Comments on: If Ruptured… http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:15:36 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: stilllaughing http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/comment-page-1/#comment-1069568 stilllaughing Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:15:09 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069568 I'm glad somebody knows what he was selling... :) I thought it was something to help keep wigs on bald heads....lol..... I’m glad somebody knows what he was selling… :) I thought it was something to help keep wigs on bald heads….lol…..

]]> By: jayessell http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/comment-page-1/#comment-1069521 jayessell Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:38:06 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069521 He looks like Dr. Cyclops from the motion picture of the same name. He looks like Dr. Cyclops from the motion picture of the same name.

]]> By: Paul http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/comment-page-1/#comment-1069519 Paul Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:31:47 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069519 He looks like a cross between Dr Evil and Harold Lloyd. He looks like a cross between Dr Evil and Harold Lloyd.

]]> By: Torgo http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/comment-page-1/#comment-1069509 Torgo Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:57:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069509 This ad brings a new meaning to the word "creepy." This ad brings a new meaning to the word “creepy.”

]]> By: katey http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/comment-page-1/#comment-1069508 katey Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:24 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069508 Yep "ruptures" were the old way of saying "hernias"... And back when men did a lot more heavy lifting, they were much more common yet there was no easy surgical solution... so one had to wear a special belt to hold your insides in. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/19933/19933-h/images/pic56.jpg Their wives, on the other hand, often suffered from "fallen wombs" from their many childbirths, and had to prop their uturi up with equally awful looking devices, such as: http://www.mum.org/pessary2.jpg Yep “ruptures” were the old way of saying “hernias”… And back when men did a lot more heavy lifting, they were much more common yet there was no easy surgical solution… so one had to wear a special belt to hold your insides in. http://www.gutenberg.org/files...../pic56.jpg

Their wives, on the other hand, often suffered from “fallen wombs” from their many childbirths, and had to prop their uturi up with equally awful looking devices, such as: http://www.mum.org/pessary2.jpg

]]> By: Firebrand38 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/comment-page-1/#comment-1069505 Firebrand38 Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:31:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069505 You guessed wrong, he's selling his Magic Dot system later found by the FTC to be fraudulent www.ftc.gov/os/annualreports/ar1930.pdf (just do a search for either Homan or Magic Dot within the pdf) He invented stuff for the support and repair of hernias and groin ruptures http://www.google.com/patents?id=XAB5AAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing&zoom=4 http://www.google.com/patents?id=2jBKAAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing&zoom=4 You guessed wrong, he’s selling his Magic Dot system later found by the FTC to be fraudulent http://www.ftc.gov/os/annualreports/ar1930.pdf (just do a search for either Homan or Magic Dot within the pdf)

He invented stuff for the support and repair of hernias and groin ruptures

http://www.google.com/patents?.....038;zoom=4

http://www.google.com/patents?.....038;zoom=4

]]> By: Eamonn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/07/02/if-ruptured/comment-page-1/#comment-1069504 Eamonn Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:00:18 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=7927#comment-1069504 What the hell is this selling? I'm guessing either something about torn ligaments or adult diapers. What the hell is this selling? I’m guessing either something about torn ligaments or adult diapers.

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