Miniskirts only for women with 'pretty legs': Budapest official

Yahoo News/AFP ^ | 8/27/2005 | Yahoo News/AFP

[Mike Bates]

A district mayor in Budapest has proposed a dress code for City Hall employees under which only women with "pretty legs" can wear short skirts.

Gyorgy Mitnyan, the conservative mayor of the city's 12th district, is also seeking to ban skirts that are shorter than 2-3 centimetres (about one inch) above the knee.

Under his proposal, both male and female employes would have to wear blazers or suits and leather shoes all year long.

The mayor told the Internet news website index.hu that there is already a compulsory dress code issued in his district every season, and said the code is needed in City Hall because he sees a lot of shabby-looking employees there.

Budapest Mayor Gabor Demszky called the proposal simply "crass".

"I flatly reject the idea in the name of City Hall, which employs hundreds of women workers," he said in a statement to Hungarian state news agency MTI.

The proposal is nevertheless scheduled for debate next week.

[thulldud]

Yeah, that works for me.

[rockabyebaby]

Miniskirts only for women with pretty legs???

This is HUGH!!!

Are you SERIES?????

[NormsRevenge]

I couldn't find my pic of Hillary in a bikini or mini-skirt. :-)

[bk1000]

"I couldn't find my pic of Hillary in a bikini or mini-skirt"

I feel that is a blessing!

[moehoward]

You say that like it's a BAD thing.

[Skip Ripley]

I think this Hungarian would make the cut....

[rdb3]

And who is the final word on 'pretty legs'?

That would be me. So let it be written. So let it be done.

[NormsRevenge]

LOL>. imagine how much that would be worth on the open market. ;-)

[wardaddy]

Eastern Europe has that rare but most welcome phenomenon of tall thin women with long legs, dainty ankles and large breasts.

God bless them and their genes.

[Mike Bates]

Mandatory Hungarian pic:

[AmishDude]

And who is the final word on 'pretty legs'?

Oooh, oooh, oooh, I volunteer.

[meowmeow]

Pretty legs and under 40. I'm over 40, have great legs (I'm a runner) but I still look stupid in a short skirt. The rest of me is too old to pull off the look.

[AmishDude]

Yep. They are something there. I'd advise getting a weekly pass on the subway/tram system. You really don't have to go anywhere.

[Mike Bates]

Don't feel too bad. You are not alone. I have precisely the same problem. :)

[BenLurkin]

[BenLurkin]

[oolatec]

So long as you can cover up her face. ;)

[JasonC]

Go tell the Scots.

[ken in texas]

That would be me. So let it be written. So let it be done.

Works for me... I trust your judgement. :-)