WHATEVER HAPPENED TO: NECK BRACES

Back in the days when car accidents were hugely popular, you'd see people in neck braces almost everywhere you went. Shopping, a bank, on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday to Britain. Now you'd be lucky to see one in a history book devoted entirely to the history of neck braces.

In case you've justifiably forgotten:


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I don't even shy from asking the tough question: Why aren't there neck braces around any more. Is it to do with the Da Vinci Code.



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I can't even write enough question marks for how puzzled I am about this.