Old Wives' Tales, For Want of a Better Name

We've all heard claims and promises that didn't pan out, and menopause
certainly has its share of those.
My favorite was a pontification I read 10 or 15 years ago. To wit: a
woman can tell how bad meno time will be by the extent of her PMS
suffering. What joy I felt when I read those words! I was one of
those lucky ducks who experienced almost no PMS. But when peri & meno
came around, I ruefully realized how premature my joy had been.
Then there was the promise that if I only got enough exercise and
consumed enough black cohosh, dong quai, tofu, Vitamin E,
chastetreeberry, oatstraw, licorice, ginseng, evening primrose oil,
geranium oil, cypress oil, and/or DHEA (to name a few). I could get
rid of those pesky hot flashes. Ha, ha, ha ha ha!
One more, heard as a teen: If I faithfully wore a bra all my waking
hours, my 34D boobs would never sag. That has got to be the funniest
one of them all.
Any others?
Les

On Aug 19, 5:19 pm, sage hen <desertny...@cwo.com> wrote:
> We've all heard claims and promises that didn't pan out, and menopause
> certainly has its share of those.
> My favorite was a pontification I read 10 or 15 years ago. To wit: a
> woman can tell how bad meno time will be by the extent of her PMS
> suffering. What joy I felt when I read those words! I was one of
> those lucky ducks who experienced almost no PMS. But when peri & meno
> came around, I ruefully realized how premature my joy had been.
> Then there was the promise that if I only got enough exercise and
> consumed enough black cohosh, dong quai, tofu, Vitamin E,
> chastetreeberry, oatstraw, licorice, ginseng, evening primrose oil,
> geranium oil, cypress oil, and/or DHEA (to name a few). I could get
> rid of those pesky hot flashes. Ha, ha, ha ha ha!
> One more, heard as a teen: If I faithfully wore a bra all my waking
> hours, my 34D boobs would never sag. That has got to be the funniest
> one of them all.
> Any others?
> Les


that working those pectoral muscles will increase one's bra size
(perhaps i failed by not repeating the appropriate chant - ' i must, i
must ... ,' etc etc etc). & that exercise will relieve menstrual
cramping (of course i first typed menstrual chanting - what would that
be, i suppose?). nothing like running up & down the basketball court
while simultaneously wanting to assume a rocking fetal position.
really screws up your jump shot.

ellen

sage hen <desertnymph@cwo.com> wrote in news:1187558373.171237.238560
@x40g2000prg.googlegroups.com:

> We've all heard claims and promises that didn't pan out, and menopause
> certainly has its share of those.
> My favorite was a pontification I read 10 or 15 years ago. To wit: a
> woman can tell how bad meno time will be by the extent of her PMS
> suffering. What joy I felt when I read those words! I was one of
> those lucky ducks who experienced almost no PMS. But when peri & meno
> came around, I ruefully realized how premature my joy had been.
> Then there was the promise that if I only got enough exercise and
> consumed enough black cohosh, dong quai, tofu, Vitamin E,
> chastetreeberry, oatstraw, licorice, ginseng, evening primrose oil,
> geranium oil, cypress oil, and/or DHEA (to name a few). I could get
> rid of those pesky hot flashes. Ha, ha, ha ha ha!
> One more, heard as a teen: If I faithfully wore a bra all my waking
> hours, my 34D boobs would never sag. That has got to be the funniest
> one of them all.

Oh, yeah, I especially remember that last one.

How about the lie that acne, no matter how bad it was as a teen, would
disappear forever around the time you left high school? Not only did it
never go away, it made a return appearance in peri.

And sorta semi-related, when I was in my teens, all the cosmetics ads
talked about how much help you need if you have 'skin over 40'. Then in
my 20's it became 'skin over 25'. Since when does a 25-year-old have old
skin????

Chak


--
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not
unreasonable that we grapple with problems, but there are tens of
thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we
can, learn what we can, improve the solutions and pass them on.
--Richard P. Feynman

sage hen wrote:
> We've all heard claims and promises that didn't pan out, and menopause
> certainly has its share of those.
> My favorite was a pontification I read 10 or 15 years ago. To wit: a
> woman can tell how bad meno time will be by the extent of her PMS
> suffering. What joy I felt when I read those words! I was one of
> those lucky ducks who experienced almost no PMS. But when peri & meno
> came around, I ruefully realized how premature my joy had been.

