I know this will disappoint some of you but nude hiking in Alps has been banned

[LynneSin]

Fricking Nanny States!!!

:crazy:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090427/ap_on_re_eu/eu_odd_switzerland_nude_hiking_ban_8

Swiss heartland voters ban nude hiking in Alps

APPENZELL, Switzerland – Voters in the heart of the Swiss Alps on Sunday passed legislation banning naked hiking after dozens of mostly German nudists started rambling through their picturesque region.

By a show of hands citizens of the tiny canton (state) of Appenzell Inner Rhodes voted overwhelmingly at their traditional open-air annual assembly to impose a 200 Swiss franc ($176) fine on violators.

Only a scattering of people on Sunday opposed the ban on the back-to-nature activity that took off last autumn when naked hikers — primarily Germans — started showing up in eastern Switzerland.

The cantonal government recommended the ban after citizens objected to encountering walkers wearing nothing but hiking boots and socks.

[Deep13]

1. Also banned by the Swiss, nude banking, watch-making and yodelling. nt

[Blue_Tires]

8. but i bet nude chocolate eating is still legal!

along with nude tax evasion

[Deep13]

11. Well, yeah. They're not assholes or anything. nt

[datasuspect]

2. those pesky germans!

[Orsino]

3. The good news, of course, is that they banned it only in Switzerland. n/t

[Pierre.Suave]

4. Damnit

I guess I will cancel that trip I was planning then...

[peekaloo]

5. Yodelaydeehooters.

damn Germans ruin everything.

[Call Me Wesley]

6. Those are Appenzeller.

Not Swiss. :hide:

[BurtWorm]

7. I'm going to assume, since they don't mention it, that nude mountain climbing and skiing are ok.

:woohoo:

[moggie]

9. Hopefully the violators keep money in their socks

Fining a naked person could be a problem.

[Forkboy]

10. Well, there goes my weekend.

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