Say It Ain't So!

Hi Everyone,

Sometimes I get into a mood for searching weird things on the web. I like reading papers from other countries. Seems that we are more alike than not. Especially when it comes to common sense or the lack thereof. A few weeks ago, while perusing the web, an article in the Daily Mail, a British newspaper, caught my eye and then some...

The paper reported that a local new start-up manufacturer had made and sold more than 10,000 bras. Now these weren't just any ordinary bras. They were, what the company said, were high tech made bras!? Not long after women started wearing them, a few surprising problems became quite evident. The problems were unique and unprecedented stated the Daily Mail. But what was even more surprising, was the fact that the problems didn't affect the wearers what so ever. The problems affected the general public at large. What???

Apparently the support wire in these new fangled bras had been made out of a kind of copper wire that was originally and specifically designed for the sole use in very special home alarm systems. So get this... when the copper wire came in contact with nylon and body heat, it produced static electricity. The static electricity then interfered with any cell phone, tablet etc., etc., near the wearer of the bra. Then the unthinkable happened, anyone with a pace maker in close proximity to the wearer of the bra, but not the wearer, reported problems with their pace makers. The Chief Engineer of British TeleCom, Lirpa Sloof, stated that she had never heard of such a problem and that they are looking into all of the reported occurrences and will report on their findings.

Now I can't necessarily fault the company for the weird coincidences that produced the problems. Who could have foreseen such problems occurring by making bras? So who can I fault? Well, all I can say is.. April Fools!!! No such thing ever happened. What did happen was I came upon a web site called, The Museum of Hoaxes and their top 100 April Fool's. This one is #17. Oh and by the way, the phony engineer's name is April Fools spelled backwards.

Til next week.

Peter