Ditto here.

> Then there was the promise that if I only got enough exercise and
> consumed enough black cohosh, dong quai, tofu, Vitamin E,
> chastetreeberry, oatstraw, licorice, ginseng, evening primrose oil,
> geranium oil, cypress oil, and/or DHEA (to name a few). I could get
> rid of those pesky hot flashes. Ha, ha, ha ha ha!

All they wanted was your money...

> One more, heard as a teen: If I faithfully wore a bra all my waking
> hours, my 34D boobs would never sag. That has got to be the funniest
> one of them all.

I thought for sure I'd be safe with my 34Bs...

> Any others?

Well, there's the one about how brushing your hair 100 strokes a
night would make your hair healthy.

Does anyone actually use a hair brush anymore - I don't mean the
round types with sparse bristles that you use to blow dry hair, I
mean the ones with a full set of bristles - preferably boar
bristles - that predated blow dryers. After I stopped setting my
hair on rollers (more than 30 years ago), I stopped using one.
With my very short hair now, I don't even OWN one and haven't for
years.

FurPaw

--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dog.

FurPaw wrote the following on 8/19/2007 8:07 PM:
> Does anyone actually use a hair brush anymore - I don't mean the
> round types with sparse bristles that you use to blow dry hair, I
> mean the ones with a full set of bristles - preferably boar
> bristles - that predated blow dryers.

I do. My hair is very thick and curly, and I like the feel of the
bristles on my scalp. I've also stopped using plastic combs in favor of
wooden ones. I've even got a bamboo one with large teeth for combing out
wet hair.
--
Karen R.

FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote in
news:V6mdnfrwcbD6RlXbnZ2dnUVZ_rSinZ2d@comcast.com:

> Does anyone actually use a hair brush anymore - I don't mean the
> round types with sparse bristles that you use to blow dry hair, I
> mean the ones with a full set of bristles - preferably boar
> bristles

I do! The cats love it. ;-)

And BTW, the reason brushing 100 strokes made your hair shiny was that it
'distributed the oil down to the ends'. Yes, and made lots more come
too, and made your hair really grungy looking.

Chak



--
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not
unreasonable that we grapple with problems, but there are tens of
thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we
can, learn what we can, improve the solutions and pass them on.
--Richard P. Feynman

sage hen <desertnymph@cwo.com> wrote:

> One more, heard as a teen: If I faithfully wore a bra all my waking
> hours, my 34D boobs would never sag. That has got to be the funniest
> one of them all.

Well, I doubt anyone with 34D as a teenager could fight gravity over the
decades as well as us tiny girls could. But bras mean the boobs sag
less.

I was an A-cup as a teenager, and I wore a bra. I didn't feel small or
confident enough not to. I remember seeing a horror movie with a male
friend and in one topless scene, the girl's A-cup boobs actually hung.
"That's what happens to even the smallest tits without a bra," said my
friend. I believed him, and so continued to wear bras, and to tell the
truth, my girls still sit where they're supposed to, though approaching
a C-cup. They do not have the perky points of a 20-something girl, but
have turned into the pendulous breasts reminiscent of fertility
figurines. I've never looked better (with clothes on). :-) Boyish figure
has been replaced by hourglass curviness.

Another reason for the bra, is this piece of advice from my grandmother,
which may fall into the list you've started: Breasts tug down on the
skin and muscles of the chest and throat and so will give you a
double-chin, so keep 'em supported. (And I noticed that Goldie Hawn,
forever braless and slim, nevertheless lost her jawline; she had it
replaced with surgery. So maybe Grandma was right.)

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

I need to find a wood comb...those dang plastic combs scratch my scalp.
Jacquie
"WWWSC #4" <krez56@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:13chs4i54ndd403@corp.supernews.com...
> FurPaw wrote the following on 8/19/2007 8:07 PM:
>> Does anyone actually use a hair brush anymore - I don't mean the round
>> types with sparse bristles that you use to blow dry hair, I mean the ones
>> with a full set of bristles - preferably boar bristles - that predated
>> blow dryers.
>
> I do. My hair is very thick and curly, and I like the feel of the bristles
> on my scalp. I've also stopped using plastic combs in favor of wooden
> ones. I've even got a bamboo one with large teeth for combing out wet
> hair.
> --
> Karen R.

