Germany: Dissolvable bikini row

Austrian Times ^ | 07/30/09

[TigerLikesRooster]

Dissolvable bikini row

A bikini that dissolves in water has outraged killjoy women's rights campaigners.

The saucy thong swimsuit - sold as the perfect present for dumped boyfriends - looks like a real bikini but disappears completely after just a few seconds in water.

Sellers in Germany bill the Get Naked costume as a chance for men to get their own back after a break-up.

But women's rights campaigner Rosmarie Zapfl stormed: "It is an absolute insult to women that this has been invented."

The dissolvable bikinis are being sold on the German revenge website www.racheshop.de with sizes 34 and 36 in a thong version and 38, 40 and 42 with bikini bottoms.

[backhoe]

I guess I’m just a Right Wing, Neanderthal Son offa Bitch, because it strikes me as hilarious— just make one for the guys, too, to even things out...

[Grizzled Bear]

Considering that public nudity is prevalent in Germany (beaches, prime time television, bill boards, etc), I’m having problems believing this has caused so much of an outrage.

[Schnucki]

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

Rules are rules!

Pics proving this is for real? lol

[Prodigal Son]

There’s a difference between choosing to go nude on the beach and having the decision taken away from you.

Just as there is a difference between consensual sex and rape.

Imagine it’s a perverted pedophile uncle buying the bikini for a thirteen year old niece and it then it seems less ambiguous.

[Grizzled Bear]

There’s a difference between choosing to go nude on the beach and having the decision taken away from you.

Just as there is a difference between consensual sex and rape.

I agree completely; but, you haven't seen German television and billboards.

Imagine it’s a perverted pedophile uncle buying the bikini for a thirteen year old niece and it then it seems less ambiguous.

Children in Germany are "sexualized," for lack of a better term, at a very early age. Note - I don't agree with it, I'm just pointing out the facts.

[The SISU kid]

Not-A-Ping....

8^)

[Prodigal Son]

but, you haven't seen German television and billboards.

I lived in Germany for 8 years. I am fully aware of how German society is.

I really liked it there. I speak German. Had a German wife. Went native, you might say.

I've lived half my life in Europe, in different countries. I have a pretty good grasp of the situation here.

You were saying?

[Grizzled Bear]

I lived in Germany for 8 years. I am fully aware of how German society is.

I really liked it there. I speak German. Had a German wife. Went native, you might say.

I also lived in Germany for eight years. I lived in the Mannheim area; but I traveled extensively throughout the country and throughout Europe. I have a German wife. I've decided to keep her. ;-)

We've been married ten years; although we are forced to spend this year's anniversary apart due to a deployment.

You were saying?

I was saying that I disagree with certain aspects of their culture; therefore, I wouldn't expect most members of their society to be bothered by this issue.

This isn't true for all; there are some within their society, like my wife, who feel very uncomfortable waiting at bus stops that sported posters containing full frontal nudity.

My point is, at most German swim locations (pools/lakes/etc) you are more likely to ladies in birthday suits than swim suits.

und Ich auch kann ein bisien deusch spreche, aber meine deusch is ganz schlect.

[GladesGuru]

“women’s rights campaigner Rosmarie Zapfl stormed: “It is an absolute insult to women that this has been invented.” “

Poor ickle Zapfl got zapped.

Somebody call the Whaaambulance.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

She's definitely GUILTY of something......just look at that smirk on her face.

[webschooner]

Guilty of hoarding Silicone ...

[Tax-chick]

Who would wear a bathing suit given by an ex-boyfriend?

[antisocial]

This thread is usless without pictures. :>)

[mikrofon]

One moment it’s there, the next there’s no bikini atoll....

[SAJ]

(((...groan...)))

;^)

[Slings and Arrows]

Let's get this out of the way:

"They can test it by giving one to Helen Thomas."

[ApplegateRanch]

...and what ex-boyfriend wants to give her a bikini?

Oh, yeah; “really, it’s not you, it’s me...we can still be friends. Just to show there are really no hard feelings, here’s a thong bikini you can wear for your new squeeze...,”.

[Clay Moore]

That’s really bad. I salute you.

[cyborg]

"They can test it by giving one to Helen Thomas."

Petronski tells me Helen Thomas can probably dissolve ordinary bikinis.

Ewwwww.

[wolf78]

I guess I’m just a Right Wing, Neanderthal Son offa Bitch, because it strikes me as hilarious— just make one for the guys, too, to even things out...

Already available on the same webpage:

http://www.racheshop.de/product_info.php?cPath=288_103&products_id=12328

The hysterics probably overlooked this..

[Slings and Arrows]

I second that Ewwww.

[wolf78]

Children in Germany are "sexualized," for lack of a better term, at a very early age. Note - I don't agree with it, I'm just pointing out the facts.

It's not so much sexualized, that happens in the US as well (I would argue that Christina Aguilera in a thong dry-humping a motorbike is more sexual than a naked middle-aged mother of four with sagging breasts). The difference is that nudity / nudism has a long tradition in Germany (one of the few ways to rebell during the Kaiser's reign) and isn't necessarily seen as sexual, if it's not in a sexual context. Letting children up to the age of 3 or 4 play naked in the garden (in summer) is completely acceptable (it's like:"they don't mind, so why shouldn anyone else"). German beaches (yes, there are beaches in Germany, although the season is very short) have nudist sections, some public swimming pools in Germany offer nudist hours.

So nudity isn't always perceived as sexual and therefore not as strict a taboo in the US. While in the US such a prank would be considered sexually demeaning, in Germany it would merely be considered in bad taste.



Hommage to Borat at a german rock festival (Wacken)

[patton]

“Who would wear a bathing suit given by an ex-boyfriend?”

Nobody, now.

[TheOldLady]

Ha! I wash all my clothes before I wear them (my mom was a seamstress -- the stories I could tell...). Imagine my surprise at the empty washer when this material becomes popular!

And umbrellas for your enemies! Oh, the possibilities.

[AFPhys]

This would be perfect for you when you want to do your plowing/ rain experiments.

[ConservativeMan55]

bttt

[HonkyTonkMan]

The wife must be buying dissolvable socks b/c they keep disappearing in the washer!

[TheOldLady]

LOL! As you well know, my experiments are over. Read this and the last comment in the thread to see what happened.

[TheOldLady]

Sometimes I wonder. Talk about good money going down the drain.