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SPEEDOS and other tight swimming briefs have been banned from one of the UK's biggest water parks.
Major tourist attraction Alton Towers says the minute male swimwear is inappropriate for a family venue.
Dubbed the "battle of the bulge", the park wants visitors to wear less revealing board shorts instead.
"A number of men visiting the waterpark were wearing tight swimming attire more suited to Spain than Staffordshire," a spokeswoman said.
"To prevent embarrassment amongst fellow members of the public and to maintain the family friendly atmosphere at the Resort, bosses have taken the extreme measure of banning these tight trunks.
"While women may hail the return of the skimpy bathers, the style itself is not deemed public or family friendly."
Speedos are one of Australia's most memorable contributions to fashion, with origins dating back to a Bondi Beach company formed by Scottish immigrant Alexander MacRae in 1914.
The brand became so popular that it is now often used generically to describe swimming briefs.
But the swimwear is also regularly the butt of jokes, ridiculed with names including "budgie smugglers".
Alton Towers, at Staffordshire in England's West Midlands, attracted more than 3 million visitors last year and is one of the most popular water parks in Europe.
Sales and marketing director Morwenna Angove said there had been a surge in numbers of men wearing tight swimwear.
"We feel this small brief style is not appropriate for a family venue so we are advising male bathers to wear more protective swimwear such as shorts."
Now, I'm not here for the jokes about bulges, but I'm confused as to why these are banned when bikinis aren't. Don't they show off a lot more than speedos?
I can see a bit of sexism here. Women are allowed to openly flaunt their 'assets' in that 'family friendly' park, but men can't? I can see that the park owner doesn't like his voyeuristic views obscured. What a perv.
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People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made.
Cheese E, i dont blame you for not realizing this.
But ok , let me tell you from personal experience . Remember i work in the rec pool both as instructor and life guard.
Have you EVER seen men wearing speedo in light colors?
im talking about white or bright yellow. THEY END UP SEE THROUGH .
Once i was off duty and walking around <-- underwater observational window btw drinking some bubble tea , and infront of me i saw that resembles this ( yes you can guess what it is ) going across the window , i instantly PFFFFFFFFFFFFFT all the milk tea onto the window and out my nose.
Ok yes its that bad.
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Yes, I see speedos all the time at the aquatic centre. Every buff teenage guy concerned about competition wears them.
And that hair could have come from a head, or armpits, or a woman.
People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made.
And it's not the fact that male genitals are well... less publicly accepted, but I don't see how it should be any different for women who wear thongs you can see a cameltoe through.
People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made.
Cheese Elemental wrote:And it's not the fact that male genitals are well... less publicly accepted, but I don't see how it should be any different for women who wear thongs you can see a cameltoe through.
Are you baiting me to link you a comparison that can no doubt shut you up , yet at the same time ban me off dakka?
I'll let someone else deal with this silly question then.
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You already have women banned from going around topless.
I don't see why restricting men in a manner that women aren't restricted by is any different, to be honest. At least now there's a trade-off.
Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
Dreadwinter wrote:I would assume that Thong bikinis would also be banned at this water park.
If that were the case, I'm sure the news article would have said so, then nobody would be complaining about this and a purpose for starting the thread would be nonexistent.
I could have picked a better news story, but not much happens here during the week.
People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made.
So let's make this the bikini thread, not the speedo thread... "Wrex goes and vomits a little bit more".
I seriously fail to see any logic behind this besides P.C. nonsense, it is just all a bit too much for me to comprehend.
If you fail to see the reasoning, I seriously do not understand you... At some point they may need to ban thongs if they felt there was a problem. By banning things (speedos are CLEARLY inappropriate for such a public place)they could very well put themselves out of business, and if this confuses you, perhaps you should stop by the waterparks in the busy season to clarify yourself.
Here is a funny article about this... prepare yourself for the truth .
Dreadwinter wrote:I would assume that Thong bikinis would also be banned at this water park.
If that were the case, I'm sure the news article would have said so
Your faith in the media to provide the full facts and reduce the outrage factor is quaint.
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Adam Smith, who must have been some kind of leftie or something.
Dreadwinter wrote:I would assume that Thong bikinis would also be banned at this water park.
If that were the case, I'm sure the news article would have said so
Your faith in the media to provide the full facts and reduce the outrage factor is quaint.
Stop being so condescending. I've looked through the resort's website and I can't find anything about skimpy women's swimwear being banned.
People are like dice, a certain Frenchman said that. You throw yourself in the direction of your own choosing. People are free because they can do that. Everyone's circumstances are different, but no matter how small the choice, at the very least, you can throw yourself. It's not chance or fate. It's the choice you made.
