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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 06:22 PM
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Why are British women's breasts getting bigger?
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 06:24 PM
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1. I have a serious answer
but it's not to this particularly question.

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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 06:26 PM
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2. why ask why. just enjoy.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 06:34 PM
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3. THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICTURES!!!
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 06:39 PM
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 07:38 PM
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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 08:07 PM
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12. tell her about the shrinkage jerry..... meh. nt
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dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 01:20 PM
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23. like a frightened turtle .....
I can only imagine what this was in response to.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 08:17 PM
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dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 07:50 AM
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45. Interesting.
It seems like many such studies involve self-reporting. Maybe men are just getting more truthful! Or maybe it is the result of sexual selection: men who drive Hummers and Corvettes are fathering more children that sedan drivers.

I would tell you why you got deleted, but it would probably get my post deleted too.



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seabeyond Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 08:23 AM
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47. lol, well it is a legitimate issue. chemicals ect... female hormones polluting environment
it is something, raising two boys, i have listened to. something needs to be addressed, yet we tend to ignore, as with so many things today.

and, from what i hear, it was not my post. i can get it undeleted if i wanted, i just let stand because i made this other post to you. it was the post below that went over the line. thoug,h nothing bad. was in joke, just not appropriate.

if breast size can be an issue because of science, then too, can the penis.

it just seems women dont jump on and make comments so readily about the male body, as males feel comfortable doing with the female body, over and over and over .... again.

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MicaelS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 06:43 PM
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5. "There are 31 components in a bra with a DD+ cup,"
"10 more than are required for smaller sizes. There's an extra panel of fabric in each cup to allow volume curve. There are slings down the side of the cups that hold the wearer's breasts securely to minimise movement. The underwiring bands have greater stretch to open up and frame the breasts. The underband and shoulder straps are modular, so that some parts stretch while others don't, to create an excellent fit."

Ah.. engineering at it's finest. :bounce:
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 06:49 PM
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6. Two cups in the front, two loops in the back.
How do they do it?

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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 10:01 AM
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20. That must be why they are so expensive
Every time my wife goes shopping for new bras I have to take out a loan, they don't carry her size in the dept stores so it's off to the specialty shops for her :crazy:

Not that I'm complaining though :evilgrin:
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 06:55 PM
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7. I honestly have no idea, but
"Rule, Britannia!" :loveya:
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 07:42 PM
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9. Because our breasts grow together with our beauty and brains...
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Soylent Brice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 11:15 AM
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21. clever girl...
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 08:35 PM
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34. They grow together? Into one big boob/brain amalgam?
Hmm.
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HipChick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 07:52 PM
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10. I was already a 38D in secondary school...
and skinny as a rake...I was called Boobstickle...amongst other things..kids are cruel..all over the world..
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Drunken Irishman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 12:58 AM
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15. Photos?
Ha. I keed.
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 04:30 PM
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49. That sounds like an ex-GF back in high school, though she probably wasn't as skinny as you were.
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Yeahyeah Donating Member (741 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 07:53 PM
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11. British men's hands are getting bigger.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 01:39 PM
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26. Ewwwwww...
(Chuckle) :hi:
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bluesbassman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-16-10 08:27 PM
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13. Nah, men's heads are just getting smaller so it's an optical illusion.
:evilgrin:
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 12:47 AM
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14. Scientists have dubbed this the "Benny Hill Effect".
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 01:03 AM
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16. Chicken McNuggets?
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 01:05 AM
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17. Because it's so fun to say "She's got huuuuuuge... tracts of land."
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 02:01 AM
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18. "I like her wits."
"We like her eyes."
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Paper Roses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 06:17 AM
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19. This Guardian article really does not answer the whole question.
As a 67 year old with expanding boobs, I wish it mentioned why I went from a 34B to a 38B fuller cup. The "B's are not to be compared to one another. My old bras, stored away, would look like a bikini top if I tried to squeeze into one of them. They actually would not go around me, let alone try to squeeze into one.

I am 126 pounds, gained no weight, and am 5'4". Nothing has changed with my food consumption or anything else that I can think of. Let me tell you, it is very uncomfortable, and at my age, not an asset of any type. This has been going on for the last few years. I asked my Doctor and he looked at me like I was crazy and said, "never heard of anything like that".

Wish to heck there was some way to get rid of this extra "boobage".
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 01:15 PM
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BreweryYardRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 01:26 PM
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24. Seriously? Cool.
Always wanted to spend a month in Britain seeing the sights. Now there's another reason...and other sights! :evilgrin:
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 01:34 PM
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25. "Britain's breast biomechanics research unit at Portsmouth University"
Damn, did I major in the wrong thing in college!
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dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 01:56 PM
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27. It is their desperate attempt to get my attention.
Unfortunately for them, I prefer their slender, lithe American cousins. :evilgrin:
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pink-o Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 08:01 PM
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28. Oh, the Brits have always been boob-obsessed. This article probably was just published to titillate
Yes, yes, pun intended OF COURSE

But look at Rupert's trash tab "The Sun". Mixed in with the conservative crap is some topless girl talking about how she wants to go out and feed starving children. (By lactating, perhaps).
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 08:23 PM
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30. Because they're getting fatter - American women having the same issue.
Great article in the WSJ a couple days ago about it.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 09:24 PM
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35. That's ok too
As long as it doesn't go to extremes. A little bit o fat can be phat. :P
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 08:24 PM
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31. Well, the guy said that it was a magic lamp
I didn't believe him at first, but now I'm having second thoughts...
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pintobean Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 08:29 PM
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32. That might help explain this
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caitxrawks Donating Member (431 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 08:32 PM
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33. haha.
It makes me laugh because it's true.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 10:31 PM
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40. It has been true for a long time...
generations, in fact! :rofl:

I shouldn't laugh...
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Generic Brad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 09:48 PM
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36. To mock me
Sigh
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 10:19 PM
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37. Cow's milk in the diet.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 10:29 PM
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39. Don't say that.
You'll outrage too many.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 10:58 AM
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48. LOL....
:hide:
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Dr. Strange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 10:25 PM
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38. I see "Project: Benny Hill" has met with some success.
I can't say more, though. Top secret, hush-hush.
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-17-10 11:32 PM
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41. This effect is difficult to observe from central North Carolina
so I'm afraid I can't add much to the discussion right now

If someone wants to pay my way across the Pond and back, I'll be happy to report my results
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 01:56 AM
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42. Why look a gift horse in the mouth?
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 02:12 AM
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43. HFCS?
:hide:
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Rhiannon12866 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 04:12 AM
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44. Surgery?
:shrug:
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue May-18-10 07:54 AM
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46. not a lot of people know that a couple of decades ago, scientists
started splicing Helen Mirren's genes into childbearing women...Today we can see the fruits of their labor...
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