I read somewhere that women are supposed to put on bras by leaning forward, putting your boobs in the cups, and then reaching around your back to do up the hooks and eyes. Maybe it\u2019s just me, but I could never have done that, even before my shoulders were rogered. Clearly we women have to take it one step further than the Queen through the looking glass, and actually achieve six impossible things before breakfast.<\/p>\n
Also disappointed to discover today that the bra wasn\u2019t invented by Otto Titzling after all. Next they\u2019ll be saying the tooth fairy isn\u2019t real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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