anyone who has ever worn an underwired bra knows that the "wire" which is bit of flat steel by the looks of it, can emerge without warning and after that the bra is a bit of a goner, as no amount of stitching can then contain it. Have suffered all this but no killer bra lumps (yet).
there was a QI piece in the Telegraph last week about lightning, and it said people get hit far more often by lightning than the law of averages would suggest, becuase they will walk around with conductors - umbrellas, golf clubs and underwired bras were the examples it gave, iirc.
grasscarp - you say that once the wire has broken through the bra is useless - did you see this gadget on Dragons Den, called Bra Angel. Not tried it though.
http://www.thebraange...ragons-den/4533008689