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'Revolting' Mankinis Banned In Newquay
Telegraph(UK) ^ | September 28, 2012

Posted on 09/28/2012 8:19:55 AM PDT by Steelfish

'Revolting' Mankinis Banned In Newquay [Pic in URL] Police say a decision to ban mankinis and other "inappropriate clothing" from Newquay has helped significantly reduce anti-social behaviour and recorded crime.

Some visitors to Newquay, including children as young as 15, have been sent home as a result of anti-social behaviour, while older tourists have had skimpy costumes seized by police - including mankinis, a thong-like male bathing costume popularised by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's spoof documentary character Borat.

28 Sep 2012 Officers in Newquay say the Cornish resort is shedding its reputation as a haven for drunken revellers and stag parties as a result of the zero-tolerance approach to risque fancy dress.

Some visitors to Newquay, including children as young as 15, have been sent home as a result of anti-social behaviour, while older tourists have had skimpy costumes seized by police - including mankinis, a thong-like male bathing costume popularised by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's spoof documentary character Borat.

In an interview marking the end of a successful summer season, Devon and Cornwall Police Superintendent Julie Whitmarsh said the town had come a long way in the last three years, thanks to concerted efforts to help clean up the town's reputation.

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1 posted on 09/28/2012 8:19:59 AM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish
Mankinis: This thread is worthless without pictures
2 posted on 09/28/2012 8:21:42 AM PDT by verum ago (Note to self: check the date, stupid!)
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To: Steelfish

..from to articles

3 posted on 09/28/2012 8:27:40 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (WA DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; w/ different flie$" :^)
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To: Steelfish

That picture needs a barf alert or a Helen Thomas alert or something! *stomach heaving*


4 posted on 09/28/2012 8:31:27 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: leapfrog0202

What, you no like make sexy time with Borat?


5 posted on 09/28/2012 8:34:00 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Steelfish

The police seized the mankinis and sent the manikins home nekkid?


6 posted on 09/28/2012 8:37:36 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (I will fear no muslim))
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To: Steelfish

while older tourists have had skimpy costumes seized by police
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sounds painful...


7 posted on 09/28/2012 8:52:48 AM PDT by Elendur (It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: skinkinthegrass

Note to self: Never click on these type of threads during lunch hour.


8 posted on 09/28/2012 9:14:28 AM PDT by McGruff (Support your local Republican candidates. They are our last line of defense.)
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To: McGruff
LOL!
"serves" you right!

9 posted on 09/28/2012 9:21:34 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (WA DC E$tabli$hment; DNC/RNC/Unionists...Brazilian saying: "$@me Old $hit; w/ different flie$" :^)
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To: Boogieman

What, you no like make sexy time with Borat?
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*laughing* I will save that for some of the more adventuresome FReepers!


10 posted on 09/28/2012 2:47:15 PM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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