Bloomer Boys

This trend'll do for swimming what the loss of good old snug fitting gym shorts did for basketball. I know I found the game sport much less interesting.

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Well, I think you are referring to the trashy population that believes the more fabric hanging off of your body...the better looking you are. They will stop wearing them one day when they are putting on their uniforms for work. That is the only cure I have found.

I still wear my "white boy" shorts and my swimming trunks...let's just say sometimes I get camel toe.

I believe in TIGHT clothes! The tighter my clothes are...the more gay I am!

-Me

I think all that tight fabric may be cutting off the oxygen to your brain, Matt. You've managed to come up with the most blatently racist post I've seen in a long time. Added to your sleazy post from the middle of the night that seems to have gotten itself deleted, you're just hitting home runs left and right today when it comes to tasteless posting.

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i really don't see this as a new trend. i remember when the fad of surf trunks hit when i was still in high school and everyone was wearing knee or longer length swim trunks with bright colors and flowers and such.

the surf trunks came about because surfers needed something a bit more substantial than the speedo since the ocean tended to make mincemeat out of them. hence the heavier weight, longer length "board shorts" were born.

the 80's, hideous time of many fashion mistakes, saw those board shorts taken to extemes as seen in the "jams" shorts of the times. bright red and orange with flowers and extending to almost mid calf (yep, i had a few pairs).

based on the trend among nyc youth towards baggy, it's no surprise that the swim trunks reflect it. however if it were to be faithful to the trend, the trunks would hang somewhere around the tops of the thighs with some outlandish undershorts account for propriety.

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Since I find camel toe unsavory, I prefer looser trunks. Wearing them two sizes too big is not so attractive, but is preferable to two sizes too small. It's the beach, not a 70's porno, after all.

The fad I don't understand is the heavy velour sweat suits worn by so many people. - all year long (I do double takes when I see people wearing them in the 80+ heat)...what up with that?

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I gotta admit, I wear clothes two sizes too small (does that make me gay??) and I prefer speedos. MasterLcZ is right about the sandtrap effect though. Very unpleasant. The solution is, of course, found in frequenting a nude beach.

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For the first time in my life I feel naive...I lost the "Y" innuendo.

Does "sandless Y" mean you like it shaved? I really am lost...

One big problem with nude beaches - no tan lines.
And I LOVE tan lines. So damn sexy.

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Really?

I always thought people thought tan lines were gross.

In that case- I can admit I have A MAJOR tan line.

I can't tan my butt- it burns badly and then I can't sit down or do anything else...

hmmm... I volunteer for that job! But, I'm sure there's a waiting list...

In MY dreams. What time should I be over...?