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bettyellen

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25. I remember a Swede friend who would react that way at first sign of hot weather and he explains when

Reply to AnotherMcIntosh (Reply #24)

Sun May 19, 2013, 02:00 PM

May 2013

the sun comes out strong after their harsh winters, it would be common for men and women to suddenly go topless (mostly near at home for women, but everybody when when gardening but guys everywhere). Just because it feels great after being bundled up, and they are not used to the heat. It hit 90 degrees for a few weeks in a row, there were wildfires so bad outside the cities that the city got very smokey and they closed a lot of museums. I was lucky I hit the beginning of it. But it;s amazing how quickly it seemed normal. I wonder if that could ever happen with women topless. Right now, I can't imagine wanting cope with the comments and abuse. Couldn't handle being reduced to a piece of meat.

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NYPD: Topless women in public is not a crime [View all] davidn3600 May 2013 OP

This is new. Baitball Blogger May 2013 #1

'...should they encounter a woman in public who is shirtless but obeying the law,... Cirque du So-What May 2013 #2

Ontario has the same law riverbendviewgal May 2013 #3

Just like marijuana... burnodo May 2013 #4

Start spreading the news PD Turk May 2013 #5

Thank you, NYPD! Joey Liberal May 2013 #6

It's legal in Austin, Tx ever since a municipal judge Eleanors38 May 2013 #7

It's been that way in Austin for at least 30 years. Comrade Grumpy May 2013 #16

This thread is useless without...never mind. randome May 2013 #8

Yes but do they get Jerry Beads for it? L0oniX May 2013 #14

You mean like this? randome May 2013 #15

Just remember, the women who do this aren't inviting comments, stares or opinions. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #9

do you think men on the beach are? or in the streets of Moscow when it hits 85+ degrees F? bettyellen May 2013 #10

What are the odds that vodka was involved? AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #18

None. Maybe the men jumping into that filthy river were drunk. But it was too wide of cross bettyellen May 2013 #22

I find it odd that these Russian men would do that. I was wondering about the cause of such odd AnotherMcIntosh May 2013 #24

I remember a Swede friend who would react that way at first sign of hot weather and he explains when bettyellen May 2013 #25

Cue: feminist outrage. L0oniX May 2013 #11

Eh, I think the feminist outrage Flying Squirrel May 2013 #21

Breasts=Sex=Stupid Egalitarian Thug May 2013 #12

Not Hugh Hefner? WinkyDink May 2013 #19

We can thank our prehistoric ancestors for this one, too Orrex May 2013 #27

I support any form of political expression which involves women voluntarily disrobing. Poll_Blind May 2013 #13

We don't often beat "immodest" women here in the USA as they do in places like Saudi Arabia. hunter May 2013 #17

They'll rue the day, when nobody but 70-yr-old babushkas goes half-naked. WinkyDink May 2013 #20

But what if they are dancing erotically? Major Nikon May 2013 #23

Good. I don't support the government telling people how to dress then they ZombieHorde May 2013 #26

I agree, except I think that people should be required to wear clothes covering their genitals Nye Bevan May 2013 #28