Saving the youth.
Australia is an undeniably wonderful country floating, there, below the equator. An undeniably wonderful cuisine of meat pies, undeniably wonderful national costume featuring Bintang t-shirts, undeniably wonderful soundtrack set to the soothing melodies of Kylie Minogue.
And, of course, there is the surf. Such variety of wave and water temperature, almost each fronted by a surf lifesaving club wherein members can sit in plastic chairs and eat meat pies either before or after a dip in the ocean. Being undeniably wonderful, one of them just north of Adrian Buchan’s Avoca Beach has very progressively decided to enact a 100% ban on nudity.
No naked in changing rooms.
No naked in the shower.
According to The Guardian, one naughty swimmer, Nada Pantle, dared to change from swimsuit to clothing and got slapped with a threatened “disciplinary action.”
Another, Wendy Farley, got drilled for rinsing off sans attire.
Both received sternly worded letter reading, “The club is a family friendly environment and at that nudity is not acceptable. Should you continue to ignore the rules, you will be subject to disciplinary action, and/or … termination of your membership.”
Yikes.
While Pantle felt “body shamed” by the notice and Farley thought it was sending the wrong message to young women, the chief executive of the club, Jon Harkness, stood firm.
“The purpose is to protect young people,” he said. “They all potentially use those shower facilities.”
Europeans, long used to being au naturel basically everywhere, got wind of the situation, stuck their wieners right where they didn’t belong and criticized the new rules, declaring, “We got mixed saunas. Any public shower (public pool, sports club, gym etc) is an open plan and you definitely see naked people while changing … A naked body is only indecent if you teach it to be indecent.”
Harkness, brave and bold, stood firm.
“Nobody inferred that. We were purely asking (the offending women) to follow the rules to constantly be modest within changeroom facilities.”
It is unknown if Torquay’s surf and lifesaving club will adopt the zero nudity policy ahead of the upcoming Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach but here’s to hoping.
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I found Chas Smiths motivational poster in his office
You’ve clearly not been to America.
2023… we are ok with males using the women’s bathroom but someone how still completely freaked out by naked bodies. Unreal.
I don’t blame you. When it comes to that, most of us behave like primates anyway.
“let him out of his can…”
…and/or Karen…
Scratch!
Firm “Poo stance” to “Waffle stomp” combo…
That’s primate wisdom.
Also, it must be disturbing for a gorrilla to see all these hairless bodies all around.
i dream of jeannie/
weirdin me out~
8 ball corner pocket/
only an applied linguist knows the feeling
who is joiny now
Al list nobody asked for or wanted with added slang or nicknames for bonus but entirely useless info unless anyone here is coming to our shores soon.
Straya’s National food – Meat Pie (Bag of Flies). National Drink – Beer (Pigs Ear). National Footwear – Thongs (Pluggers, must be double plugged or ya doing it all wrong). National Formal attire – Flannelette shirt with ciggie pack rolled into the shoulder with rolled up sleeves, open buttoned to display an AC/DC (AkkaDakka) or now a Mad Huey shirt, double pluggers, and stubbies shorts (A Bogan Tuxedo). Our National Day – Australia Day Jan 25th (Invasion Day) National Hair style – Mullet (Windale Waterfall)
National Pride – Sally Fitz’s voice and lovely smile in the Almond Breeze alt milk ads before she was cut from the tour. Now our shame.
It’s because of weird cunts. Recently did a program for at risk kids and one of the mentors, an oldish dude, was first in the shower full nude and facing out in the first stall, he had a weird dick too, full pedo dick. I’m all for nudity but this was an enclosed environment. Gave the cunt a filthy look and he did not repeat the behaviour.
I’d be more creeped out by the guy staring at peoples dicks when they shower
Hahaha. Even a glance it was full pedo dick.
I think this is what they mean by “news desert”.
I wouldn’t mind people being nude, as long as they put masks over theyr parts.
Frozen, no russian heating oil.
I’m taking a stand on this critical issue.
I fully endorse women removing their clothing and showering anywhere, anytime.
Hippy Approval rating of 100.