Karen in CO Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I was reading through the moms in Bikinis thread and was reminded of a sight I have never gotten out of my poor little mind. I was raised in FL and went to college in S. Fl. We had tourists from all over the world with varying ideas about appropriate beach attire. The one thing I have never been able to un-see is a BIG, hairy, bald, Italian guy in a tiny, white Speedo with a dark tan and gold chains. I often reflect on him when I think about beach attire and body image. With his tan, he sun bathed often. He was happy. He loved the sun and the beach. I don't think he was showing lack of respect for himself or his wife by his attire. However, I really wish I could get the image out of my head. Maybe there should be rules about men wearing bikinis or at least warning flag system. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillieBoy Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 The one thing I have never been able to un-see is a BIG, hairy, bald, Italian guy in a tiny, white Speedo with a dark tan and gold chains. I often reflect on him when I think about beach attire and body image. With his tan, he sun bathed often. He was happy. He loved the sun and the beach. ;) OMGosh he was in FL too! He gets around! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 BIG, hairy, bald, Italian guy in a tiny, white Speedo with a dark tan and gold chains. If he is your compass for appropriate beach attire, the bikini thread didn't phase you at all, did it? :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I don't think any less of someone I don't know that wears one-but I would die if I ever saw someone I did know who had one on!:eek: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Saw an older guy in a speedo at Atlantic City also. There are just somethings I really don't need to see the details of, tyvm. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Ewwww... So I guess there are some positives about being married to an extremely modest husband. About the least modest thing he wears are long shorts and a t-shirt. The last time I saw him in a tank or bare-chested in public was when he was 26 (and very skinny-scrawny)...he's 38 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimmermom3 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 OMGosh he was in FL too! He gets around! :lol::lol::lol: Oregon too. But I think he was cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 :lol::lol::lol: Oregon too. But I think he was cold. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 When we lived in Okinawa there was an American man who would JOG in a FLESH-COLORED Speedo near our house. Talk about creepy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 When we lived in Okinawa there was an American man who would JOG in a FLESH-COLORED Speedo near our house. Talk about creepy! ewwwwww Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegGuheert Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 The one thing I have never been able to un-see is a BIG, hairy, bald, Italian guy in a tiny, white Speedo with a dark tan and gold chains.I think MomsintheGarden will allow me to post in THIS bikini thread, so here goes... ;) You've just reminded me of an experience I had about 20 years ago. I visited a technical conference in Naples, FL. During the conference I had the opportunity to go down to the beach for the dip. Well, lo and behold, there was the KEYNOTE SPEAKER from the conference swimming in a skimpy white Speedo. I'm sorry, but there is something wrong with wearing a WHITE Speedo. It just looks too much like underwear to me. Now understand that this guy was tops in his field at that time. But whenever I think about him, I see a middle-aged man swimming in his underwear! :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 We see them all the time here in Hawaii. Granted, they are mostly pro-swimmers, tri-athletes *or* European but still... :D I might judge him for the gold chains on the beach. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Not a fan of the grape smugglers?:lol: I certainly support their choice to wear them, but I do find them less than appealing, visually speaking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 When we lived in Okinawa there was an American man who would JOG in a FLESH-COLORED Speedo near our house. Talk about creepy! Even better: flesh colored bikini with a black triangle in front and a flesh colored circle in the triangle. Until you are right upon them, they look nude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 lol - yeah - not the picture of professional excellence you went to see was it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leah Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I was reading through the moms in Bikinis thread and was reminded of a sight I have never gotten out of my poor little mind. I was raised in FL and went to college in S. Fl. We had tourists from all over the world with varying ideas about appropriate beach attire. The one thing I have never been able to un-see is a BIG, hairy, bald, Italian guy in a tiny, white Speedo with a dark tan and gold chains. I often reflect on him when I think about beach attire and body image. With his tan, he sun bathed often. He was happy. He loved the sun and the beach. I don't think he was showing lack of respect for himself or his wife by his attire. However, I really wish I could get the image out of my head. Maybe there should be rules about men wearing bikinis or at least warning flag system. ;) Well, I will never forget the men working in the vineyards in France in their speedos...but then they weren't old and fat. