So, I was just coming to grips with the european "shared" bathroom for men and women when I came face to face (or face to....well read on) with another redneck moment. Last weekend, we were at Katherine's 3rd swim meet, quietly sitting in the stands awaiting the start of the competition when IT happened. Now most people know that swim meets have judges who make sure that swimmers are two hand touching, doing the right strokes etc. So, 2 rows down from me a man begins to undress right there in front of everyone. Off comes the shirt, I didn't think anything of it at that point, I mean men change shirts all the time. But then off come his trousers and he was standing there in his tiny underwear.
COME ON!!!! No one wants to see you standing there with your "bits" staring them in the face. Really, there was a locker room 200 feet from where he was. Couldn't he just walk a few feet and change there? No one else around seemed to care, actually, he was carrying on a conversation with others around them. Then not long after that, a young man (probably around 10-11) who was a swimmer decided to completely get undressed and into his speedo for the swim meet. As this was going on, Liz told me that it had happened at the meet prior that I wasn't at. So is this just a regular normal thing?
I didn't see any women doing this? Was it just a man/boy thing? Was this just a European thing? It seems the country is tolerant of many things related to men and women (such as the communal bathrooms) and now, undressing in public. I wonder......Would I be looked at strangely if I went to the community pool, undressed in public and put on my speedo, would anyone care? Would anyone notice? Would I be seen as just another European?
Join us next time for the in depth investigation as I test this theory of the European changing station.
Voici à votre bonne santé et de la nudité
