To borrow from Lana Turner, when asked about the construction of one of her dresses, what kept it up was "gravity--the gravity of the situation if it fell down!"

There are some very unappealing pasties out there--for example, one has to feel sorry for these critters (the spiders, not the boobs).

I do believe this woman is about the attempt the clockwise/counterclockwise challenge. Yup. Here she goes!

Anyway, there are lots and lots of pasties out there, including leather and fibres other than cotton. These appear to be made of wheat. . . This appears to be a professional pair, a belly-dancer perhaps?

(Little Hawk, that last one is for you. What would one of these threads be without my well-chosen illustrations, eh?)

SRS