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Yes, sadly, I believe I've seen this man. I believe I saw him with his wife while in Panama City, Florida. He had such a large belly that when I first watched them walking down the beach, I thought he was nude. I couldn't see his speedo from the front. He and his wife were equally matched and she had on the itsy bitsy bikini that even I won't wear. They were happy and comfortable....I was traumatized....LOL I remember it well! Just playing! I did see this though and he did look clothless until they passed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 When we lived in Okinawa there was an American man who would JOG in a FLESH-COLORED Speedo near our house. Talk about creepy! Oh, that's just wrong on so many levels! LOL ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Well, I will never forget the men working in the vineyards in France in their speedos...but then they weren't old and fat. ;) See? Europeans are serious about their tans. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissel Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I don't mind Speedos, though they're not my taste. I wish I could unsee the older gentleman and his baggy swim trunks with NO LINING sitting casually on a blanket across from ours on a Cape Cod beach when I was a teen. It took me a few moments to register what I was seeing, and then a few more to clean the sand off my eyeballs. I picked my book up pretty quickly after that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JennifersLost Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I was sitting on a busy beach once in california when a man and a woman in matching THONG bikinis walked across it down to the water. They were obviously European. The whole beach fell silent. I've never seen that happen before or since. If they'd gone up the coast just a bit they could have hit a nude beach, but they chose the family one instead, LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I would replace Italian with Black or Jew and see how it plays out. I am absolutely flabbergasted by this ridiculous thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 See, now that is a whole different kind of never can forget.... There is something about hardworking, men sweating. I was at my sister's Navy base in P.R. waiting for her one day when a dock full of sailors in shorts unloaded a truck. No eye-bleach required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 I was sitting on a busy beach once in california when a man and a woman in matching THONG bikinis walked across it down to the water. They were obviously European. The whole beach fell silent. I've never seen that happen before or since. If they'd gone up the coast just a bit they could have hit a nude beach, but they chose the family one instead, LOL. I have also been on the Other end of that wrong beach thing too and wondered onto a nude beach in CA. I wasn't expecting to see all that - but at least I was further away than I was from the white speedo and hairy back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 2 threads about swim suits wow I hate speedo, I don't think there sexy, I think they are just plan gross. The person would just look better naked then stringing up the goods;) I have a job were I see nudity up close and personal, so a swim suit doesn't' matter to me personally I was on a beach in Maui in my string bikini, but one couple stripped. My DH was floored, he couldn't believe it, I guess I am immune from nudity. Hey when you have to touch strangers in intimate ways for living, whats nudity on your vacation:D I am thinking the poster from the other thread thinks mothers shouldn't wear bikini, would really be floored if she went to the pool and every one stripped:lol: I still remember my dh's face when the man stripped in front of him, he was like totally oh yuke but when the lady stipped he was yeah babe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Yes, sadly, I believe I've seen this man. I believe I saw him with his wife while in Panama City, Florida. He had such a large belly that when I first watched them walking down the beach, I thought he was nude. That's Him!!! Wait- did he have a hairy back and a couple of big gold chains? I first saw him in St. Petersburg, FL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathy in MD Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I don't mind Speedos, though they're not my taste. I wish I could unsee the older gentleman and his baggy swim trunks with NO LINING sitting casually on a blanket across from ours on a Cape Cod beach when I was a teen. It took me a few moments to register what I was seeing, and then a few more to clean the sand off my eyeballs. I picked my book up pretty quickly after that! Yep, the speedos don't bother me, but a direct view up baggy, more "modest" trunks would. It may be perverse of me, but I think nudity would bother me less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 When we lived in Okinawa there was an American man who would JOG in a FLESH-COLORED Speedo near our house. Talk about creepy! I believe his friend used to live across the street from me and lay out in the front yard in her flesh colored bikini. I don't mind Speedos, though they're not my taste. I wish I could unsee the older gentleman and his baggy swim trunks with NO LINING sitting casually on a blanket across from ours on a Cape Cod beach when I was a teen. It took me a few moments to register what I was seeing, and then a few more to clean the sand off my eyeballs. I picked my book up pretty quickly after that! I had this when I worked at a restaurant in highschool. People used to come in off their boats and one guy was sitting directly across from my vantage point at the register, with everything just out and sitting on the chair (how do you not notice that?)