Thanks God neither in Europe nor in Mexico it's speedo OUT.... it's more in than ever ;)
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 4:50 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > here here!!!! I agree completely!!!! > > On Apr 15, 5:11 pm, GR Bryant <[email protected]> wrote: > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > > From: G.R. <[email protected]> > > To: GR omni <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 2:56:54 PM > > Subject: Fw: [AZSportsRuffTuffBuffJocksStudz] How Modern Technology > Ruined My Favorite Spectator Sport > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > > From: Tommy News <[email protected]> > > To: ent <[email protected]>; " > [email protected]" <[email protected]>; > out_of_the_frying_pan <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 1:24:00 PM > > Subject: [AZSportsRuffTuffBuffJocksStudz] How Modern Technology Ruined My > Favorite Spectator Sport > > > > How Modern Technology Ruined My Favorite Spectator Sport > > > > It's called the Speedo LZR Racer. Credited with dozens of world records, > it's not sewn but welded together, was engineered by NASA, produces 38% less > hydrodynamic drag than a normal bathing suit, covers from ankle to neck and > has all but ruined my favorite spectator sport since I could say "libido": > men's swimming. > > It's only normal that performance trumps the swimmer's sex appeal and > yes, in this case the women are wearing them too, but men's sportswear isn't > all dictated by technology: Some players choose bigger because for the young > American man, bigger has somehow become better. Larry Bird used to make > hoops swoosh in tiny backside-skimming shorts. Now the men competing for > gold in Beijing hold court in bloomers. John McEnroe served aces with his > hairy thighs exposed, James Blake does it with fabric to his knees. And for > those of us who spend more time horizontal on the sand than attempting to > shatter world records, knee-grazing overly baggy board shorts are as > abundant on the beach as the bikini. > > While looking through family albums last Thanksgiving, I came across a > photo of my father posing proudly in a giraffe print skintight Speedo. "Mine > eyes!" I cried as I covered the picture. "That was the style!" he insisted > admiring his youthful physique with pride. Now if you wear a Speedo it means > one of four things: you are a competitive swimmer, a card-carrying member of > the EU, over sixty and unaware of the changing times, or same-sex oriented. > > The same holds true for underwear. While living in Paris I happened to > see a lot of very heterosexual French policemen in their intimates--don't > ask about the circumstance- -and the majority of them were wearing very > tight, brightly colored briefs. One even had a pocket for a certain > family-planning device right on the front. Surely if you asked a group of > young American men if they were sporting boxers, boxer-briefs or briefs, the > brief would be a rather underrepresented member of the underpants clan. > Women, on the other hand are barely wearing a thing under there--I have seen > underwear gracing the pages of the Victoria's Secret catalogue that would > serve just as well as an eyepatch. And that Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow > Polka Dot Bikini that caused such a stir in 1960? It's now being > mass-produced by J. Crew. > > When did Speedos on the beach and briefs in the bedroom become banished > by the young straight American male? "From Here to Eternity" star Burt > Lancaster proudly displayed his physique in the tightest shortest bathing > suit allowed on screen in 1953, Gordon Scott played Tarzan in a barely-there > loin cloth and it's hard to conjure bodybuilding images of Arnold > Schwarzenegger without skimpy swim trunks. Today, a young man on an American > beach in a Speedo has the shock value of a topless woman. > > Maybe it's just a bell curve and things will go skimpy again soon. In > 1916, park and beach governing boards declared that men's bathing suits had > to have a modest "skirt effect," and before 1937 they could be arrested for > indecent exposure if they bore their chests on American beaches. The silver > screen in the '50s and '60s changed things, but now we are back to male > modesty. Is the renaissance of the skimpy Speedo around the corner? Who > knows? For now, on America's beaches and in her bedrooms less is more for > women and more is more for men. It just doesn't seem fair. > > * Olympics > > > > More:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ karin-tanabe/ how-modern- > technology- rui_b_118232. html > > > > -- > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time. > > Have a great day, > > Tommy > > __._,_.___ > > Messages in this topic (1) Reply (via web post) | Start a new topic > > Messages | Files | Photos | Links | Database | Polls | Members > > > > Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) > > Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch > format to Traditional > > Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe > > Recent Activity > > * 1 > > New MembersVisit Your Group > > Curves on Yahoo! > > A group for women > > to share & discuss > > food & weight loss. > > Weight Loss Group > > on Yahoo! Groups > > Get support and > > make friends online. > > Change your life > > with Yahoo! 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