My Daughter just bought me a boar bristle brush from the Beauty supply
place..I love brushing my head with it...it really gets my head to
tingling...it just feels good. I have short hair.
Jacquie
"FurPaw" <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:V6mdnfrwcbD6RlXbnZ2dnUVZ_rSinZ2d@comcast.com. ..
> sage hen wrote:
>> We've all heard claims and promises that didn't pan out, and menopause
>> certainly has its share of those.
>> My favorite was a pontification I read 10 or 15 years ago. To wit: a
>> woman can tell how bad meno time will be by the extent of her PMS
>> suffering. What joy I felt when I read those words! I was one of
>> those lucky ducks who experienced almost no PMS. But when peri & meno
>> came around, I ruefully realized how premature my joy had been.
>
> Ditto here.
>
>> Then there was the promise that if I only got enough exercise and
>> consumed enough black cohosh, dong quai, tofu, Vitamin E,
>> chastetreeberry, oatstraw, licorice, ginseng, evening primrose oil,
>> geranium oil, cypress oil, and/or DHEA (to name a few). I could get
>> rid of those pesky hot flashes. Ha, ha, ha ha ha!
>
> All they wanted was your money...
>
>> One more, heard as a teen: If I faithfully wore a bra all my waking
>> hours, my 34D boobs would never sag. That has got to be the funniest
>> one of them all.
>
> I thought for sure I'd be safe with my 34Bs...
>
>> Any others?
>
> Well, there's the one about how brushing your hair 100 strokes a night
> would make your hair healthy.
>
> Does anyone actually use a hair brush anymore - I don't mean the round
> types with sparse bristles that you use to blow dry hair, I mean the ones
> with a full set of bristles - preferably boar bristles - that predated
> blow dryers. After I stopped setting my hair on rollers (more than 30
> years ago), I stopped using one. With my very short hair now, I don't even
> OWN one and haven't for years.
>
> FurPaw
>
> --
> "Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
> every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
> a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
> those who are cold and are not clothed."
> - Dwight D. Eisenhower
>
> To reply, unleash the dog.

I could use the xtra oil ..I have very dry hair I always brush before I
shampoo.
Jacquie


"Chakolate" <chakolateDeathToSpammers@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9991CFB96ED2Dchakolatehotmailcom@207.115.1 7.102...
> FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote in
> news:V6mdnfrwcbD6RlXbnZ2dnUVZ_rSinZ2d@comcast.com:
>
>> Does anyone actually use a hair brush anymore - I don't mean the
>> round types with sparse bristles that you use to blow dry hair, I
>> mean the ones with a full set of bristles - preferably boar
>> bristles
>
> I do! The cats love it. ;-)
>
> And BTW, the reason brushing 100 strokes made your hair shiny was that it
> 'distributed the oil down to the ends'. Yes, and made lots more come
> too, and made your hair really grungy looking.
>
> Chak
>
>
>
> --
> We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not
> unreasonable that we grapple with problems, but there are tens of
> thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we
> can, learn what we can, improve the solutions and pass them on.
> --Richard P. Feynman
>
>

On Aug 19, 4:19?pm, sage hen <desertny...@cwo.com> wrote:

> Any others?

Oh yes...

Before menopause my favorite line (usually delivered by a
sanctimonious, male doctor) was

"Your cramps are all in your head."


After meopause, the two I remember hearing were

....all women lose their sex drive after they reach menopause.

....all women gain lots of weight after they reach menopause.

Can't speak for "all women" but neither of these turned out to be true
in my case.

marcy

jacquie wrote the following on 8/20/2007 2:27 AM:
> I need to find a wood comb...those dang plastic combs scratch my scalp.

I found mine on eBay. I used to have a lovely wooden comb that my
daughter left on the sink in a puddle of water. It ended up uselessly
warped. :-( So I checked eBay for a reasonable price and found the bamboo
combs, which don't warp in water. Horn is also nice, though more pricey.
--
Karen R.

