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'Bare Nekkid Mainers' Enjoy Buff Bowling
Associated Press ^ | January 30, 2007

Posted on 01/31/2007 5:57:09 AM PST by Vote 4 Nixon

OLD TOWN, Maine — When members of the Bare Nekkid Mainers rent the Old Town Bowling Center, all they really need are the shoes. "Hey, you can't go skinny-dipping at this time of year," Hessa, who organizes the gatherings and wanted to be identified only by her first name, told the Bangor Daily News.

Self-described naturist nudists, the Bare Nekkid Mainers belong to an international organization and participate in nudist events throughout the year.

The group used to bowl in Albion, but their venue there closed.

During the three events held at the Old Town center since September, the one-story building was closed with its windows and doors covered. Signs announced that a private party was in progress.

"I have absolutely no problem with it, and I hope nobody else does," Charles "Chip" Carson, the center's owner, said Monday. "They just happen to like having a good time without their clothes on."

Still, on one occasion earlier this month, a man apparently ignored the signs and entered the center with his 8-year-old son.

"I tried to stop him," Hessa said Monday. "He walked through two doors that were covered in paper and had signs."

He apparently saw a nude male playing pool and went to police.

"One of our officers went over there to check," Old Town police Capt. Kyle Smart said Monday.

Police found no violations, and after checking with the city attorney and municipal officials, concluded there has been no wrongdoing.

"We're not doing anything sexually explicit, and we're not out there doing it on Main Street," Hessa said.

About 60 households belong to Bare Nekkid Mainers, and several dozen people have participated in each bowling event in Old Town, the newspaper said.

Carson turns the thermostat up to make his patrons more comfortable and says the events are handled like any private party.

"Everybody's laughed at it, to be honest with you," he said


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To: ItsTheMediaStupid

(Resisting temptation to respond...)

(...and failing miserably!)


21 posted on 01/31/2007 11:19:49 AM PST by JRios1968 (Tagline wanted...inquire within)
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To: Vote 4 Nixon

Boy, nothing serves more as an anti-Viagra than mixing these thoughts: Maine, winter, bowling, naked.


22 posted on 01/31/2007 11:32:09 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Say---who would have guessed that Good Doctor Hunter S. Thompson opined on naked bowling before he shed his mortal coil:

"Yo, little Suzie -- how's about me and you hookin' up for some naked bowling tonight?"

"Say WHAT? Get out of my face!"

Naked Bowling was once a sinister sport in America, but today it is making a strong comeback, very strong. Nobody except Waterheads will deny that the recent craze for bowling naked in public makes it one of the fastest growing sports in the free world.

Continued . . .


23 posted on 01/31/2007 11:39:30 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: 1riot1ranger; al baby; albee; Argh; AtomicBuffaloWings; Bacon Man; beaureguard; bedolido; ...
Salacious Ping List ping!

I am aware that I have sadly neglected the SPL of late. If someone else wants to take it over, I'd happily relinquish it . . . but in any event, I promise to be more diligent about pingage!
24 posted on 01/31/2007 11:40:52 AM PST by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: Xenalyte

i suggest that all of the contentious participants on the various candidate threads all just get naked and go bowling.


25 posted on 01/31/2007 11:42:31 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

That is a SCATHINGLY BRILLIANT IDEA.

I suggest a corollary: you and I should avoid that bowling venue.


26 posted on 01/31/2007 11:44:41 AM PST by Xenalyte (Anything is possible when you don't understand how anything happens.)
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To: Xenalyte

heck no! we are going and taking pix. and then whenever someone makes a nasty post to a fellow freeper, their naked pic goes up in the follow up post.


27 posted on 01/31/2007 11:45:52 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
i suggest that all of the contentious participants on the various candidate threads all just get naked and go bowling.

Someone would chuck a heavy ball at Hitlery's cankles, mistaking them for pins.

28 posted on 01/31/2007 11:46:12 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Vote 4 Nixon
Well, that would set their pins up alright.
29 posted on 01/31/2007 11:46:18 AM PST by colorado tanker
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

the thought of a nekkid hil is almost too much to bear.


30 posted on 01/31/2007 11:47:28 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Xenalyte

Why do people need to be naked bowling? Exercising nude is uncomfortable for gifted men and women.


31 posted on 01/31/2007 11:47:45 AM PST by sully777 (You have flies in your eyes--Catch-22)
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To: xsmommy

Like a 7-10 split going through a carwash (think about it---let it settle in).


32 posted on 01/31/2007 11:49:59 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Xenalyte

Naked bowling can be dangerous, as some guys might trip over their ... err ... never mind.


33 posted on 01/31/2007 11:50:33 AM PST by TommyDale (If we don't put a stop to this global warming, we will all be dead in 10,000 years!)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

you are cruel....AND unusual... ; )


34 posted on 01/31/2007 11:51:16 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Boy, nothing serves more as an anti-Viagra than mixing these thoughts: Maine, winter, bowling, naked.


Shrinkage!

35 posted on 01/31/2007 12:28:47 PM PST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Now I know what ya do in yer spare time!


36 posted on 01/31/2007 2:24:43 PM PST by NYTexan
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To: The_Victor
ew. No pics please!

Then don't go here!

37 posted on 01/31/2007 2:29:44 PM PST by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: LIConFem
"And now we know the plot of Stephen King's next novel..."

LOL!!!

You're probably right..... but I'll still read it.

38 posted on 01/31/2007 8:56:59 PM PST by albee (Okay. so he missed aThe best thing you can do for the poor is.....not be one of them. - Eric Hoffer)
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To: albee
"You're probably right..... but I'll still read it."

I will as well. I just hope it's not illustrated!

;o)
39 posted on 02/01/2007 5:32:40 AM PST by LIConFem
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