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Heated bra aims to save the world
BBC News ^
| 11/9/05
| Staff
Posted on 11/09/2005 6:58:06 AM PST by Millee
A leading lingerie company has joined Japan's fight against high fuel use, unveiling a heated bra for winter.
The fluffy creation contains special pads filled with an eco-friendly gel that can be easily heated in a microwave or with a hot water bottle.
The design also includes a furry boa designed to double as a winter scarf.
Lingerie giant Triumph unveiled the bra months after PM Junichiro Koizumi urged Japan's office workers to ditch ties to save on air conditioning.
Being padded, the new bra packs a little more bulk than most regular designs, but the Japanese arm of Triumph insisted the look was more chic than sheep.
"We hope this will not only help prevent global warming but also provide a little fashion chic to the office," the company said in a statement.
The bra, which comes only in white, also features a pendant shaped like a chilli pepper dangling on its front.
Environmental support
The bra comes with matching shorts, but is not being offered for general sale. Instead the set is being viewed as a prototype product, the first step towards mass-producing eco-friendly clothing.
Japan's government is encouraging people not to set their domestic heating higher than 20C this winter, to reduce fuel consumption and conserve energy stocks.
During the summer, Mr Koizumi surprised Japan's traditionally well-dressed office workers by discarding his tie and urging his countrymen to do the same.
The drive to reduce air-conditioning use and thus greenhouse gas emissions was estimated to have saved enough power to supply 240,000 homes for a month.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: boobs; bras; breasts; whatnopictures
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posted on
11/09/2005 6:58:06 AM PST
by
Millee
To: PaulaB; Dashing Dasher; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; najida; teenyelliott; grellis; ...
Who wants sweaty boobs ping???
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:01:13 AM PST
by
Millee
(As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!!)
To: Millee; PaulaB; Dashing Dasher; Jersey Republican Biker Chick; najida; teenyelliott; grellis
What? No more headlights????
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:02:14 AM PST
by
Maximus of Texas
(On my signal, pull my finger)
To: Millee; tuffydoodle; Rose of Sharn
HEATED BOOB MILK PING!
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:03:06 AM PST
by
Maximus of Texas
(On my signal, pull my finger)
To: Millee
I can't see it as a "ping", more of a "swlap".
To: Millee
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:09:03 AM PST
by
Mike Bates
(Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
To: Millee; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army; Lazamataz; Darksheare; pissant; Dashing Dasher; najida; ...
Thanks for the ping, Millee.
It is my observation that men will not like this heated bra idea. We all know the real reason they keep the room cold is so they can see womens nipples stick out!
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:23:18 AM PST
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:24:18 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: Tijeras_Slim
I didn't say there was anything wrong with it, I am just saying we are on to you!!!
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:25:30 AM PST
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
The Japanese are really looking forward to the "worn by a schoolgirl" resale market. That's where the big bucks are.
SD
To: SoothingDave
You purchase from there often?
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:29:52 AM PST
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
You purchase from there often? It's where my 401k is invested!
SD
To: Millee
I'm trying to work up a "burning bra" quip but my mind is stuck on the imagery.
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:35:13 AM PST
by
Michael Goldsberry
(an enemy of islam -- Joe Boucher; Leapfrog; Dr.Zoidberg; Lazamataz; ...)
To: Millee
Won`t that make the fake ones melt?
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:36:01 AM PST
by
carlr
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
I am just saying we are on to you!!!
To hear the thunder is not a test of one's ears, nor to see the lightning of one's eyes.
- Sun Tzu -
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:39:43 AM PST
by
Tijeras_Slim
(Now that taglines are cool, I refuse to have one.)
To: Leapfrog
What happens when Japanese men, in their cold offices, decide to warm their hands? They don't have sexual harrassment seminars in Japan. They have office girls in schoolgirl uniforms who wait on men hand and foot. Turning them into the "space heater" may not be a good idea.
SD
To: Millee
That's why God gave men hands. They're just reinventing the wheel.
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:39:47 AM PST
by
BJClinton
(An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. ~ Sir Winston Churchill)
To: Millee
Yes, that will go along quite nicely with the gasoline-powered turtleneck sweater.
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posted on
11/09/2005 7:43:15 AM PST
by
dfwgator
To: 3rdcanyon; 75thOVI; albee; Amityschild; andie74; Andy'smom; annyokie; Augustus McCrae; Babu; ...
Industrial
Strength
Humor
PING
To: dfwgator
Got me a fur sink. Of course, I bought some dumb stuff, too.
SD
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