Not actually a shower thought; this occurred while waiting in line to cross the border from Canada back to the US. In fact, I had a double “I told you so” for my wife in that line, and she clearly knew it. The past 3 years we’ve visited my wife’s parents over the holidays but I’ve always said I want to get back across the border before New Year’s Day in part because traffic would be better, but this year with the dates she convinced me and insisted we never have to wait at Champlain so it would be fine. As we approached the border and message signs announced waits exceeding an hour I had my first one. Then as we were waiting in line I noticed there was basically no line for the NEXUS lane, which I’ve been pushing for years but she felt we didn’t need because the application sounded complicated and “we never have to wait” at border crossings.
Oh my god…it’s like I’m looking at the skirts BONES!!! It looks so weird. It IS so weird!!! Why did they invent this???
Funny you should say that - as a matter of fact, whale bone was frequently used in women’s dresses and corsets back in those times.
According to the wiki, to keep heavy skirts and petticoats away from the body so they weren’t as hot, corsets, bustiers, girdles and heels are other torture devices are mind-boggling. I understand brasseries, though.