Germany: Dissolvable bikini row

Austrian Times ^ | 07/30/09

[TigerLikesRooster]

Dissolvable bikini row

A bikini that dissolves in water has outraged killjoy women's rights campaigners.

The saucy thong swimsuit - sold as the perfect present for dumped boyfriends - looks like a real bikini but disappears completely after just a few seconds in water.

Sellers in Germany bill the Get Naked costume as a chance for men to get their own back after a break-up.

But women's rights campaigner Rosmarie Zapfl stormed: "It is an absolute insult to women that this has been invented."

The dissolvable bikinis are being sold on the German revenge website www.racheshop.de with sizes 34 and 36 in a thong version and 38, 40 and 42 with bikini bottoms.

[cyborg]

"They can test it by giving one to Helen Thomas."

Petronski tells me Helen Thomas can probably dissolve ordinary bikinis.

Ewwwww.

[wolf78]

I guess I’m just a Right Wing, Neanderthal Son offa Bitch, because it strikes me as hilarious— just make one for the guys, too, to even things out...

Already available on the same webpage:

http://www.racheshop.de/product_info.php?cPath=288_103&products_id=12328

The hysterics probably overlooked this..

[Slings and Arrows]

I second that Ewwww.

[wolf78]

Children in Germany are "sexualized," for lack of a better term, at a very early age. Note - I don't agree with it, I'm just pointing out the facts.

It's not so much sexualized, that happens in the US as well (I would argue that Christina Aguilera in a thong dry-humping a motorbike is more sexual than a naked middle-aged mother of four with sagging breasts). The difference is that nudity / nudism has a long tradition in Germany (one of the few ways to rebell during the Kaiser's reign) and isn't necessarily seen as sexual, if it's not in a sexual context. Letting children up to the age of 3 or 4 play naked in the garden (in summer) is completely acceptable (it's like:"they don't mind, so why shouldn anyone else"). German beaches (yes, there are beaches in Germany, although the season is very short) have nudist sections, some public swimming pools in Germany offer nudist hours.

So nudity isn't always perceived as sexual and therefore not as strict a taboo in the US. While in the US such a prank would be considered sexually demeaning, in Germany it would merely be considered in bad taste.



Hommage to Borat at a german rock festival (Wacken)

[patton]

“Who would wear a bathing suit given by an ex-boyfriend?”

Nobody, now.

[TheOldLady]

Ha! I wash all my clothes before I wear them (my mom was a seamstress -- the stories I could tell...). Imagine my surprise at the empty washer when this material becomes popular!

And umbrellas for your enemies! Oh, the possibilities.

[AFPhys]

This would be perfect for you when you want to do your plowing/ rain experiments.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[HonkyTonkMan]

The wife must be buying dissolvable socks b/c they keep disappearing in the washer!

[TheOldLady]

LOL! As you well know, my experiments are over. Read this and the last comment in the thread to see what happened.

[TheOldLady]

Sometimes I wonder. Talk about good money going down the drain.