NEW BRITISH LAW
It's hot, but you're not.
(Thanks to Ken Pendergraft)
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July 26, 2006
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I vote to ban speedos...some men are just not meant to wear 'em...PERIOD!
Posted by: Siouxie | July 26, 2006 at 12:21 PM
I think this should be at the viewer's discretion. For example: Kiefer, Matthew McConaughy, Mario Lopez - OFF baby. Jim Belushi, that guy from King of Queens - ON plus a layer.
Posted by: 24-aholic | July 26, 2006 at 12:21 PM
24 - I'm with ya!
Posted by: Siouxie | July 26, 2006 at 12:23 PM
Would one of you British-type bloglits (or anyone else that knows) please splain what a "trainer" is?
Posted by: blurkernomore | July 26, 2006 at 12:29 PM
Yeah, this same publication also put on their front page a close-up shot of Scarlett Johansson's *gasp* cellulite. Phhffft!
Posted by: Straw | July 26, 2006 at 12:33 PM
- Lunch Alert -
Whatever you do, do NOT click on the link "Gallery: the proof that men should NEVER go topless". Really.
You'll thank me for this warning.
Posted by: Your friendly neighborhood reference wench | July 26, 2006 at 12:36 PM
blurk: trainers are tennies, running shoes, or whatever you call it where you're from.
Posted by: judi | July 26, 2006 at 12:38 PM
blurk - maybe a wife-beater???
Posted by: Siouxie | July 26, 2006 at 12:38 PM
nevermind :) judi knows!
Posted by: Siouxie Cruz | July 26, 2006 at 12:40 PM
dear god - that pic with the thong! good thing I haven't eaten yet (and yes I was curious ...*smacks head*)
Posted by: Siouxie | July 26, 2006 at 12:43 PM
OMG OMG OMG - I looked at the thong...help me....
Posted by: 24-aholic | July 26, 2006 at 12:47 PM
Any law that saves me from having to look at "hairy ape backs" & "man boobs" is A-OK with me!!! Here in Satan's Training Camp (Florida) if I can not take my shirt off in public to cool off (& I look a hell of a lot better than most of the men out there!) then why should men be allowed to? Double standards & discrimination.
Posted by: catharine | July 26, 2006 at 12:48 PM
Trainers is British for Nikes. Also, a jumper is what we call a sweater.
Posted by: Guin | July 26, 2006 at 12:49 PM
As far as viewer discresion I completely agree with 24. And as far as that gallery goes, pic number 7 made me want to simultaneously burst out into laughter and vomit. WHO LET HIM BUY THAT!?!? Arrests should be made!
Posted by: Bobbi | July 26, 2006 at 12:50 PM
Thanks, judi and Guin. Now I don't feel so stupid. Well, I do...but now I know what trainers are.
Posted by: blurkernomore | July 26, 2006 at 12:52 PM
THAT should come with a disclaimer...and eye bleach
Posted by: Siouxie | July 26, 2006 at 12:52 PM
Okay, I'm totally deranged - I wanted to see a front shot of the thong guy. ....looking up number of shrink......
Posted by: Baltimore Kat | July 26, 2006 at 12:53 PM
Sorry MOTW, I couldn't resist. Disturbing, but worth the laugh regardless.
Posted by: KOW | July 26, 2006 at 01:05 PM
Now wait, I think #6 is wearing a leather jacket.
No...
Sorry, that was skin.
Posted by: almne | July 26, 2006 at 01:11 PM
I vote for stapling a tarp to the guy in the thong.
Posted by: Kilmeny | July 26, 2006 at 01:17 PM
"But one of the things that is depressing for anyone going shopping is the numbers of shaven-headed men, mainly in their 30s and 40s, who seem to think people want to see their torsos."
What does "shaven-headed" have to do with anything???
Posted by: Dean-Oh | July 26, 2006 at 01:18 PM
Yeah, this same publication also put on their front page a close-up shot of Scarlett Johansson's *gasp* cellulite......
you mean her lips?
Posted by: Chaz | July 26, 2006 at 01:18 PM
In the USofA you have the right to bear arms; in Ontario Canada you have the right to bare breasts.
Posted by: Jec | July 26, 2006 at 01:20 PM
So this law is only gonna address MEN going bare chested. It's OK for women?
I'll be back in a little while. Gonna switch over to Priceline and book a flight to London.
Posted by: blurkernomore | July 26, 2006 at 02:07 PM
blurkernomore
Hold off on that ticket until the adopt catherine's equal-rights suggestion - something that I'm in favor of, btw.
If I don't have to wear a shirt than neither should she!
(Ignoring the fact that I'd be wearing a shirt anyway - I sunburn easily and I like pockets)
Posted by: KCSteve | July 26, 2006 at 03:35 PM
wish they'd pass the same law in arizona, where we don't even consider temps in the 90's for several consecutive months to be a heat wave.
Posted by: azred | July 26, 2006 at 05:24 PM
I totally agree: if I can't go topless when it's hot out, then men shouldn't either. If they want to bare it all, then I should be able to, too. I'm content with whichever way they want to legislate, as long as things are equal across the board. Though my bazoomage cannot even begin to compare with Punkin's. I'd be far less distracting.
Posted by: Tanpopo | July 26, 2006 at 06:33 PM