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English resort sees crime fall after mankini clampdown
Associated Press ^ | May 28, 2015 10:36 AM EDT

Posted on 05/28/2015 7:40:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai

It was one small ban for mankinis, one giant step for an English seaside resort town.

Officials in Newquay say crime has fallen since they cracked down on stag parties with revelers wearing the revealing one-piece garments. […]

Police clamped down on anti-social behavior, including public drunkenness and the wearing of “inappropriate clothing,” including the sling-style men’s swimsuits made notorious by comic character Borat, which one senior police officer called “revolting.” …

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1 posted on 05/28/2015 7:40:58 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

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2 posted on 05/28/2015 7:41:38 AM PDT by struggle
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Absolutely agree. Maybe I should have put it in the smoky backroom, in retrospect; they do seem to encourage criminal behavior.


3 posted on 05/28/2015 7:42:35 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

LOL I am a woman, who likes men, but I find that particular “fashion” extremely ugly! :-)


4 posted on 05/28/2015 7:44:23 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: struggle
Somehow, I don't think they are like Zardoz.


5 posted on 05/28/2015 7:48:33 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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6 posted on 05/28/2015 7:54:38 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Olog-hai
Does "stag party" mean the same thing in England as it does in the US?

Because I can't imagine young men partying in a mankini the night before the wedding.

7 posted on 05/28/2015 8:02:32 AM PDT by TontoKowalski
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To: struggle

I would go further - I will “abuse” anyone that posts one!


8 posted on 05/28/2015 8:04:06 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Olog-hai

“Mankini clampdown” - Two words that cause nausea when combined.


9 posted on 05/28/2015 8:14:15 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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So it's a stag party, and all the men are going to be dressed like that???

No thanks.

10 posted on 05/28/2015 8:14:20 AM PDT by Savage Beast ("Inside every 'Liberal' is a totalitarian screaming to get out!")
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To: JoeProBono

As long as it covers the nipples I guess it’s ok./s


11 posted on 05/28/2015 8:17:02 AM PDT by JohnnyP
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To: TontoKowalski

Sounds like homosexuals partying. I suppose it could be hetero men behaving badly, but I doubt if hetero men would want to wear mankinis to party — definitely sounds like queers to me.


12 posted on 05/28/2015 8:18:29 AM PDT by expat2
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Yes, I'm sure you're right. It's the only thing that makes sense.

So, "stag party" has lost its rich historical meaning... bachelors whooping it up with strippers and excessive liquor the night before the wedding... and has been redefined as a gay male sex party.

What has the world come to?

13 posted on 05/28/2015 8:23:08 AM PDT by TontoKowalski
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To: Savage Beast

Zardoz was a movie starring Sean Connery. Coincidentally his costume looks like a “mankini”. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zardoz


14 posted on 05/28/2015 8:38:27 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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I must have missed that flick.

I'd rather think of Connery as 007.

15 posted on 05/28/2015 8:48:38 AM PDT by Savage Beast ("Inside every 'Liberal' is a totalitarian screaming to get out!")
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To: TontoKowalski; expat2
Sounds like homosexuals partying. I suppose it could be hetero men behaving badly, but I doubt if hetero men would want to wear mankinis to party — definitely sounds like queers to me.

But why wouldn't the article clearly state that, if it was the case?

It couldn't be cause the writer had an agenda, could it?

Maybe "Asian" (read: Pakistani) men were involved, too?

Regards,

16 posted on 05/28/2015 9:23:02 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: Olog-hai

I thought they used to be called “Grape Smugglers” instead of “Mankinis”...


17 posted on 05/28/2015 9:23:44 AM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
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18 posted on 05/28/2015 10:00:39 AM PDT by lapsus calami (What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
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To: RightGeek
Urban legend has it that Sean Connery is not anatomically suited to a true mankini.

The problem is not that he's too small.

19 posted on 05/28/2015 10:23:13 AM PDT by TontoKowalski
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To: TontoKowalski
The authorities have gone from putting an English Lord (Montagu) in jail for queer behavior 60 years ago to refusing to report queers in a bad light nowadays.
Now it really IS "the love that dare not speak its name", a phrase used in Oscar Wilde's trial.
20 posted on 05/28/2015 10:24:44 AM PDT by expat2
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