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alcibiades_mystery

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47. Funny story

Sun Aug 16, 2015, 11:25 PM

Aug 2015

We were recently in Times Square on a family vacation. Well, we were all over NYC, but we were also in Times Square. In any case, my six year old son saw a couple of these women. They basically had bare breasts painted as American flags. When we got back home he said, very ominously, "I saw something very...weird in Times Square." We knew almost immediately what he was talking about. My wife says, "Was it a woman without her shirt on?" He says, "Yes. Yes! I can't get that vision out of my mind!"

It was very difficult for us to keep from bursting out laughing.

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Painted, near-naked ladies on the prowl for cash in Times Square angering tourists [View all] Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 OP

Doesn't hold a candle to the Times Square I remember. zappaman Aug 2015 #1

I lived there before it went all Disney... HappyPlace Aug 2015 #7

Yep! This looks pretty tame to me! RKP5637 Aug 2015 #9

I thought the same thing--I remember when Times Square made Boston's Combat Zone look tony. MADem Aug 2015 #14

I remember the Times Square of Jimmy Breslin---I preffered the hookers to Disney, too. nt msanthrope Aug 2015 #22

Everything was always better in the era before I got to experience it! herding cats Aug 2015 #49

People forget because we survived it, but the crime rate was through the roof back then. MADem Aug 2015 #67

Internet not better now d_r Aug 2015 #68

Me either! What ever happened to the seedy XXX movies, the hookers, COLGATE4 Aug 2015 #74

As a big Disney fan I actually find this less offensive Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #2

oh my pintobean Aug 2015 #16

Or "Anti-Semite-Me Elmo"......!!!!! MADem Aug 2015 #21

Love the shot of him getting arrested, in the costume! nomorenomore08 Aug 2015 #65

yeah, the knockoff mascots and cartoon characters are downright creepy. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #61

Looks like Carnivale in Rio spilled over to Times Square. eom Cleita Aug 2015 #3

Human bodies, colorfully painted... OH THE HORROR! nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #4

Even the Naked Cowboy has seen enough. notadmblnd Aug 2015 #25

Well, myself, the human body is beautiful nadinbrzezinski Aug 2015 #26

You won't get an argument from me on that notadmblnd Aug 2015 #34

I need to personally investigate this to decide if it is offensive! nt Logical Aug 2015 #5

I may need to accompany you on this investigation U4ikLefty Aug 2015 #42

A 2nd opinion would be good! nt Logical Aug 2015 #44

Pppppppppppppfffffffffffft. "Even the Naked Cowboy has seen enough". PeaceNikki Aug 2015 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2015 #8

Wondering the same TeddyR Aug 2015 #27

Maybe somebody should open a little museum there... countryjake Aug 2015 #10

I want to see them try this in January DFW Aug 2015 #11

I feel deprived, I was in Times Square in January.... steve2470 Aug 2015 #80

Only about 16500 miles to go! DFW Aug 2015 #83

Thread is useless without pics LittleBlue Aug 2015 #12

grumblegrumble what's become of DU grumblegrumble THIS THREAD IS USELESS WITHOUT PICTURES! Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2015 #13

KICK THIS POST! Lochloosa Aug 2015 #18

Now this is something I can agree with Stuart G Aug 2015 #19

PI-CHERS (lol)!!!!!!! Courtesy of those class acts at the NY POST... MADem Aug 2015 #20

Are those TeddyR Aug 2015 #28

OMG! You're right! countryjake Aug 2015 #36

Of course! Because girl-ones have to be fuzzed!!!! It's the POST! MADem Aug 2015 #52

I'm guessing Tyler George wasn't all that upset melman Aug 2015 #15

Fall and winter are coming FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #17

Mommy! That girl doesn't have some clothes on! MineralMan Aug 2015 #23

So, I take it these tourists have never been to NOLA during Mardi Gras liberaltrucker Aug 2015 #24

Or NOLA TeddyR Aug 2015 #29

Or the DU Lounge on jambalaya day. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2015 #33

! Kali Aug 2015 #51

Or to Vegas beveeheart Aug 2015 #53

Where in Las Vegas are there living topless women on the strip approaching tourists? Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #64

Last Feb I saw a pair dressed like 'island girl' characters-- grass skirts and tiny pasties. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2015 #69

Fremont Street and the Strip beveeheart Aug 2015 #71

OH, hell, they never even noticed how tight some of those jeans are getting Warpy Aug 2015 #66

Obscenity is all those mommies teaching their kids Warpy Aug 2015 #30

Oh noes! Think of the childrens!!! Protect them from the Boobs! cheapdate Aug 2015 #31

oh bloody hell .... V0ltairesGh0st Aug 2015 #32

We were warned about them painted up city women. cloudbase Aug 2015 #35

With the hitches in their getalongs. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2015 #40

she's about to vamp him! nt U4ikLefty Aug 2015 #43

Ha ha! You've got quite a hitch in yer get along! DawgHouse Aug 2015 #81

I'm not a prude and I am definitely not a non-fan of 'near-naked women,' but Times Square... onehandle Aug 2015 #37

Before it got gussied up with franchises and billboards, it was a cesspool of a different sort...! MADem Aug 2015 #54

Arrest all these Time Square grifter assholes for vagrancy. Sen. Walter Sobchak Aug 2015 #38

Ha, they should take it a step further if anything Reter Aug 2015 #39

There are usually 1 or 2 girls in front of the Hard Rock. Renew Deal Aug 2015 #41

Painted Ladies pintobean Aug 2015 #45

And then, there's this Art_from_Ark Aug 2015 #55

Gentrification will come... pipoman Aug 2015 #46

Funny story alcibiades_mystery Aug 2015 #47

lol. poor thing. did you get him into therapy? Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #48

I'm sure he's been traumatized for life alcibiades_mystery Aug 2015 #50

Anyone who exposes a child to a woman's unclothed breasts Nye Bevan Aug 2015 #56

Uh-oh. We know what happens when boys start noticing these things... Buns_of_Fire Aug 2015 #70

Some of the women are accompanied by male muscle Quackers Aug 2015 #57

"New York City is the place where they say; 'hey babe, talk a walk on the wild side'." nt lumberjack_jeff Aug 2015 #58

So what do the bodyguards do if someone takes a picture from across the street? RandySF Aug 2015 #59

the Elmos and fake Obamas try not to let you get pics, but sidle up and try to get you to pose with bettyellen Aug 2015 #60

I hate to be a Negative Nancy, but those tourists in the pictures don't look angry at all. Warren DeMontague Aug 2015 #62

I'd get my picture taken with one of those gals Skittles Aug 2015 #63

Your neighbor might like it...they're very patriotic brooklynite Aug 2015 #79

LOL Skittles Aug 2015 #84

You should put a SPOILER ALERT in the title. I think this is the plot of NBC's new show "Blindspot" Attorney in Texas Aug 2015 #72

Nothing wrong with teats on the street - Just don't give them money seveneyes Aug 2015 #73

We are the job creators. n/t Orsino Aug 2015 #75

And now, on to REAL problems... valerief Aug 2015 #76

But they are wearing all America red white and blue stripes! Who could complain about that? Kablooie Aug 2015 #77

Really? this is what we are using electrons for? Android3.14 Aug 2015 #78

I was just in midtown a couple of weeks ago KamaAina Aug 2015 #82