They just re-ran the commercial. It's called "Hyundai Assurance". I guess that's good or something.
I'm not the only one watching the playoffs, then.
The commercial-in-question claims that "we're all in this together." It's nice to know Hyundai is on my side.
The thing about sports bras is that I demand extreme binding from my sports bras. And almost all sports bras pull on over your head, which is absurd, and the wimpy low-impact ones are the ones which fasten in back. It's hard to get something very tight and binding over your head. This bra fastened in the back and was high impact. I miss it already.
There, there. Let it all out.
"And if you lose your job in the next year, you can return the car."
Since Hyundai makes junk GM would be embarrassed by, I think their slogan should be, 'Lose your shitty job? Lose your shitty car, too!'
max
['Truth in advertising.']
That's the opposite of support. I demand binding!
6 to 4, of course. Or 25 or 6 to 4.
They're available for $21.49 at --
http://bargainsportsbras.com/Champion%20Sports%20Bras%20Sports%20Clothes%20and%20More.htm
8: It's the middle one in the second row, but it won't actually let you purchase one. There's an error or something.
I forgot I posted the item number. Of course it's the middle one in the second row.
Same problem here. I guess you'll have to phone in an order.
There are a few still available on e-bay, also. But there is a more existential crisis underneath these temporary solutions.
3: Like most men, I am fascinated by bras. So enlighten me: what is wrong with pulling over the top? If you had to substitute a high impact overhead bra for a high impact hook-in-the-back bra, what would be lost?
I think this is your opening in the late night infomercial market:
"Tired of pulling tight sports bras over your head?"
[Video of frustrated Heebie struggling with bra, large red circle with slash trough it on screen]
"Or back-fastening bras that just don't bind?"
[Video of Heebie kickboxing, stopping to adjust bra, making frowny face, another circle-with-slash]
"Try the Hee-Bra!"
[Video of Heebie from behind, snapping bra shut, jumping rope with stabilized breasts and big grin on face]
Capitalism in action! Design it and let the best idea win!
"Try the Hee-Bra!"
'It's mathematically sound!'
max
['Getcher bra on!']
The deal is that if it stretches enough to pull it easily down over your head and shoulders, it's not tight enough to give you a lot of support; none of the overhead bras are really high-impact. I do fine with the pullover bras, but I'm less well-endowed than the average of the Unfoggetariat.
5
Since Hyundai makes junk GM would be embarrassed by, I think their slogan should be, 'Lose your shitty job? Lose your shitty car, too!'
Consumer Reports disagrees.
16: Not to mention: ever try to get an overhead bra off when you're sweaty? This is just not a happy situation.
Heebie! Problem solved!
Well, that might be too much bra. But you should look at the rest of their stuff.
19: Five barbells!
The other thing that makes it a bit complicated is that I'm really not that stacked, (well, except right now I am), just very picky about being very well supported. And so the super-industrial bras all make more allowances for chestiness than I can fill. Which is why binding is really what I like.
If you had to substitute a high impact overhead bra for a high impact hook-in-the-back bra, what would be lost?
Like what others said, if I got a high impact overhead bra, I'd want it so tight that it would be a real pain in the ass to get my head and shoulders through it. And even worse to get it off once its sweaty, as Parsi points out.
14 totally made me laugh out loud, though.
Consumer Reports disagrees.
Shearer!...you're supposed to argue with LB!
Which is why binding is really what I like.
Ya know... this blog used to be funny.
max
['It's a new era, sadly.']
"what is wrong with pulling over the top? "
Eventually, you meet the Spandex Anaconda.
When I get home, heebie, I'll give you the brand of sports bra that's my current fav.
I always sort of liked her. This is quite disturbing.
I dont see Ben around, Stanley, so I will do it:
It is libel, not slander.
I'm not in any way judging or condemning BG/ToS. It's a free country.
It wasn't B because she's all Wacoal (sp.) all the time.
BTW, Franken has almost certainly been elected.
The link in 24 is entertainingly like a modern-day Jean Kerr. Thanks for sharing.
It is libel, not slander.
I heard him say it out loud IN MY HEAD.
Also, two thoughts:
Just because you are paranoid, doesnt mean that people arent talking about you.
What is a three syllable word that means that you think people are talking about you?
Perceptive!
Divorces slow, will? You trying to drum up business in a new realm or something?
Which is why binding is really what I like
have you checked out establishments catering to the transexual/Shakespearean comedy heroine community?
No, Witt. BR left me for puerto rico for ten days. Kids are at their mothers.
I am bored silly.
I was betting on Apo.
I'm a big believer in swinging freely, will. But really, my cows.
Sports bras are impossible if you have broad shoulders for your frame and big boobs. I have to wear ones that are sized like bras, but they don't seem that supportive, but the binding ones hurt (and as Heebie says, are absurd to pull on or off over my shoulders). Gah. I haven't been able to find a good one for years and so have been resigned to doing lower impact exercise. So I walk rather than run now (also better on the knees).
Did you read this article Heebie?
From the link in 45:
Measurements compiled by Lawson and her colleagues show that a D-cup in a low-support bra can travel as much as 35 inches up and down (35 inches!) during exercise,
Holy owie, batman!
34:John, I have warned you in the other thread. The Republicans will scream really loud, and Reid & Obama might just hand it to Coleman in order to get to work on more goodies for investment bankers. The resistance to Burris could be an attempt to set a precedent and confuse the media.
