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El Reg reports Brassiere belays boob-bound bullet, begetting bruised breastbone
[A] woman, who was cycling through Germany's least densely populated state of Mecklenberg-Western Pomerania, was saved by the wire lining of her bra, reported Germany's Gadebusch-Rehnaer Zeitung.
[A] couple had chosen to cycle across a field between the towns of Gadebusch and Kochelstor in Germany, when they unwittingly entered a conflict between man and beast.
Feeling a sudden pain in her chest, and glancing thither, she noted that she'd been struck by a rebounded shot and was saved only by the underwire of her brassiere, leaving her with but a bruise.
The minimalist technology involved surprised me. I expected something much more exotic.
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* m2 stares at the monitor... it looks like a hamburger...
m2 - that's a bad sign
(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Thursday August 13 2015, @08:07AM
Isn't there some story that Amazons removed one or both of their breasts because A) it got in the way of a bow's draw string and B) having removed one, it unbalanced them so they removed the other too.
I'm sorry I don't have a citation on this.
(Score: 2) by kurenai.tsubasa on Thursday August 13 2015, @09:52PM
Citation provided! [independent.co.uk] It appears this story may have arisen from bad etymology.
(Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Friday August 14 2015, @08:56AM
Thanks for this! I've done some archery in the past and there are plenty of girls and women who take part. They often wear a leather guard like that used on the inside of the arm, so it's no great stretch of the imagination that historical Amazon women could have done the same.