[sleddogs]

I thought they were talking about our B.O. at first. LOL

[Pistolshot]

[the invisib1e hand]

Can't wait to see their logo!

And there's this, from the article:

This is the second time in two weeks that a UK theme park has introduced silly rules - previously, Alton Towers banned Speedos from their premises "to protect the children".

They're risking Barney Frank's outrage on this one.

[G Larry]

Hmm..in August aren’t the French on vacation?

[theDentist]

"We need to put that rule into effect. Every summer you can smell the tourists."

[Clock King]

Arms down, citizen!

[Daffynition]

If people are so offended by BO then they should take their own precautions ...... where's personal responsibility?

[vetvetdoug]

You got to be kidding me. I have never been around a bunch of Brits or Frenchies where the smell of B.O. didn't overpower me. Here in the US I can smell a Lymie in a room full of people; if the smell is bothering the Brits, its got to be offensive. During the winter I can also smell lymies easily, they smell like wet sheep.

FYI..I held a dual citizenship until 1974 with Britain and the US...I know of what I speak.

[silverleaf]

Weren’t our troops in Afghanistan complaining about the same stink from certain coalition partners?

[CharlesWayneCT]

This from the country which wants to make non-Muslim women wear full-body clothing into pools.

It’s a stupid rule; coasters are outside, you are moving 50+ miles an hour, any smell should be dispersed for all but the most sensitive noses or smelliest people.

And those smelliest people will smell regardless of whether their arms or up or down, their entire clothing will stink of sweat.

Oh, believe me, there are some very smelly people at theme parks. Water rides help some, but then you get people taking off their shoes and socks — and THAT is a stink you won’t soon forget.

[paulycy]

[Non-Sequitur]

That would never work in France.

[from occupied ga]

WALMART BINGO!!! (lower right corner)

[Ditter]

A number of years ago I was one of those smelly tourist. London had an unexpected heat wave, I had not brought any cool (or washable) clothes, nothing was air conditioned, my deodrant failed under the pressure. It was truly awful and the Brits smelled worse than I did.

[sugaree]

Lame, lame, lame. Especially when you consider that most people on a coaster are going to be sitting next to their companion, not some stranger.

[ottbmare]

I don’t go to theme parks in the US or UK and nobody could pay me enough to go on a rollercoaster. But when I visit the UK I’m regularly amazed at how bad people smell compared to those in the US. Not as bad as Europe by any means, but it’s still clear there are some differences in hygiene between the US and the UK.

This is sometimes a class-based difference but has little to do with ethnicity. It seems that usually the middle class and above in the UK do wash, while the working class and below seem more slipshod about bathing. American working-class people are for the most part just as clean and fragrant as the middle and upper classes.

In Europe, far more than in the UK, it appears that men of all social classes neglect to bathe as often as they should. Some of them just don’t think it’s manly, and their deodorants are just perfumy coverups rather than being true antiperspirants.

Just a generalization, your mileage may vary.