Keera Ann Fox wrote:
> sage hen <desertnymph@cwo.com> wrote:
>
>> One more, heard as a teen: If I faithfully wore a bra all my waking
>> hours, my 34D boobs would never sag. That has got to be the funniest
>> one of them all.
>
> Well, I doubt anyone with 34D as a teenager could fight gravity over the
> decades as well as us tiny girls could. But bras mean the boobs sag
> less.
>
> I was an A-cup as a teenager, and I wore a bra. I didn't feel small or
> confident enough not to. I remember seeing a horror movie with a male
> friend and in one topless scene, the girl's A-cup boobs actually hung.
> "That's what happens to even the smallest tits without a bra," said my
> friend. I believed him, and so continued to wear bras, and to tell the
> truth, my girls still sit where they're supposed to, though approaching
> a C-cup. They do not have the perky points of a 20-something girl, but
> have turned into the pendulous breasts reminiscent of fertility
> figurines. I've never looked better (with clothes on). :-) Boyish figure
> has been replaced by hourglass curviness.
>
> Another reason for the bra, is this piece of advice from my grandmother,
> which may fall into the list you've started: Breasts tug down on the
> skin and muscles of the chest and throat and so will give you a
> double-chin, so keep 'em supported. (And I noticed that Goldie Hawn,
> forever braless and slim, nevertheless lost her jawline; she had it
> replaced with surgery. So maybe Grandma was right.)
>

I never bothered with bras till I reached a C cup (somewhere in my mid
40s) - and at a DD cup and age 49 (well I will be on Friday <g>) they
may hang a shade lower than they used to, but they don't sag or droop
- I've always done pectoral exorcises - it may not make them bigger,
but it helps them stay in place!


--
Jette Goldie
jette@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
http://wolfette.livejournal.com/
("reply to" is spamblocked - use the email addy in sig)

On Aug 20, 4:09 am, marcy <ngtybtn...@aol.com> wrote:
> On Aug 19, 4:19?pm, sage hen <desertny...@cwo.com> wrote:
>
> > Any others?
>
> Oh yes...
>
> Before menopause my favorite line (usually delivered by a
> sanctimonious, male doctor) was
>
> "Your cramps are all in your head."
>
> After meopause, the two I remember hearing were
>
> ...all women lose their sex drive after they reach menopause.

Change "all" to "some" and that tale is probably true. It certainly
happened to me, and is just as well considering the same thing's
happening to the hubby.
>
> ...all women gain lots of weight after they reach menopause.

I noticed two points in life when maintaining my weight became
challenging. The first was around 40, when metabolism is rumored to
slow down. That's when I started daily 2 hour hikes to keep from
gaining pounds. Most people I know also gained weight at that age.
The other was meno time. Even a further exercise increase and eating
less didn't prevent me from gaining 10 pounds. I saw an article
claiming that the most overweight group is women in their 50s--
approximately two-thirds of us.
Another possible old wives' tale: Heavier women enjoy an easier
menopause?!? I do have several overweight friends who are trouble
free, but also a 300 lb friend who's suffering immensely. Also my
slim sister is sailing through.
Did anyone else's boobs suddenly drop to their waist at age 50, like
mine did? My bra really has its work cut out for it nowadays. Then
there's that strange new rumor that underwire bras can cause breast
cancer. Bras without wires simply don't do the trick for me.
One rare meno reward: My 30 year fibrocystic breast problem has
largely disappeared. Maybe that's what caused the sagging!

Les





> Can't speak for "all women" but neither of these turned out to be true
> in my case.
>
> marcy

Jette <bosslady@scotlandmail.com> wrote:

> I never bothered with bras till I reached a C cup (somewhere in my mid
> 40s) - and at a DD cup and age 49 (well I will be on Friday <g>) they
> may hang a shade lower than they used to, but they don't sag or droop
> - I've always done pectoral exorcises - it may not make them bigger,
> but it helps them stay in place!

That's a good thing! And since I'll probably forget: Happy Birthday in
advance!

