Went to the Missouri Grand Prix, w my wife and girls, age 12 and 8, to watch some great swimming this past weekend and it was great!
Also recently paid to have a criminal background check as I am an official for USA swimming, so they can make sure I'm not a perv...(I passed...)
I will say this, and I'm really not a prude, but in light of spending 55-60 bucks for the background check, perhaps USA swimming should look at enforcing some simple modesty in the swimmers.
I've never seen so many butt-cracks on the men and butt cheeks on the women in my entire lifelong swimming experience!!!! The fronts of guys suits literally an inch from their "junk" and their butt crack hanging out. Girls with their full butt cheek exposed as their warmup suits were 5 sizes too small and tucked in like a thong.
My 8 yr old daughter and my wife had a 20 something young man wrap his towel around himself, pull off his suit, pull on his underwear, about 5 ft in front of them (and his butt was fully exposed for a brief moment)...
I personally dont care, it bothers me not in the least, but what does bother me is USA is trying to crack down on the pervs, but then allows this...
Just my 2 cents...
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Those are exceptionally smart smilies. What can I say? I like wise cracks.
I think people's heads are cracked from hitting the wall too many times.
That pretty well through me off so I did the best I could to divert the conversation and said "you need to ask your dad." Not to be deterred she said "no, my daddy doesn't have one of those."
test tube baby no doubt.
Just once at a meet I saw a guy take off his sweat suit and he did not have his suit on. He sure put the sweat suit back on in a hurry. He withdrew from the meet on his own.
Just once at a meet I saw a guy take off his sweat suit and he did not have his suit on. He sure put the sweat suit back on in a hurry. He withdrew from the meet on his own.
I was wondering how long it would take to turn this into the naked swimming thread :bolt:
It could start right about now.
My brother Tom occassionaly swam his Marathon swims in the nude. He would start the race with a swim suit, take it off, swim in the nude. After the race was finished he would put a suit on before he exited the water.
Perhaps they want to make sure you're not a pervert so that you're not distracted by all the cracks, bulges, abs, butts, and other things that would be distracting.
"No I didn't see if he DQ'ed, I was too busy staring at ________"
It's the human body, for Pete's sake! When did people's bottoms become immoral? Pretty sure none of the European countries are as uptight about this kind of thing. Wish we weren't here in the States either...
Yes, among older people nudity is not a big issue, and we have mixed shower rooms mostly north Europe : UK, Germany, Netherlands, etc. :applaud:
Unfortunately the younger generation is a bit more “shy” due to their immaturity….:D
Personally I am in favor of nudism so any kind of situation involving a natural (not “sexual exposure”) exposure of the body is natural.:)
It could start right about now.
My brother Tom occassionaly swam his Marathon swims in the nude. He would start the race with a swim suit, take it off, swim in the nude. After the race was finished he would put a suit on before he exited the water.
You've got to be careful about doing that! In the lake where I swim the trout have been known to go after nipples!! :afraid:
