Okay, so tell me, what possesses a mature man to go to a public lake/park and take off his conservative clothes and reveal to the world his bright-orange g-string? I fear he may be a triathlete because his body was definitely shaved. It caused quite a gawking for the passerby, considering he placed himself in one of the high-traffic areas of the park. Different groups of young-uns took camera phone pictures while laughing. Why would a man put himself out there - literally? If you want a tan, lay in your backyard and stop embarrassing yourself. And mind you, he wasn’t bad looking but come on…trunks or board shorts would have gotten him attention, if that’s what he was seeking. And since I’m on the subject of guy’s attire, what is with men wearing speedos and/or man-bras in triathlons? Less revealed is sometimes better, at least in this writer’s mind.
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Okay, so tell me, what possesses a mature man to go to a public lake/park and take off his conservative clothes and reveal to the world his bright-orange g-string? I fear he may be a triathlete because his body was definitely shaved. It caused quite a gawking for the passerby, considering he placed himself in one of the high-traffic areas of the park. Different groups of young-uns took camera phone pictures while laughing. Why would a man put himself out there - literally? If you want a tan, lay in your backyard and stop embarrassing yourself. And mind you, he wasn’t bad looking but come on…trunks or board shorts would have gotten him attention, if that’s what he was seeking. And since I’m on the subject of guy’s attire, what is with men wearing speedos and/or man-bras in triathlons? Less revealed is sometimes better, at least in this writer’s mind.
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I have a serious question back. Why??
Why do women’s swim suits get smaller and jeans lower and tops smaller – while Men swimsuits get larger and more baggy. Baggy shirts, baggy pants. Bigger clothes. Hell – sometimes I feel I should go back to the 1920’s style of swimsuit where you were covered from head to toe with baggy clothes.
Let’s just wear long sleeve flannel shirts and Baggy Pants to the next triathlon.
I was walking by the gym when I saw the teens playing basketball – their shorts were so long and baggy they went to mid calf – So I think triathlon should follow and run your next triathlon in shorts that are baggy and hit ya about mid calf.
Why?! Because on the lower extremity of men there is a certain area that should not require him to shave/wax. I’ll admit, on athletic men, the spandex bike/tri short is appealing but the bikini brief only makes the man look gay and/or wanting and/or girly and/or needy of attention. On women, and mind you I think fashions today are way too revealing and hardly look good even on the best of us, the bikini bottom does what it should - allure, accentuate the positive and does not need to try to contain what doesn’t need to be contained - such as the male genitlia. Also, I agree that the baggy look on boys/men is ridiculous. It’s like clothing sizes were never invented. The man-bra is self-explanatory. You don’t require a bra, so don’t wear one. That’s why zippered singlets were invented. Women need containment/support in the upper zone, thus the bra/half shirt and I’m guessing some women prefer not to be bogged down with layering so thus the shortness of it factor. Mind you, I’m not advocating bikini triathlon bottoms on anybody, heck I revel in being a biker and proudly wear bike shorts.
Why?! Because on the lower extremity of men there is a certain area that should not require him to shave/wax. I’ll admit, on athletic men, the spandex bike/tri short is appealing but the bikini brief only makes the man look gay and/or wanting and/or girly and/or needy of attention. On women, and mind you I think fashions today are way too revealing and hardly look good even on the best of us, the bikini bottom does what it should - allure, accentuate the positive and does not need to try to contain what doesn’t need to be contained - such as the male genitlia. Also, I agree that the baggy look on boys/men is ridiculous. It’s like clothing sizes were never invented. The man-bra is self-explanatory. You don’t require a bra, so don’t wear one. That’s why zippered singlets were invented. Women need containment/support in the upper zone, thus the bra/half shirt and I’m guessing some women prefer not to be bogged down with layering so thus the shortness of it factor. Mind you, I’m not advocating bikini triathlon bottoms on anybody, heck I revel in being a biker and proudly wear bike shorts.
Why?! Because on the lower extremity of men there is a certain area that should not require him to shave/wax. I’ll admit, on athletic men, the spandex bike/tri short is appealing but the bikini brief only makes the man look gay and/or wanting and/or girly and/or needy of attention. On women, and mind you I think fashions today are way too revealing and hardly look good even on the best of us, the bikini bottom does what it should - allure, accentuate the positive and does not need to try to contain what doesn’t need to be contained - such as the male genitlia. Also, I agree that the baggy look on boys/men is ridiculous. It’s like clothing sizes were never invented. The man-bra is self-explanatory. You don’t require a bra, so don’t wear one. That’s why zippered singlets were invented. Women need containment/support in the upper zone, thus the bra/half shirt and I’m guessing some women prefer not to be bogged down with layering so thus the shortness of it factor. Mind you, I’m not advocating bikini triathlon bottoms on anybody, heck I revel in being a biker and proudly wear bike shorts.
I continually find it humorous how people, partcularly males, are all “up in arms” about the “gay guy’s” cloths. I think we have a huge level of latent “homophobia” in this country.
Frankly I would never wear a speedo for a race or otherwise. Why? Because I’m not comfortable in them. Simple as that. OTOH I’m perfectly comfortable around some dude that wants to wear one. In fact I’m not really looking so I rarely notice guy’s wearing them. unless for some reason they are obscene. Like the 400lb’r at the beach or the radically colored ones or whatever.
I was shocked once by a fairly old gentleman at our pool in a speedo. It wasn’t the speedo per say, but the fact that the chlorine had eaten away almost every bit of material of the suit leaving nothing to the imagination. I walked by as he was standing in front of a window by the pool with the sunlight streaming in. From that day on I religiously check my suits for disenigration.
I do draw the line at going to the grocery store in a speedo though.
I continually find it humorous how people, partcularly males, are all “up in arms” about the “gay guy’s” cloths. I think we have a huge level of latent “homophobia” in this country.
Frankly I would never wear a speedo for a race or otherwise. Why? Because I’m not comfortable in them. Simple as that. OTOH I’m perfectly comfortable around some dude that wants to wear one. In fact I’m not really looking so I rarely notice guy’s wearing them. unless for some reason they are obscene. Like the 400lb’r at the beach or the radically colored ones or whatever.
I was shocked once by a fairly old gentleman at our pool in a speedo. It wasn’t the speedo per say, but the fact that the chlorine had eaten away almost every bit of material of the suit leaving nothing to the imagination. I walked by as he was standing in front of a window by the pool with the sunlight streaming in. From that day on I religiously check my suits for disenigration.
I do draw the line at going to the grocery store in a speedo though.
~Matt
Dude – do you realize that “Pumkin” is female – i.e. the person who started this thread…
Pumkin says “the bikini brief only makes the man look gay and/or wanting and/or girly and/or needy of attention”
Occasionaly I hear females complain about speedo’s but it’s predominately male. Typically the females complaining about speedo’s are also complaining about bikini’s, ill fitting clothing etc. Typically the males that complain about males in speedo’s are more numerous and are all for less clothing on women, not that I’m against less clothing on women.
Point is if a guys wearing a speedo, in an appropriate setting, I won’t notice unless for some reason it’s really obnoxious. Thus I’m not quite sure why all of these guy’s seem to have a problem with it…and why they insist on noticing.
OTOH a female with a problem with a quy in a speedo typically have a problem with very skimpy clothing on women as well.
