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In ancient Greece, nudity was Olympic Games' great equalizer
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| 7/30/04
| Charles Burress
Posted on 07/30/2004 6:18:16 PM PDT by MikalM
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posted on
07/30/2004 6:18:20 PM PDT
by
MikalM
To: MikalM
San Francisco Chronicle... predictable
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posted on
07/30/2004 6:19:37 PM PDT
by
gilliam
To: MikalM
They used to have weddings in the nude. You could always tell who was the best man.
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posted on
07/30/2004 6:23:14 PM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
("Read Hillary's hips. I never had sex with that woman.")
To: gilliam
It's funny they would be the ones to make this observation... The one place on earth (Frisco) where nudity would probably be the most dangerous.
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posted on
07/30/2004 6:23:30 PM PDT
by
Lexinom
To: MikalM
I'm here to tell you, running in the nude, with the 'nads bouncing every which way, is no fun.
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posted on
07/30/2004 6:25:34 PM PDT
by
Drango
(Stupidity is the only infinitely renewable resource)
To: MikalM
"Nudity, he said, erases marks of rank and privilege."
That ain't necessarily so...
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posted on
07/30/2004 6:25:42 PM PDT
by
old3030
(Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped -- Elbert Hubbard)
To: old3030
Could we conclude that there was a lot of juggling competition at their Olympics?
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posted on
07/30/2004 6:28:41 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: old3030
Nice bod....but what small feet you have!!
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posted on
07/30/2004 6:29:44 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(God Bless Our Troops!!)
To: MikalM
Only women's figure skating should be in the nude. And maybe women's trampoline jumping.
To: MikalM
The REAL reason nudity was eventually rejected: "Uh-oh. Looks like another runner is being dragged. That baton-pass needs a real tweeking."
To: Larry Lucido
Slow motion on TV would make gymnastics, women hurdles, oh hell, any sport popular.
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posted on
07/30/2004 6:52:57 PM PDT
by
Lokibob
(All typos and spelling errors are mine and copyrighted!!!!)
To: MikalM
I don't think I want to see some of the olympic "female" athletes completly nude.
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posted on
07/30/2004 6:57:25 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
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posted on
07/30/2004 8:03:23 PM PDT
by
texasflower
(in the event of the Rapture, the Bush White House will be unmanned.)
To: MikalM
Man! This is one of those rare opportunities where a few of my infantile penis jokes might not seem so out of place. Lucky for you guys, my AC just went out and the wife and I are taking turns laying in our underwear on the tile floor in the bathroom in an effort to stay alive. It's my turn. Bye.
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posted on
07/30/2004 8:22:24 PM PDT
by
Jaysun
(Let me take yet another opportunity to tell the "moderates" to shove it ....... then twist it.)
To: MikalM
Nudity, he said, erases marks of rank and privilege.No, it doesn't. I saw a show on French TV about families spending their vacations at a nudist camp, and one of the things they liked about it was that it erased social classes. Yet, even without clothing, it was obvious these people were upper middle class. Body shape, posture, general bearing--there are a lot of ways people show their standing in society that have nothing to do with clothing.
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posted on
07/30/2004 8:30:16 PM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Think like a liberal? Oxymoron!)
To: Jaysun
Lucky for you guys, my AC just went out and the wife and I are taking turns laying in our underwear on the tile floor in the bathroom in an effort to stay alive.Arggh, the mental image!
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posted on
07/30/2004 8:31:29 PM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Think like a liberal? Oxymoron!)
To: Dallas59
"I don't think I want to see some of the olympic 'female' athletes completly nude."The female gymnasts might be of interest.
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posted on
07/30/2004 8:33:36 PM PDT
by
TheLion
To: NYC GOP Chick; Cacique
At times like this, I wish Presidio9 was still around for a "Morford" ping.
I can see why Cacique always preferred to Romans to the Greeks.
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posted on
07/30/2004 9:20:02 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
To: Clemenza
Whoa, what happened to get Presidio9 banned? I always liked him.
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posted on
07/30/2004 9:50:59 PM PDT
by
JOAT
To: gilliam
Anyone who has actually gone to the ancient stadium will know only a select few of the events were done in the nude.
Th western universities are renowned for getting ancient greek history and culture just plain wrong.
BTW the ancient games started in 776. (1776?)
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