Terminology

[Byron]

http://th01.deviantart.net/fs/71/PRE/i/2011/186/c/b/the_underwear_meme_by_hazy_b-d3kstsx.jpg (hoping this opens)
A useful reference chart which I would have hung on the wall of every newspaper feature writer in the land - and who would want to see also square cut and sungas written in the last box?

[Torchwatch]

It doesn't.....

[Byron]

Am working on it (an almost impossible site to track where I was)

[jackk78]

http://hazy-b.deviantart.com/art/The-Underwear-Meme-216335841

[Byron]

Thanks Jackk - where would I be without techie back-up?
(STS was able to unravel a messy one too a while back)

[Byron]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk//i/pix/2013/05/25/article-0-19FD0704000005DC-688_306x817.jpg

This is Ryan Lochte in his new Speedo* at a Vancouver competition, May 2013.
The pic is part of a Daily Mail report which says ".....his ripped body is in tiny Speedo swimming trunks......" - and then goes on to say ".......he stood in the exceedingly tiny shorts....." ; all so reminiscent of the nonsense written on what the last James Bond actor was wearing as he emerged from the sea.

*makes me wonder whether Speedo are getting desperate for new design ideas
- the strange side panel doesn't work for me I'm afraid.

[knikon]

I would love to be a speedo designer... Pity I would be the black sheep of the family if I did. Ill stick to graphic design.

[Torchwatch]

Design your dream speedo and I could make it for you........
Pvt message me if you want to.

[knikon]

Ill do it one of these days. Lemee Pm you some designs and you can give me a cost... What is it with peoples terminology with swimwear. I feel more modest in my 4" speedo than a pair of boardies. No tentpole or shorts sticking to my balls.

[Byron]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/0a57075755ba4166bf4ad1c9250afb9c/tumblr_mk5epnK2iz1r2gui6o1_1280.jpg
Give me a decent speedo any day.

[Torchwatch]

I made these Knikon:

http://www.mensswimsuitboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=716

[Byron]

We know what is required in France by the simple signs displayed at their pools but it seems that in DC the DPR gives out far more detail on the regulations:
http://www.popville.com/2013/07/dpr-posts-official-list-of-proper-swim-attire-for-dc-pools/

Your basketball shorts must be left at home but you can bring your long* swim briefs and your short swim briefs.

*what this contradiction in terms means is beyond my comprehension but the illustration of long appears to show jammers.

[Torchwatch]

What they have listed as a swim thong actually looks like a G string.

[Byron]

LOL - looks ok also to wear your underpants as long as they are not white
(it would seem the DPR needs a competent person in the R section who knows something about swimmers and swimming to do a redraft!)