[Slow Ben]

Large quantities of drunkeness!


Is there 2 n's between the e's or 1. I'm goin with 1.

[Tsundoku]

Baby got ... front?

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http://www.news.com....i-1225699623920

40 per cent of Australian women wear a bra with a cup size DD or bigger

* By Elle Halliwell
* From: The Sunday Telegraph
* April 05, 2009 12:01AM

Cup runneth over ... the bra market is literally expanding, with new research showing more women than ever are wearing a DD cup or bigger / Sam Ruttyn | Best and worst boob jobs |

Breasts of Aussie women getting larger 40 per cent of women DD or bigger Obesity, contraceptive pill to blame

THE bra market is expanding, literally. Up to 40 per cent of Australian women now buy bras with a cup size of DD or higher, new figures from lingerie suppliers show.

In the 1950s, the most common bra-cup size was a B - three sizes less than a DD.

Modern breasts are getting so large that some bra companies have introduced cup sizes as high as K, The Sunday Telegraph reports.

Experts blame the cleavage boost on obesity, contraceptive pills and artificial hormones.

Myer lingerie buyer Kerryn Sawyer said sales of DD-plus bras have grown from about 20 per cent of sales to 28 per cent in just five years.

Many lingerie labels such as Berlei and Triumph are now offering G cups while Fayreform, Freya and Le Mystere are producing select styles up to a size J.

Berlei brand manager Jane Edser said the company's range of bra styles, available in DD-plus, had, increased since 2005 from 75 per cent to 83 per cent, to cater for the growing market.

Bra company Eveden Australia launched a K cup into the market last year. The company's fitting specialist, Victoria Jubb, said obesity contributed significantly to the expanding chest sizes but the number of small-figured women with large breasts was on the increase.

"We're noticing a lot more girls with small backs and bigger bust sizes being fitted," she said.

Eveden's top-selling size is a 10G.

As women's chests have grown, the number of breast reductions have doubled in the past decade, said cosmetic surgeon Mark Goyen.

"There's definitely been an increase," said Dr Goyen, who runs Sydney surgery the Alia Clinic. "I was doing about 10 to 15 female breast reductions a year, now I'm doing 20 to 30.

"There's no question that because the population is bigger their breasts are bigger as well, because it's all fatty tissue.

"As women get older the amount of fatty tissue increases, and also the proportion of fat increases."

Sydney cardiologist Ross Walker said artificial oestrogens found in foods, plastics and cosmetics had also contributed to the growth spurt. Oestrogen in contraceptive pills also spurred the growth of breast tissue, Family Planning NSW research director Edith Weisberg said. "I think the higher-dose pills could, because the oestrogen causes development of the breast tissue," she said.

Larger, more cumbersome breasts often discouraged women from exercising, said body-image expert Jenny O'Dea, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Education and Social Work.

Dr O'Dea said that makes it even harder to lose the weight and can lead to further increases in breast size.

"One thing I find in my body-image research is that girls and women with large breasts tend to avoid sport and physical activity because it becomes a bit bothersome," she said. "They stopped exercising when they developed large breasts, whereas we want big women to do the complete opposite and be as physically active as they can."

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So what's wrong with swimming instead of jogging?

[caladanbrood]

I live in a house that smells almost constantly of bacon. All is well.

[Tiste Simeon]

*books tickets to move to Australia* I like that article.

Sombra, yes I shall be a part of the police force. It pays pretty well and it gets me out and active which is what I think I need!

[Mezla PigDog]

Lots of new precious things.

[Tiste Simeon]

This may sound ridiculously girly but wine and ice cream. And a very hawt South African girl who thinks I'm funny. That last bit wasn't so girly...

[Hinter]

After 14 days without a break from the kitchen, I am off for a week starting 3pm tomorrow. I will sleep. Lots.

[MTS]

New phone. Shiny!

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Planning for the Valentines Day Pillow Fight in San Francisco. Going off with a few couples, well armed of course.

[MTS]

Goin' to Brisbane and the Gold Coast on Friday for two weeks.

[Centzon Totochtin]

woo our neck of the woods. we are friendly here, well brisbane is, one the gold coast watch out for the old leathery people that will try to devour you and steal your soul to make themselves young and beautiful again.

[MTS]

Hah, I'll watch out for that. I'll be in Caloundra though, so I won't be down there all that much. Mostly Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast I think.

[Mezla PigDog]

Mappo, on 01 February 2010 - 01:16 AM, said:

New phone. Shiny!

Me too! 3 years in the wastelands of mobile phone technology and now I'm back. It's not as fancy as an iPhone but I don't think I could handle that kind of technology transition after my uber-chav phone.

[MTS]

Yeah, I'm a little overwhelmed. All these new functions! I'm so used to only being able to text, call and store things. Yet I'm sad that my favourite mobile game of all time (Snake) has been replaced by all these crap ones. I could play that game for hours.

[Aptorian]

Mappo, on 01 February 2010 - 09:24 AM, said:

Yet I'm sad that my favourite mobile game of all time (Snake) has been replaced by all these crap ones. I could play that game for hours.

Good lord, how old was this phone? That game was popular in the late 90s.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Snake, on the old nokias, was in fact the best mobile game ever made.

[MTS]

Four to five years old? It wasn't the late 90's Snake, but a better version, graphically.

[Macros]

£1 notes
Ah the joys of the highlands

[Tiste Simeon]

New phones are weird. On mine, I can play Tetris, Brain Training, Poker and Golf, but try and send a text without doing something wrong and suddenly there is an issue?

[Cougar]

I have a new mobile too, I'm an avowed Blackberry user though and the new web browser is vasty superior, also, and more importanly it is shinier and has a rubbery track ball.