Beach drops Speedo ban

[quaoar]

http://www.salon.com/ent/wire/2005/04/30/speedo/index.html

April 30, 2005 | CAPE MAY, N.J. (AP) -- Come on in, Speedo wearers, the water's fine: Your skimpy little swimsuits are legal now. For more than 30 years, this quaint little Victorian-themed resort at the southern tip of New Jersey said no to "skintight, formfitting or bikini type'' bathing attire on males over the age of 12.

For an ocean resort that once required men and women to swim at different times of day, wearing heavy woolen, cover-everything swimsuits, it made sense to modernize.

"It's a beach town, for God's sake,'' said Police Chief Diane Sorantino. The town also agreed to lift a rule that stopped bare-chested men from strolling along the beachfront promenade.

Not that everyone's cheering. It's often the older guys -- the ones with beer guts, or wrinkly skin, or unsightly tufts of hair -- who wear the tiny swimsuits.

[SoCalDem]

1. For God's Sake.. Don't tell G. Gordon Liddy...

[tammywammy]

5. I just threw up a little in my mouth

eww...old republican man in speedo. disgusting.

[shanti]

6. yech

remember that photo of the gropenfuhrer in his speedo? reminds me of that!

[Placebo]

2. Ew.

Rich old Republican wrinkly fat men in speedos.

:puke:

[BiggJawn]

8. Hey, I'm pretty liberal for an old guy...

But you wouldn't want to see ME in a Speedo, either...
I scare enough people in black Lycra as it is.

[EC]

3. Oh, just Yuck.....n/t

[NashVegas]

4. John Kleeb's Summer Vacation Spot

Just got even better!

[name not needed]

7. ha!

[yurbud]

9. I prefer my man-burkha, thanks.

[Nikia]

10. I think that it is funny that men are shy about wearing speedos

While cricitizing women who wear swim suits that cover alot as uptight. Persoanlly, I think that everyone should be free to go naked, without regards to their appearance. I would feel comfortable with that myself if it weren't for other people's attitudes about that.

[curse10]

11. blech- that's one ban I'm sad to see go

I'm sure I'm gonna see a lot of men in speedos this summer, though- I'll be on the beaches of Greece. Europe, for all the great things it has, also has a few nasty, nasty habits.

[sakabatou]

12. Ew.

[alarimer]

13. interesting that they didn't ban bikinis for women

Not that they should; it just seems like a double standard to me.

[DS1]

14. I am SO there! Take it away, matcom!

:D

[Robb]

15. Headline #2: "DS1 drops Speedos"

...townspeople flee in terror. :evilgrin:

[name not needed]

17. Headline 3: Gov. Codey Declares State of Emergency in Cape May

:7

[cruadin]

16. Maybe, instead of banning Speedos,....

they'll just limit their use, so that something like THIS doesn't happen.