... so I pointed out to one of the managers that we should probably address it (but I couldn't think of how) and she walked over, leaned down and said "Let's put the mouse beack in the house, Buddy". It was priceless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Yep, the speedos don't bother me, but a direct view up baggy, more "modest" trunks would. It may be perverse of me, but I think nudity would bother me less. Okay, now this is reminding me of highschool. Remember the coochie cutter gym shorts? Us girls put our biker shorts under them or opted for sweatpants, but not all the guys did...and a few of the guys preferred wearing theirs while in commando. There were some things that just didn't need to be shared between classmates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I can remember talking to a certain life guard at the local beach. Egads, hunk hunk hunk. Then he stood up (on one of those tall life guard chairs), yeah, tmi. I stand by the fact that speedos leave less to the imagination than most women's bikinis, although I guess some women may wear something comparable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfarm Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Once upon a time, when I was a marine mammal specialist in Florida, I was called to a busy public beach to investigate a possible situation where a shark might have killed a dolphin. (Think Jaws) I went to the location and did my investigation and determined that, yes, there had been an attack and yes, the "bits" were still in the water acting like chum to draw in more sharks. The local police officer (also female) and I were standing near her cruiser discussing whether or not to close the beach, which is a very serious issue down there when tourism is in full swing--the merchants hate the loss of income and bad reputation the beach gets in these situations. So lots at stake here, two professional women doing serious jobs, public safety in question. Then the guy you all have mentioned pranced across in front of the cruiser, (may have had a thing for women in uniforms) coyly dropped his towel, bent over to give us the full effect as he recovered it, and then sauntered into the local bar. I stood a few seconds, the officer did likewise, and then we both fell howling with laughter across the front of her cruiser.:lol: BTW, we did decide to close the beach, much to the merchants' dismay, based on a strong probability that the hit had taken place there and had not been carried there by the current from a long distance. About 20 minutes later, lots more "bits" began drifting in and we began to see the dorsal fins of the sharks that had come to investigate. So it was a good call after all. In spite of our interlude of sillyness, our judgement had been good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Once upon a time, when I was a marine mammal specialist in Florida, I was called to a busy public beach to investigate a possible situation where a shark might have killed a dolphin. (Think Jaws) I went to the location and did my investigation and determined that, yes, there had been an attack and yes, the "bits" were still in the water acting like chum to draw in more sharks. The local police officer (also female) and I were standing near her cruiser discussing whether or not to close the beach, which is a very serious issue down there when tourism is in full swing--the merchants hate the loss of income and bad reputation the beach gets in these situations. So lots at stake here, two professional women doing serious jobs, public safety in question. Then the guy you all have mentioned pranced across in front of the cruiser, (may have had a thing for women in uniforms) coyly dropped his towel, bent over to give us the full effect as he recovered it, and then sauntered into the local bar. I stood a few seconds, the officer did likewise, and then we both fell howling with laughter across the front of her cruiser.:lol: BTW, we did decide to close the beach, much to the merchants' dismay, based on a strong probability that the hit had taken place there and had not been carried there by the current from a long distance. About 20 minutes later, lots more "bits" began drifting in and we began to see the dorsal fins of the sharks that had come to investigate. So it was a good call after all. In spite of our interlude of sillyness, our judgement had been good! :lol: Was the speedo involved or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I only have two words to add to this thread (and a link do not click link if you are offended by men in bikinis ) Hank Azaria... http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/35/18/64/18370709.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I only have two words to add to this thread (and a link do not click link if you are offended by men in bikinis ) Hank Azaria... http://img5.allocine.fr/acmedia/medias/nmedia/18/35/18/64/18370709.jpg That is near modest compared to some I've seen! (and no, my husband would NOT be caught dead in that!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I remember going to a nude beach down in Florida when I was 19. It was a lot of fun. Most of the people were nothing special to look at, though. I remember seeing one guy walking down the beach, and wondering aloud why he hadn't stripped...until he got close and I realized that what I'd thought was WHITE swim trunks was in fact his pasty skin...he had very sharply defined tan lines and I'd never SEEN skin that pale, particularly on someone who over the rest of him was quite tanned. I'd rather go to a nude beach than be subjected to wearing a bikini, personally. For standard water play, I wear knee-length board shorts and a tankini top--which will eventually be replaced by a 3/4 sleeved rash guard, I just can't afford it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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