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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:09 PM
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Swedish female soldiers complain their bras fall off and catch fire too easily.
From the Matcom News swedish beaureax:

The Swedish Conscription Council, a rights group representing the country's 500-odd women soldiers, said the poor quality of the standard-issue sports bras was unacceptable.

"Our opinion is that the Swedish Armed Forces should have ordered good, flame-proof underwear," Paulina Rehbinder, a union spokeswoman, told The Local, Sweden's English-language newspaper.

The bras unhook too easily during strenuous exercise, soldiers said, forcing women to interrupt their activities to remove their equipment in order to re-fasten the brassieres.

The bras are also highly flammable, according to a report in the Göteborgs-Posten newspaper.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/sweden/6220319/Female-Swedish-soldiers-complain-about-flammable-bras.html

Which isn't making me think of Carry On Camping, not at all your honour.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:12 PM
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1. My dear billy!
How can we win wars if we have to stop to fix our bras?

And flammable???

That's just too damn scary!:scared:


:hi:

:hug:
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:15 PM
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2. Oh the humanTitty!!
God I love the swiss! :)
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:22 PM
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8. Swedish!
:spank:
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:24 PM
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9. Oops..

Sooory...:rofl: :yoiks:
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:18 PM
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3. The Amazon archers had a solution.
One we all hope never again catches on...
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:19 PM
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5. Trust me.
Most healthy women would rather die than do that. :scared:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:19 PM
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4. So much for the Easy To Fall Off bra campaign I was getting ready to embark upon.
Typical.
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:31 PM
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11. It's still a good idea.. What if you went at it from a different angle?
Threads that disintegrate under sweat. :evilgrin:
:D :crazy:
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:38 PM
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13. Trust me, I've gone at breasts from every angle I can think of.
:rofl:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:44 PM
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I still have much research I wish to do.
:9
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:44 PM
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15. I bet tit's true!
:evilgrin: Me too. There is something about those things that intrigue me.:dunce:
:woohoo: :D
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:20 PM
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6. Those flame outs has become the stuff of legends
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:21 PM
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7. Happens in the UK as well ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtVR4S6V6P4&feature=related (NSFW - British comedy! So watch out!)

Hey!!!!!! :pals:
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:28 PM
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10. Hey!
:pals: :hi:
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brendan120678 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:38 PM
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12. Will I get in trouble for saying that...
I need further proof of this prior to reaching judgment?
Maybe photographic evidence?
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edbermac Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:43 PM
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14. Our own Marines are complaining about their bad fitting shorts.
War is hell.

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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 04:13 PM
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19. This is my rifle....nt
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surrealAmerican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 03:47 PM
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16. I'm thinking if it's going to catch fire ...
... I would hope that it would fall off first.
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 04:09 PM
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17. Welcome back. Haven't seen one of your posts forever.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 04:12 PM
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18. Thank you.
:hi:
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 05:35 PM
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20. A cunning plan,
hatched by Norwegians. (Who still hold a grudge.)
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 05:45 PM
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21. How hard can it be to find a good sports bra.
I find good ones a Target.

No hooks needed.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:27 PM
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22. CATCH FIRE!?!
I think that would fall under "You're doing it wrong."
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 07:07 PM
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24. Dozens of bras spontaneously combust each year.
It's just not really widely reported.


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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 06:58 PM
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23. I really love the idea of an Army with a Union.....the Republicans would
just shit themselves.


mark
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conscious evolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 09:03 PM
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30. The Dutch army is unionized also
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 02:58 AM
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35. I remember that from back in the '60's - there was some talk about
a union for the US military, which of course went nowhere - the career officers wouild have none of it...might interfere with their feifdom.

mark
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rcrush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 07:16 PM
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25. Solution = Topless Army
Everyone wins!
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 10:19 PM
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33. I'm concerned that the Swedish Bikini Team will not be able to compete...
Edited on Wed Oct-14-09 10:20 PM by Orsino
...against a government-run, socialized program.
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whistler162 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 08:16 PM
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26. This thread needs to be locked unless there are pictures!
Edited on Wed Oct-14-09 08:18 PM by whistler162
This is definitely not my grandfather's Swedish army.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 08:18 PM
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27. because they make too much bread?
:rofl: :hi::hug:
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 08:20 PM
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28. A burning bra can't fall off fast enough!
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 08:25 PM
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29. I hope they catch fire only *after* they fall off.
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Madrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 09:20 PM
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31. omg
You've reappeared!

I've been wondering about you - hope you're well.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 03:08 AM
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36. Aw
thank you. :hug:
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-14-09 10:12 PM
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32. Is Sweden recruiting? n/t
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petronius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-15-09 01:53 AM
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34. My complaint about female Swedish soldiers is that their bras don't come off easily enough
The fire thing - that's just kinky (but I'll try anything twice)...
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