Thanks for the update. Believe it or not I'd read about the rib removal in an actual book somewhere, not on the web, and foolishly gave the author credit for having done his or her research ;-)
Definitely creepy. On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:20 PM, Cary Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Again, Snopes disagrees with the statement about the Victorian practice of > rib removal (the article is primarily about Cher but applies): > http://www.snopes.com/horrors/vanities/ribs.asp > > While looking for more information (I actually found a cosmetic surgeon's > web page stating that he did perform the procedure, but I don't know if it > was legit) I found this: > http://www.snopes.com/photos/people/smallwaist.asp > > Apparently it was good-old nonsurgical body modification. She's in amazing > shape for a woman that age; her waist still looks creepy, though. > > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Jennifer Walker < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Well, the Victorian's were known for such things (removing the lower ribs) >> so as to corset train a waist smaller which is obviously what she's done. >> Over time that training pushes everything around (not without some serious >> damage, I'm sure) which is why her lower abdomen is still fairly large--it's >> holding everything that would generally be in that center section! >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Cary Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> At first I thought that had to be photoshopped- having a waist that thin >>> seems structurally implausable. Even if ribs were removed you'd still have >>> soft tissue mass there (skeletal muscle, liver, spleen, stomach, intestine), >>> and it would more than likely sag without the structural support of the >>> lower rib cage making the person look worse, not thinner. I tried to do a >>> little quick Googling on it, but all I could get was the Snopes article >>> debunking the rumor that Cher and a host of other celebrities had done this >>> to look thinner. >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 12:55 PM, Holly Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>> >>>> I thought this was even freakier: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://mysterytopia.com/2008/10/woman-removies-her-ribs-to-look-skinner.html >>>> >>>> Yeeeeek! >>>> >>>> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 7:36 PM, Cary Preston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> not geek, just too damn weird not to pass on: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://mysterytopia.com/2008/10/large-dog-savaged-by-killer-squirrels.html >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