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

Keera Ann Fox wrote:
> sage hen <desertnymph@cwo.com> wrote:
>
>> One more, heard as a teen: If I faithfully wore a bra all my waking
>> hours, my 34D boobs would never sag. That has got to be the funniest
>> one of them all.
>
> Well, I doubt anyone with 34D as a teenager could fight gravity over the
> decades as well as us tiny girls could. But bras mean the boobs sag
> less.
>
> I was an A-cup as a teenager, and I wore a bra. I didn't feel small or
> confident enough not to. I remember seeing a horror movie with a male
> friend and in one topless scene, the girl's A-cup boobs actually hung.
> "That's what happens to even the smallest tits without a bra," said my
> friend. I believed him, and so continued to wear bras, and to tell the
> truth, my girls still sit where they're supposed to, though approaching
> a C-cup. They do not have the perky points of a 20-something girl, but
> have turned into the pendulous breasts reminiscent of fertility
> figurines. I've never looked better (with clothes on). :-) Boyish figure
> has been replaced by hourglass curviness.
>


8~) I was an A-minus through my 30's. Had a friend who was
a C. One day she came over looking upset: "I...I just failed
the pencil test!!" I had no idea what she was talking about and
she said, "You really wouldn't understand." She apologized for
saying it but it was true. All summer i was terribly jealous of her,
but winter sure was nice when i could go braless under the layering.

This was something i guess people her size did regularly. Place a pencil
under the boob. It's supposed to fall to the floor because there's no
overhang to hold it in place. For the first time, she had sagged a
smidgen (we must have been mid-30's) and the pencil stayed put.

Then my (hypothyroid, possibly borderline diabetic) weight gain started.
By the time i was B+ to C, depending on the bra brand, i understood
real well! But luckily it was simply being fat that bothered me. Now
that i'm seriously low-carbing it, things are much better, but i still have
the overhang. No matter how much i lose, the muscle structure has
altered forever. And i don't mind it. I'm back in my nice unstructured bras.
Last week i dressed hurriedly one morning -another story- skipped
a bra altogether, and just never got around to putting one on. And
it was great! I'd missed that freedom. I wouldn't do it regularly though.


--
pax,
ruth


Save trees AND money! Buy used books!
http://stores.ebay.com/Noir-and-More-Books-and-Trains

Thanks Karen,
I will check it out
Jacquie

"WWWSC #4" <krez56@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:13cj2o8esd0tr79@corp.supernews.com...
> jacquie wrote the following on 8/20/2007 2:27 AM:
>> I need to find a wood comb...those dang plastic combs scratch my scalp.
>
> I found mine on eBay. I used to have a lovely wooden comb that my daughter
> left on the sink in a puddle of water. It ended up uselessly warped. :-(
> So I checked eBay for a reasonable price and found the bamboo combs, which
> don't warp in water. Horn is also nice, though more pricey.
> --
> Karen R.

I have always been overweight...7 years ago I lost 100 lb(due to not being
able to walk 2-3 miles a day anymore because of arthritic knees some has
come back) I have noticed since menopause(not peri) I find it allot harder
to keep it off. My sister still exercises like she did 10 years ago before
her complete Hyst and she has gradually put about 20 lbs on. My little
sister who is just going into Peri has always been thin..she is now
developing Love handles. I think some has to do with aging and allot had to
do with genetics. My mother always had a great body..however after menopause
she too put on closed to 20 lbs...however ten years later she fought a
loosing battle with lung cancer and couldn't keep the weight on.
Ha..try loosing a hundred pounds and see how your boobs sag. Here I was 50
years old with boobs that looked like they belonged to a 90 year old
woman..with some of the weight coming back they still sag but they don't
look as bad. Good bras help with lift