I think it's more of a case of "lycra and bodyshapes not suited to it" in large numbers.
They should just bring back nect-to-knees bathing suits (lets face it, ALL of the competitive swimmers are practically wearing wetsuits these days - because they got tired of speedo wearing aussies beating them in the pool.).
There are just as many females ill-suited ( *grin* ) to wearing thongs. I doubt they'd get the same treatment.
Do they get the "Excuse me miss, but your butt seems to have eaten your cossie? Do you mind covering up?"
On second thoughts, it seems Abe Laidlaw has been reincarnated and is in charge of this water park.
*young'uns can note that he was the guy responsible for "banning" the "obscene" bikini from no lesser beach than BONDI in the 60 and early 70s (and had a tape measure to ensure the sides had enough fabric).
I'm OVER 50 (and so far over everyone's BS, too).
Old enough to know better, young enough to not give a ****.
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No ban on toplessness in the UK old bean, don't forget the best selling paper has norks all over its third page!
This ban is more about getting rid of the tw@ts that wear speedos than the speedos themselves whatever PR they wrap up the message in.
The speedo, despite appearantly being invented in Aus (ya bunch of gallars!) will forever be associated with over tanned, over wieght germans on spanish beaches stealing sunbeds and generally annoying the Brits, whom find this sort of thing distracting from getting p!ssed and swearing. We didn't give them the trashing they deserved to have them go waving that sort of thing in our faces! Ahem, sorry turned into my dad then!
Anyway they are a bit of kitsch from the 70/80's and generally seen as a bit vulgar over here. I wouldn't see this as a PC issue at all.
If anyone argues that this is sexist you are either the owner of speedos (and therefore don't count) or far too sensitive (and therefore don't count).
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I used to go to the pool alot, but I don't anymore. One reason why is because of speedos. Here's why. Only. Fat. Men. Wear. Them.*
*If you are fat and don't wear speedos, I'd like to thank you.
Also, if it's "family friendly" I can see where they are coming from with banning it, but I believe, in all fairness, that if thongs aren't banned, then they should be for the simple reason of equality. ANd this thread will now make me gouge my eyes out with a fork.
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LunaHound wrote:Sigh , im not sure if the "confused" people actually saw the real horror of wet light color speedos.
The male speedo that is wet is transparent
I'll agree with luna on this. Please, in public, no one wants to see your junk.
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notprop wrote:No ban on toplessness in the UK old bean, don't forget the best selling paper has norks all over its third page!
This ban is more about getting rid of the tw@ts that wear speedos than the speedos themselves whatever PR they wrap up the message in.
The speedo, despite appearantly being invented in Aus (ya bunch of gallars!) will forever be associated with over tanned, over wieght germans on spanish beaches stealing sunbeds and generally annoying the Brits, whom find this sort of thing distracting from getting p!ssed and swearing. We didn't give them the trashing they deserved to have them go waving that sort of thing in our faces! Ahem, sorry turned into my dad then!
Anyway they are a bit of kitsch from the 70/80's and generally seen as a bit vulgar over here. I wouldn't see this as a PC issue at all.
If anyone argues that this is sexist you are either the owner of speedos (and therefore don't count) or far too sensitive (and therefore don't count).
Luna - I think the lady doth protest too much, stop looking!
I didn't know it went that deep!
Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
Yes, but a nipper is something completely different from an adult. Speedos really need to go and bugger off. Not the ladies though, please keep wearing you strings, tangas, Wicked Weasels and other assorted floss clothing items.
BrookM wrote:Yes, but a nipper is something completely different from an adult. Speedos really need to go and bugger off. Not the ladies though, please keep wearing you strings, tangas, Wicked Weasels and other assorted floss clothing items.
Unless they are obese. Please, don't.
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Actually they are. Much as there is more than one style of bikini there is more than one type of speedo. You have the butt-floss, the more standard, and the briefs style the fashionable Mr. Craig here is showing us here.
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
K cheese you see , this would be the equivalent of the camel toe you brought up earlier.
where you can sort of see the shape of something.
But transparent speedo is TRANSPARENT
its differeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeent
oh and the guy that wears it at pools are like old hairy russian man that look more like a bear then a human.
so yes it looks like there is a hairy platypus in there platypus <---
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Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
Anuvver fing - when they do sumfing, they try to make it look like somfink else to confuse everybody. When one of them wants to lord it over the uvvers, 'e says "I'm very speshul so'z you gotta worship me", or "I know summink wot you lot don't know, so yer better lissen good". Da funny fing is, arf of 'em believe it and da over arf don't, so 'e 'as to hit 'em all anyway or run fer it.
<-- underwater observational window 
) is the day that I never visit the waterpark again...
platypus <---
