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In Case of Emergency, Please Remove Your Bra
An anonymous reader writes "Caught in a disaster with harmful airborne particles? You'd better hope you're wearing the Emergency Bra. Simply unsnap the bright red bra, separate the cups, and slip it over your head — one cup for you, and one for your friend. Dr. Elena Bodnar won an Ig Nobel Award for the invention last year, an annual tribute to scientific research that on the surface seems goofy but is often surprisingly practical. And now Bodnar has brought the eBra to the public; purchase one online for just $29.95."
Protect your lungs and smell breast sweat...bonus.
I am Bennett Haselton! I am Bennett Haselton!
Two points:
1. this is idle
2. this is an ig noble award recipient. IG's are about on the same geeky level as a Klingon opera.
So when the siren sounds, start groping nearby females in search of a gasmask. :)
Now I have to grow out my man-boobs
See, if you were an American you would already have them ;)
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.
Wow, this is so much more appealing than my eCup idea for men.
[scene] Dozens of fully clothed dead men and women lying around the computer room
[Officer 1] What happened here?
[Officer 2] These poor souls died in the gas attack
[Officer 1] What?! Everybody else in the building survived just fine. They used those new-fangled gas mask bras.
[Officer 2, Checking a few bodies] I see several of these women are wearing those bras. Why didn't these people use them?
[Officer 1, Reading the bra's instructions] "Step 1, remove bra"...Step 2..."
[Officer 2] Well, there's the problem right away. This is a Slashdot crowd; no experience in removing bras.
It's not a repost, The new info is the bra is now commercially available.
So now big boobs can be linked to high chances of survival? Will bra's start coming ratted in CFM rather than by Cup? Time for my Wife to get that boob job, "Think of the children dear!"
- Dan.
~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.
Next up: the zombie-killing ammunition-loaded bra, for those afraid of zombie attack.
Available in sizes from .22 A-cup "Peashooter" all the way to 500-mm EEE-cup "Big Bertha."
During the highly-infectious SARS period in 2003, several countries in East Asia were in a state of emergency. N95-rated respirator masks were in extreme short supply.
One bra-manufacturing factory in Taiwan quickly modified its process and churned out masks instead - using the cup and straps as its basic design.
It was a godsend among the Taiwanese who were greatly desperate for protection against the deadly virus, which spreads via tiny droplets of saliva sneezed/coughed into the air.
I die happy?
- Dan.
~ People that think they are better than anyone else for any reason are the cause of all the strife in the world.