"sage hen" <desertnymph@cwo.com> wrote in message
news:1187626061.272548.6590@q3g2000prf.googlegroup s.com...
> On Aug 20, 4:09 am, marcy <ngtybtn...@aol.com> wrote:
>> On Aug 19, 4:19?pm, sage hen <desertny...@cwo.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Any others?
>>
>> Oh yes...
>>
>> Before menopause my favorite line (usually delivered by a
>> sanctimonious, male doctor) was
>>
>> "Your cramps are all in your head."
>>
>> After meopause, the two I remember hearing were
>>
>> ...all women lose their sex drive after they reach menopause.
>
> Change "all" to "some" and that tale is probably true. It certainly
> happened to me, and is just as well considering the same thing's
> happening to the hubby.
>>
>> ...all women gain lots of weight after they reach menopause.
>
> I noticed two points in life when maintaining my weight became
> challenging. The first was around 40, when metabolism is rumored to
> slow down. That's when I started daily 2 hour hikes to keep from
> gaining pounds. Most people I know also gained weight at that age.
> The other was meno time. Even a further exercise increase and eating
> less didn't prevent me from gaining 10 pounds. I saw an article
> claiming that the most overweight group is women in their 50s--
> approximately two-thirds of us.
> Another possible old wives' tale: Heavier women enjoy an easier
> menopause?!? I do have several overweight friends who are trouble
> free, but also a 300 lb friend who's suffering immensely. Also my
> slim sister is sailing through.
> Did anyone else's boobs suddenly drop to their waist at age 50, like
> mine did? My bra really has its work cut out for it nowadays. Then
> there's that strange new rumor that underwire bras can cause breast
> cancer. Bras without wires simply don't do the trick for me.
> One rare meno reward: My 30 year fibrocystic breast problem has
> largely disappeared. Maybe that's what caused the sagging!
>
> Les
>
>
>
>
>
>> Can't speak for "all women" but neither of these turned out to be true
>> in my case.
>>
>> marcy
>
>

nickelshrink <nickelshrink@yahoo.com> wrote:

> This was something i guess people her size did regularly. Place a pencil
> under the boob. It's supposed to fall to the floor because there's no
> overhang to hold it in place. For the first time, she had sagged a
> smidgen (we must have been mid-30's) and the pencil stayed put.

I'd forgotten about that test. *gets pencil* You knew I would, right?

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

Keera Ann Fox wrote:
> nickelshrink <nickelshrink@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> This was something i guess people her size did regularly. Place a pencil
>> under the boob. It's supposed to fall to the floor because there's no
>> overhang to hold it in place. For the first time, she had sagged a
>> smidgen (we must have been mid-30's) and the pencil stayed put.
>
> I'd forgotten about that test. *gets pencil* You knew I would, right?
>

As an under-endowed teen, I'd have thought of the pencil falling as
"failing" the test. I "failed" it regularly until I was in my 40s.

--
Jette Goldie
jette@blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
http://wolfette.livejournal.com/
("reply to" is spamblocked - use the email addy in sig)

nickelshrink <nickelshrink@yahoo.com> wrote in
news:5iuaicF3r8sgeU1@mid.individual.net:

> This was something i guess people her size did regularly. Place a
> pencil under the boob. It's supposed to fall to the floor because
> there's no overhang to hold it in place. For the first time, she had
> sagged a smidgen (we must have been mid-30's) and the pencil stayed
> put.
>

Heh - I remember that. It was supposed to be that if you can hold a
pencil then you should wear a bra. (Who comes up with these things??)

One woman I knew heard that and immediately drained her beer can to see
if she could hold that. She could.

Chak

--
We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not
unreasonable that we grapple with problems, but there are tens of
thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we
can, learn what we can, improve the solutions and pass them on.
--Richard P. Feynman

Jette wrote:
> Keera Ann Fox wrote:
>> nickelshrink <nickelshrink@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This was something i guess people her size did regularly. Place a
>>> pencil
>>> under the boob. It's supposed to fall to the floor because there's no
>>> overhang to hold it in place. For the first time, she had sagged a
>>> smidgen (we must have been mid-30's) and the pencil stayed put.
>>
>> I'd forgotten about that test. *gets pencil* You knew I would, right?
>>
>
> As an under-endowed teen, I'd have thought of the pencil falling as
> "failing" the test. I "failed" it regularly until I was in my 40s.
>

Yep! Just the way i felt at the time. "Boy do i wish i had that problem!"

