z")
**benthames** , I was looking at the rest of the site-Iā€™m a vintage clothing buff. Heheheā€¦I can only imagine what they used for the guysā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![benthames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@benthames](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benthames)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/15 "2003-08-19T04:13:25Z")
Sorry if I sounded like I was poking funā€¦I meant it in a good-natured way. When you said it was 2:30 and you couldnā€™t sleep, I figured you were randomly surfing. Again, my apologies. Please, **Violet** , call off the dogs. And I was wondering what they used for guys, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/16 "2003-08-19T04:19:34Z")
You folks _do_ realize that itā€™s entirely possible that your great (something) grandmother wore those? Imagine her ā€œgettinā€™ her groove onā€ with your great (something) grandfather while wearing those! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/17 "2003-08-19T04:25:16Z")
We have a copy of the 1897 Sears catalog at work which has an ad for those, right alongside an ad for the ā€œPrincess Bust Improver.ā€ This item consists of, and I kid you not, a can of ā€œBust Cream, or Food,ā€ and a metal device that looks, and apparently works, like a plunger. The mental image which comes to mind every time I see the ad is extremely funny. I happened across another instance of ā€œfalsiesā€ quite by accident. We were setting up a new exhibit in the museum in which I work. I was dressing a dummy with a turn-of-the-century gown. While I was stuffing the bodice, I noticed strange sideways pockets sewn inside. It took me a while before it finally clicked as to what they were, and that was only because I started utilizing the pockets for their intended purpose-- to pad out the bosom. ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/18 "2003-08-19T04:29:20Z")
Hey, I know that ad, **Lissa**! Thereā€™s a picture of it in the bathroom at one of my favorite places to go, The Martin City Melodrama and Vaudeville Company. I must admit that I have the same reaction to it. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/19 "2003-08-19T06:11:26Z")
Theyā€™re not Victorian Falsies, theyā€™re Victorian Bras, although admittedly more on the WonderBra end of the spectrum. ---
**Author:** ![benthames](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58f4c7/32.png) [@benthames](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benthames)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/20 "2003-08-19T06:21:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tuckerfan \* > \*\*You folks _do_ realize that itā€™s entirely possible that your great (something) grandmother wore those? Imagine her ā€œgettinā€™ her groove onā€ with your great (something) grandfather while wearing those! :eek: \*\* My great-great grandmother had 17 children. One of them may have come out sideways. I doubt she had time to get her groove on with anyone or anything. šŸ™‚ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917.md?page=2)