Bring Back the Nude Olympiad! Except for Wrestling!
The Times tossed out this slab of beekcake in this morning's paper:
That's Freestyle wrestler Doug Schwab. And actually, while I don't see the big deal about bringing back the nude Olympiad, I prefer my wrestlers (my first lover was one at IU) in singlets, which I think are sexier than nothing at all. I mean...
I don't mean to single out OSU, but OMG.
Singlets are on my list of perfect things that make life worth living, along with push reel mowers, windmills, and sporks.
And of course, anything that makes life worth living these days, somebody wants to come along and snuff out. A couple of years ago, in response to their "humiliating" design, the National Collegiate Athletic Association approved an alternate uniform, "the double," which the New York Times says "closely resembles a superhero's ensemble, a skintight T-shirt tucked into skintight shorts."
Its inventor says it will make the sport more appealing to those scared off by the more revealing singlet. But old school types are fighting back, thank the gods. The Times quotes Jim Giunta, who wrestled at Penn State in the 60's "in a uniform that consisted of leggings with stirrups, a singlet top that buttoned under the crotch, and shorts on top of that."
"People would chuckle back then," said Mr. Giunta, who is now the executive director of the National Collegiate Wrestling Association. "Of course once you get a football player on a mat, they don't make fun of you anymore. I can see why a person, on first impression, might see a singlet as immodest, but golly, today that's such an oxymoron."
The article concludes: "The meek and modest need not apply." Amen to that. If you got cojones, let's see 'em.
One of the oddest nights I've ever had was spent partially in a singlet. Him being a former wrestler in the Navy.
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"Oddest"? I'm intrigued. Elaborate!
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Okay, one more tidbit...
[Said with a gutteral growl...] "Shut up, you piece of shit."
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Hmm. I wouldn't call that "odd," just "ill-mannered," unless, of course, you're into that. I'm not. There's enough dominance and submission in society-at-large and humiliation to spare in day-to-day life. I don't need it in bed. I'm for the sweet end of the lollypop, myself.
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Ummm, maybe I wasn't clear. I was the one who said that.
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Oh dear.
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Whoa. I mean, I'm no gay man but that's hot.
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Please, DO go on.
And when you're done, a quick bicycle question: From your experience as an Urban biker - what's the best (safety, convenience, handling) lock to get? Cable? Chain? Rubbing the bike with poison ivy?
I'm taking my baby into town for a couple of days and need to protect it from prying hands...
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Henry,
I use a combination: a Kryptonite 4 X 9 U-lock and a cable long enough to string through both wheels and the U-lock. A lot also depends on where you park it and how long you leave it. If it's well-locked in a well-traveled, very visible area that's better, obviously than leaving it someplace out of the way.
There are some who advise that you "ugly your ride" to keep bicycle thieves from looking twice (the stupidest thing I've heard of people doing to uglify theirs is ripping their seats up). One of my housemates swears that her rainbow flag decals protect her bike from theft, and I can see a small-time thief not wanting to ride around on a gay bike, but some cities have more organized bicycle theft rings (or so I have heard). I have a Madonna del Ghisallo decal but that's as far as I'll go.
To recap:
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Mike-
Very useful information. Thank you! How did you know that I do absorb visuals so much easier?
The Madonna was not known to me as the appropriate patron saint! I usually take an all-purpose Christophoros medallion with me, but this is certainly a nice addition. I wonder if I can get a charm bracelet somewhere with the saints for the various travel modes all together.
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Ahh, yes. Takes me back to my days of looking up wrestler boners on you tube.
Wait, that was yesterday.
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