Brickbat: Barely There

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Officials in Ras al-Khaimah, one of the United Arab Emirates, have banned women from wearing bikinis and men from wearing small trunks on its beaches. Those caught violating the ban will be fined.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

I'm on board with the banana hammock ban.

[invisible furry hand]

cute name there for budgie smugglers.

[Heroic Mulatto]

Budgie? Some folks smuggle cockatiels, I'll have you know!

[invisible furry hand]

Not an eagle? Oh you modest man...

[Heroic Mulatto]

This dialog has led me to the knowledge that this bird exists.

[SugarFree]

Birds of prey are not kosher.

[Ted S.]

FoE, of course, would like it if women don't cover up their fannies. 🙂

[Bee Tagger]

The Abu Dhabi-based newspaper The National reports

I blame Nermal!

[$park?]

That little cat that Garfield hates?

[Bee Tagger]

Yes. Garfield would always send him in a package to Abu Dhabi.

[mr simple]

Those caught violating the ban will be fined.

That's really not that bad considering the usual punishment for crimes in that part of the world is death.

[Live Free or Diet]

Or getting chunks hacked off.

[WTF]

I support banning bikinis on fat chicks.

[Ted S.]

Don't you know fat-bottomed girls make the rockin' world go 'round?

[heller]

It should be phat-bottomed girls but whatever...

[sarcasmic]

Looks like you won't see this on the beach in the UAE. Or this.

[invisible furry hand]

or this

[sarcasmic]

Not clicking on that John pron. No thanks.

[Ted S.]

I'm surprised she didn't link to a photo of some "hot" (to her) guy in a skimpy swimsuit.

[invisible furry hand]

it's not a skimpy swimsuit so the people of Dubai will still be able to gaze in wonder at this

[Tim]

OT:
I was doing the shopping last night and ran across "Dawn Ultra New Zealand Spring Scent"

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Dawn.....z/17243869

Do they sell American scented soap down under?

[Ted S.]

Why would IFH give a damn about New Zealand? 😉

[invisible furry hand]

an aroma inspired by New Zealand's south island, where springs feed glacier-carved streams and verdant vistas

So it smells like a hobbit's toilet. Nice.

There is a gap in the market for American scented soap, which presumably smells like Paul Krugman's damp towels or something

[heller]

No one wants their hands to smell like farts and cheeseburgers.

[Radioactive]

so not true!

[Doctor Whom]

But you might see this.

[BakedPenguin]

What about OKC cheerleaders?

[PS]

We might lack real beaches, but the talent makes up for it.

[PS]

meh, http://beautycontestupdate.com.....bikini-10/

[Jgalt1975]

I'm rather surprised that bikinis at least weren't already banned.

[Suthenboy]

I think what they have in mind is a world not worth living in.

http://wonderfulfashions.com/s.....urka-blue/

I am so glad that warm weather is here again and the girls are wearing next to nothing.

[Fatty Bolger]

I think what they have in mind is a world not worth living in.

Seriously. No beer, no bacon, no bikinis, no thanks.

[sarcasmic]

OTOH 'wife rape' is not even a concept.

[SugarFree]

I can see that whore's feet. Stone her!

[Agammamon]

Unfortunately here the girls are starting to cover up again as Yuma approaches periapsis with hell.

[db]

About time someone went after those European beach goers with their banana hammocks and overflowing guts.

I remember being at the beach in the Outer Banks with my family when I was a kid and I remarked on the group if foreigners wearing ridiculously small speedos with way too much body fat. My Dad told me "Don't worry about them, they don't know any better; they're French."

[Suthenboy]

Who was it that said yesterday UFOs will be the next boogeyman when the climate crisis collapses?

I see from the 24/7 that congress is holding UFO hearings. Goddammit, they really are a parody of themselves.

[Rich]

Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick [said] "if there's something there that we need to discuss, then we ought to be part of that discussion."

Right on!!

[Radioactive]

I weep, I truly weep...

[John]

Come on Rich, if you were elected President, wouldn't you request the Roswell files on the first morning you went to the Oval Office?

[db]

You don't get to request that as President. Xorlaxxz and Grubnarz have a nice sit down with you in the Oval office and lay out you first term agenda for you.

[Rich]

*Of course* I would, John.

You missed my point about why Cheeks pulls down the big bucks.

[John]

I don't agree with this. But I would at least listen to a suggest that we impose a body fat limit on such suits. Forget morality, what about taste?

[Ken Shultz]

I think the Supreme Court here in the U.S. has decided that it's okay if the government mandates that people must wear banana hammocks--but you can't call it a "fine" for not wearing one. You have to call it a "tax".

[John]

If you could come up with a rational reason for "taxing" the wearing of such suits, I would imagine Roberts would buy it, provided his liberal friends in Washington thought it was a good idea.

Perhaps you could use the tax to create a fund to pay for costs associated with skin cancer.

[Mensan]

Quit giving them ideas.

[Timon 19]

RAK is a very poor, very sparsely-populated part of the UAE. They are probably the most conservative part of the country.

I'm frankly shocked that this wasn't already in place, especially given that Dubai and Abu Dhabi (municipality, if not the whole emirate) usually allows quite a bit at their beaches. Not that RAK gets enough tourists to have to worry about it.

[MissMalevolent]

Well that's a step up from beheading. And given it's a fine...they probably just found a way to make some revenue for the government...just like every other government on the planet.