--
pax,
ruth


Save trees AND money! Buy used books!
http://stores.ebay.com/Noir-and-More-Books-and-Trains

On Aug 20, 2:55 pm, Chakolate <chakolateDeathToSpamm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> nickelshrink <nickelshr...@yahoo.com> wrote innews:5iuaicF3r8sgeU1@mid.individual.net:
>
> > This was something i guess people her size did regularly. Place a
> > pencil under the boob. It's supposed to fall to the floor because
> > there's no overhang to hold it in place. For the first time, she had
> > sagged a smidgen (we must have been mid-30's) and the pencil stayed
> > put.
>
> Heh - I remember that. It was supposed to be that if you can hold a
> pencil then you should wear a bra. (Who comes up with these things??)
>
> One woman I knew heard that and immediately drained her beer can to see
> if she could hold that. She could.
>
> Chak
>

At least it was an empty can....

Peahen

On Aug 20, 5:00 pm, nickelshrink <nickelshr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Jette wrote:
> > Keera Ann Fox wrote:
> >> nickelshrink <nickelshr...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >>> This was something i guess people her size did regularly. Place a
> >>> pencil
> >>> under the boob. It's supposed to fall to the floor because there's no
> >>> overhang to hold it in place. For the first time, she had sagged a
> >>> smidgen (we must have been mid-30's) and the pencil stayed put.
>
> >> I'd forgotten about that test. *gets pencil* You knew I would, right?
>
> > As an under-endowed teen, I'd have thought of the pencil falling as
> > "failing" the test. I "failed" it regularly until I was in my 40s.
>
> Yep! Just the way i felt at the time. "Boy do i wish i had that problem!"
>
> --
> pax,
> ruth
>
> Save trees AND money! Buy used books!http://stores.ebay.com/Noir-and-More-Books-and-Trains

& i didn't even know the test existed until today.

ellen

Jette wrote:
> Keera Ann Fox wrote:
>> nickelshrink <nickelshrink@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This was something i guess people her size did regularly. Place a
>>> pencil
>>> under the boob. It's supposed to fall to the floor because there's no
>>> overhang to hold it in place. For the first time, she had sagged a
>>> smidgen (we must have been mid-30's) and the pencil stayed put.
>>
>> I'd forgotten about that test. *gets pencil* You knew I would, right?
>>
>
> As an under-endowed teen, I'd have thought of the pencil falling as
> "failing" the test.

Heh - me too. IIRC, if it fell, you didn't "need" a bra.

I "failed" it regularly until I was in my 40s.

I "failed" it into college, but started passing it there. Dorm
food no doubt contributed, although through my life I've observed
that my boobs are the last to increase when I gain weight and the
first to deflate when I lose it.

FurPaw

--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dog.

On Aug 20, 4:55 pm, Chakolate <chakolateDeathToSpamm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> nickelshrink <nickelshr...@yahoo.com> wrote innews:5iuaicF3r8sgeU1@mid.individual.net:
>
> > This was something i guess people her size did regularly. Place a
> > pencil under the boob. It's supposed to fall to the floor because
> > there's no overhang to hold it in place. For the first time, she had
> > sagged a smidgen (we must have been mid-30's) and the pencil stayed
> > put.
>
> Heh - I remember that. It was supposed to be that if you can hold a
> pencil then you should wear a bra. (Who comes up with these things??)
>
> One woman I knew heard that and immediately drained her beer can to see
> if she could hold that. She could.
>
> Chak
>
> --
> We are at the very beginning of time for the human race. It is not
> unreasonable that we grapple with problems, but there are tens of
> thousands of years in the future. Our responsibility is to do what we
> can, learn what we can, improve the solutions and pass them on.
> --Richard P. Feynman


ok - kind of understand that. do not understand smashing full beer
cans with one's breasts. i am not making that up.

ellen

ellen <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Aug 20, 4:55 pm, Chakolate <chakolateDeathToSpamm...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > nickelshrink <nickelshr...@yahoo.com> wrote
> >innews:5iuaicF3r8sgeU1@mid.individual.net:
> >
> > > This was something i guess people her size did regularly. Place a
> > > pencil under the boob. It's supposed to fall to the floor because
> > > there's no overhang to hold it in place. For the first time, she had
> > > sagged a smidgen (we must have been mid-30's) and the pencil stayed
> > > put.
> >
> > Heh - I remember that. It was supposed to be that if you can hold a
> > pencil then you should wear a bra. (Who comes up with these things??)

