Haramaki

• rman456
  February 28th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

  could also prevent plumber butt.

• L
  February 28th, 2008 at 12:51 pm

  I get the same effect by tucking in my shirt on cold days. It’s a lot cheaper.

• J
  February 28th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

  In America we call them vests. Unknown whether or not they’ll catch on.

• sam
  February 28th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

  A small part of me hopes that this DOES catch on, if for no other reason than I’m freaking tall and shirts aren’t usually long enough. This could supplement and pick up where short shirts leave off!

• Christophe
  February 28th, 2008 at 3:21 pm

  torso or belly?

• rataplan
  February 28th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

  i’m afraid Haramakis won’t do as well in North America since we have beer guts and belly fat to insulate our waists.

  & J… vests go over the shoulders, there’s a difference.

• Lea
  February 28th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

  WANT.
  I’m thinking it may camoflage my tummy…sit-ups, crunches, planks, nothing works! Haramaki may help deal with that…

• VonSkippy
  February 28th, 2008 at 9:11 pm

  Probably has the opposite effect. Core body temperature is pretty well managed all by itself. Heating up the “middle” just means your body is going to dilate more external (to the trunk) vessels to cool off the body. So by artificially insulating the trunk, you probably cause your body to attempt to cool itself off. Maybe that makes you feel warmer (like the effect alcohol has) but it really isn’t keeping you warmer.

  Keep in mind this “invention” is from people who don’t believe in insulating their homes or providing central heating or cooling (they use room heaters and window ac/fans).

• SiteSeer
  February 28th, 2008 at 10:08 pm

  VonSkippy’s the kind of guy that goes to a party and everyone gets all awkward –and no one knows why.

• Louise
  February 28th, 2008 at 10:32 pm

  Well, for what it’s worth in my youth I had a friend who had been in the Black Watch Regiment in WWI. He spent 4 years in the trenches of Flanders as a young man.

  He said the worst part of the war wasn’t the death, the shelling, or even the mud. It was the lice. The Scots all felt sorry for the Tommys, who wore button-front trou. The Scots lads all wore kilts which made it easy to get the lice off. After all, no drawers meant easy access.

  “Weren’t you cold in a kilt?” I asked. “Not a bit of it,” he replied. “We all wore woolen kidney warmers. If you keep your kidneys warm, you’ll stay warm, and you’ll never get sick.”

  I’ve never tested it but there is the testimony I heard.

  Are there any veterans of the trenches still left alive?

• MoonCake
  February 29th, 2008 at 8:26 am

  or you could take the typical american skirt and move it up a couple inches. though by then it could be considered a belt (hooray for mini-skirts and all their premiscuous glory). who’da thunk it…

• Heide
  March 1st, 2008 at 5:56 pm

  I have two of these and wear them all the time. You can get them here:
  http://www.toplessundershirt.com

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