# 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:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/21 "2003-08-19T06:44:58Z")
Is anything? ---
**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 19, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/22 "2003-08-19T06:47:50Z")
> [@](#): > > 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. I’m not sure you’ve thought that one through… ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/23 "2003-08-19T06:59:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HerMajestyLorna \* > \*\*Wow. Those don’t look comfortable. \*\* Huh. I was thinking it looked strangely familiar - almost exactly like a miracle bra (which is, technically, uncomfortable, too.) ---
**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, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/24 "2003-08-19T07:00:14Z")
Well, she lived on a farm in North Dakota. I forgot to mention that. With 17 kids, I mean, who has time for petty contrivances like the Bust Enhancer? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2003, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/25 "2003-08-19T11:37:29Z")
It could be used in an emergency situation as a dual cannon ball sling shot holder thingie. ---
**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, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/26 "2003-08-19T13:45:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AndrewT \* > \*\*They’re not Victorian Falsies, they’re Victorian Bras, although admittedly more on the WonderBra end of the spectrum. \*\* Well, not really. A woman couldn’t just put those on and then put her dress on over it, the way a woman does today with a bra. That wouldn’t have been “proper.” She still would have worn her corset and myriad other underthings. The purpose of these “bust imporvers” is to restore shape to a bosom flattened by the corset, or, as the ads sometimes put it, “improve on nature.” \*\* HerMajestyLorna, \*\* comfort wasn’t really an issue. Women were never comfortable in their clothing in the Victorian era. You know, I really have a lot of admiration for our fore-mothers. To have survived in the heat wearing around five layers of clothing, (which weighed up to twenty pounds) and a crushing corset means that they were tough ladies, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2003, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917/27 "2003-08-21T07:13:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lissa \* > \*\*You know, I really have a lot of admiration for our fore-mothers. To have survived in the heat wearing around five layers of clothing, (which weighed up to twenty pounds) and a crushing corset means that they were tough ladies, indeed. \*\* While being called “the weaker sex”. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-too-weird-not-to-share-with-the-teeming-millions/195917.md?page=1)