Well, it is a simple and clever test. And maybe we can owe the whole
idea to a stripper who needed some place to stash a rose an eager
admirer had just handed her.

> > One woman I knew heard that and immediately drained her beer can to see
> > if she could hold that. She could.

Oh. My.

> ok - kind of understand that. do not understand smashing full beer
> cans with one's breasts. i am not making that up.

LOL! Redneck tits? Or just some really symbolic revenge on a husband?

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

> > ok - kind of understand that. do not understand smashing full beer
> > cans with one's breasts. i am not making that up.
>
> LOL! Redneck tits? Or just some really symbolic revenge on a husband?
>
> --
> Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.http://home.online.no/~kafox/

LOL! oh, i totally like that analysis. i was just assuming it was
some drunken escapade. which then takes on its own life & becomes
part of internet video history.

ellen

ellen <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote:

> Keera Ann Fox <thinkbig.shrinktofit@online.no> wrote:

> > > ok - kind of understand that. do not understand smashing full beer
> > > cans with one's breasts. i am not making that up.
> >
> > LOL! Redneck tits? Or just some really symbolic revenge on a husband?
>
> LOL! oh, i totally like that analysis. i was just assuming it was
> some drunken escapade. which then takes on its own life & becomes
> part of internet video history.

Neither of us are right. She looks perfectly happy and sober:
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyGEzl_kbD0>

Gawd, I love the 'net!!! :-D

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

Keera Ann Fox wrote:
> ellen <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Keera Ann Fox <thinkbig.shrinktofit@online.no> wrote:
>
>>>> ok - kind of understand that. do not understand smashing full beer
>>>> cans with one's breasts. i am not making that up.
>>> LOL! Redneck tits? Or just some really symbolic revenge on a husband?
>> LOL! oh, i totally like that analysis. i was just assuming it was
>> some drunken escapade. which then takes on its own life & becomes
>> part of internet video history.
>
> Neither of us are right. She looks perfectly happy and sober:
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyGEzl_kbD0>
>
> Gawd, I love the 'net!!! :-D

Yeowtch!

And, were those real?

And, that's right up there with opening a beer bottle with your
teeth.

FurPaw
--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dog.

FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote:

> Keera Ann Fox wrote:
> > ellen <epdpster@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Keera Ann Fox <thinkbig.shrinktofit@online.no> wrote:
> >
> >>>> ok - kind of understand that. do not understand smashing full beer
> >>>> cans with one's breasts. i am not making that up.
> >>> LOL! Redneck tits? Or just some really symbolic revenge on a husband?
> >> LOL! oh, i totally like that analysis. i was just assuming it was
> >> some drunken escapade. which then takes on its own life & becomes
> >> part of internet video history.
> >
> > Neither of us are right. She looks perfectly happy and sober:
> > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyGEzl_kbD0>
> >
> > Gawd, I love the 'net!!! :-D
>
> Yeowtch!
>
> And, were those real?

The beer cans? Sure. ;-)

> And, that's right up there with opening a beer bottle with your
> teeth.

Actually, that doesn't seem like such a bad idea, any more.

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

Keera Ann Fox wrote:
> FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote:

>> And, that's right up there with opening a beer bottle with your
>> teeth.
>
> Actually, that doesn't seem like such a bad idea, any more.

Why? I knew a woman in college who did this regularly at
college, and she ended up breaking a couple of teeth.

FurPaw

--
"Every gun that is made, every warship launched,
every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense
a theft from those who hunger and are not fed,
those who are cold and are not clothed."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

To reply, unleash the dog.

FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote:

> Keera Ann Fox wrote:
> > FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> And, that's right up there with opening a beer bottle with your
> >> teeth.
> >
> > Actually, that doesn't seem like such a bad idea, any more.
>
> Why?

In comparison to crushing cans with ones tits, I mean.

> I knew a woman in college who did this regularly at
> college, and she ended up breaking a couple of teeth.

--
Keera in Norway * Think big and then ask for more.
http://home.online.no/~kafox/

On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 10:54:00 -0600, FurPaw <furrealpawdog@gmail.com>
wrote:

>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyGEzl_kbD0


Now, there's something young girls can aspire to...right?