Does Franken have a whole lot of friends in the Village? You know Coleman does.
I would hate to see you disappointed.
PS:The Colorado appointment of Bennett is utterly disgusting, and should provide a clue as to who we are dealing with. OpenLeft has the best analysis of the permanent bi-partisan oligarchy.
Gonna be Caroline.
Emerson started it.
I think I know the author from the link in 45, kinda sorta.
I believe Apo should've mentioned this thread.
max
['Boing.']
Best article I ever saw on Slate.
49: I'm not prepared to go tit-for-tat with you on jokes, I don't think.
Has your sense of humor got a boob-oo?
Seems to have completely D-cuppled from me.
On further consideration, rather than judge BG/ToS, I'm inclined to think of this as an interesting new facet requiring me to rethink my view of "each" of them.
Bob, I'm pretty sure Franken is home free. Coleman doesn't have a legal case, and Minnesota Republicans don't seem to be planning to do much (Pawlenty has bowed out). Because of a recount mess a generation ago, the law is carefully written without any loopholes that I know of.
Even the rabid animals at Hot Air etc. seem more resigned and hopeless than militant. The media zombies will probably talk about a "controversial and flawed" recount, but that's about it.
54: Well, there's no use crying over spilt breast milk.
25 was me: Wacoal doesn't make sports bras that I know of. If they do, then obvs that's the brand to buy.
Unfortunately (by which I mean fucking goddmmit all to hell), age has caused me to go up a cup size, and Wacoal no longer makes bras that fit me, either. I have yet to find a decent replacement, which PISSES ME OFF.
and Wacoal no longer makes bras that fit me, either.
Well, now I know why the Wacoal I got for somebody didn't fit. (A real shame that was, too.)
57: You're really pumpin' this breast thing, ain'tcha?
max
['Sporting!']
Only to comment three, but heebie, if your cups runneth over (more than a B) you want to try Enell. My best friend described it as 'East German Olympian bra', and they are not pretty, but your boobs. will. not. move. They fasten with eyehooks in the front. Trust me on this.
My largish C-cup friend who runs marathons swears by Title Nine. FWIW.
The movie for tonight was, as usual my first viewing, David Mamet's Oleanna with William Macy and some nobody bimbette. Apparently Rebecca Pidgeon played the part on stage, and she would have been better, cause I think she is like really hott.
Well, I thought it was funny as I was writing it.
dcphillips33...for anybody who doesn't think IMDB or Amazon have good user reviews. I wish there were more. They would be easier to find there than at the blogs. I could not find any way to permalink that comment.
If given the chance, I might watch that movie ten times.
I suppose Oleanna is way old news for most of y'all. Reading more user comments, I noticed a lack of thoughtful feminists.
But But But...part of the point of the movie is that there really can't be a dialogue between the privileged and oppressed, so maybe feminists needn't bother with that forum, just as leftists shouldn't bother with liberals conservatives.
For the record, I don't think I was confused or conflicted for a moment during the movie.
I mix irony and sincerity too much I think.
Damn, there are weird reactions to Oleanna on the web.
It's a radical feminist/radical politics fable. Mamet brought to Washington for the Clarence Thomas hearings. I respect Rebecca Pidgeon enough to believe she would not marry an asshole.
From a position of power and privilege, you simply do not physically touch someone without invitation or permission. Does anyone remember how outraged I was by Obama groping HRC on the airport tarmac during an argument, when she recoiled in horror and terror? And we are confused about Rick Warren?
The only interesting questions are about if and how the patriarchy and bourgois academic establishment should be engaged.
I hate to go on with this, but I found the movie just plain exciting. I found a copy of the script online, with a slightly different ending from the movie. Apparently Pinter radically changed the ending for the London production, in ways that from the descriptions sound horrible.
After the Professor physically beats the student and almost kills her with a chair, they both sit:
Professor:"Oh My God" (realizing that he has destroyed his life and is headed to jail?)
Student:"That's Right." (believing that the Professor has finally understood the violence inherent in patriarchy & privilege?)
See, from the middle of the first act, I see one of Student's goals as enlightening, educating, and liberating the Professor from his bad faith and rationalizing bullshit. It's is as if he is at the University to get tenure and create a defensive edifice of verbiage and erudition to avoid actually having to teach. Student is acting from compassion.
Mamet, near where I got the script, has a short essay on power relations in the theatre. He ends with:"The oppressed must liberate the oppressor."
The over-the-head thing is really galling. I don't love front closures either. My favorite sports bra is this one, which really seems like it should not be enough support but works for me for running.
Which is to say: you might like it too!
60: It looks like there are 2 stores in Austin that carry Enell sports bras, which would be extra awesome because I could try them on first. Thanks!
66: That one looks like it functions much like my beloved bra. I will look around for that brand, too.
(And thanks for other suggestions, everyone. Those two just jumped out because they are new brands to me.)
I got converted to Wacoal by BG but yeah, haven't found any sports bras from them.
Lily of France Sport in Action Sport Bra with Outside Wire and Back Hook isn't bad, though it might be more than heebie needs when her breasts are her own again.
I have been very, very happy with my Hyundai Elantra GT for the past 5 years (last payment next month!). Not a single damn problem, still runs like a dream, starts in -20 weather, corners well, 26 MPG. And there's still 5 years of warranty on the power train.
Saturn, however, can suck it.
Have you tried this one?
(If the sizing is too big for you, I am completely unsympathetic to your plight.)