Now that's just plain ....

[Joe Smith]

"Gary R. Van Sickle" <g.r.vansickle@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message 
news:004201c74a65$95becbd0$020aa8c0@DFW5RB41...
>> From: Dave Korn
>>   Is it only me, or does anyone else think that the NASA
>> astronaut who's just been arrested over an attempted
>> crime-of-passion...
>>
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6335947.stm
>>
>> ... bears a strong resemblance to Sideshow Bob in her mug shots?
>>
>>   It's the hair that does it!
>>
>
> Now that you mention it I do see a resemblance.  All kidding aside, where 
> do
> I get some of them Space Diapers(tm)?  A thousand mile drive without a 
> "pit
> stop"?  That'd save me a lot of time every year.
>
I have read that it is highly unlikely that she actually had the offical 
NASA version.
They are very expensive, and NASA is unlikely to allow her to keep them at 
home.
See last paragraph of:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17034568/site/newsweek/

"The diapers they use today are a modified adult diaper, except you just
pull it up like a pair of shorts" (I.E. Similar to very large "training 
pants".

Now it is true that some people wear these things for reasons other than 
incontenence,
usually out of nessesity, but sometimes for reasons of convience.

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaper#Other_examples