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Witzend Sat 10-Jun-23 16:51:25

Went to the Royal Academy summer exhibition today - I left before dh, so he missed what must have been a couple of hundred nude cyclists - nearly all male - cycling merrily down Piccadilly! 😂

luluaugust Sun 11-Jun-23 09:34:11

So, can I go out starkers and not be arrested or not?

Witzend Sun 11-Jun-23 09:25:38

I didn’t find it revolting, just funny.
It would IMO have been a lot weirder if there was just one, but en masse, down a busy central London street, it simply amused me when I was hot and tired and dying to get away from the noise and crowds, back to the quiet green haven of our little back garden.

MrsKen33 Sun 11-Jun-23 08:24:37

I don’t find it at all revolting, just inappropriate. There is a time and place and others to be considered .

Blondiescot Sun 11-Jun-23 07:53:54

Oreo

A load of exhibitionists.
When was being naked in public not an offence? Maybe never was, but cops would remove anyone pdq in the near past.

I was wondering this too. Not too long ago, we had the infamous 'naked rambler' here in Scotland, who was always getting himself arrested for being out and about (literally!) in public.

Allsorts Sun 11-Jun-23 07:50:56

I bet their bits are sore this morning. What’s has happened to public decency also what a revolting spectacle it makes you want to heave. There’s a lot of nutters out there.

Beckett Sun 11-Jun-23 06:31:12

pascal30

Happens every year in Brighton.. all ages and sexes

Happens every year in Bristol too

Enid101 Sat 10-Jun-23 23:56:54

Witzend

Went to the Royal Academy summer exhibition today - I left before dh, so he missed what must have been a couple of hundred nude cyclists - nearly all male - cycling merrily down Piccadilly! 😂

You win the prize for the most intriguing thread title. Very clever.

Moonwatcher1904 Sat 10-Jun-23 23:54:27

Witzend did you manage to get a Picadilly Willy Piccy... grin

henetha Sat 10-Jun-23 23:34:33

Maybe they were raising something for charity. 😃

pascal30 Sat 10-Jun-23 20:38:21

Happens every year in Brighton.. all ages and sexes

Callistemon21 Sat 10-Jun-23 20:33:18

Aveline

J52 not wearing a hat?! Well really.

That is really irresponsible! 😲

Aveline Sat 10-Jun-23 20:31:10

J52 not wearing a hat?! Well really.

Callistemon21 Sat 10-Jun-23 20:24:20

nanaK54

Bella23

We have herds of cattle, swarms of bees what would we call a large group of men in the nude? Maybe a" Chauvanist".

Dicks grin

That wasn't my first thought, but I don't want to offend

A posse of Dinosoreasses?

PamelaJ1 Sat 10-Jun-23 19:54:09

Wonder who they thought was interested?

grandMattie Sat 10-Jun-23 19:49:55

Witzend

I just thought, what’s the collective noun for nude male cyclists?
A dangle!

🤣🤣🤣

Witzend Sat 10-Jun-23 19:47:17

I just thought, what’s the collective noun for nude male cyclists?
A dangle!

Witzend Sat 10-Jun-23 18:58:59

YorkLady

Isn’t this an annual event? Sure I’ve seen it mentioned before.

Probably. I’m sure I’ve seen it mentioned before.
At any rate, it was good for a laugh.

J52 Sat 10-Jun-23 18:57:10

We were on a walking holiday in the Camargue when a rather portly, naked gentleman road past us on a bike. I really didn’t know what to think, it was hot and he wasn’t wearing a hat.

Ladyleftfieldlover Sat 10-Jun-23 18:26:53

I was there on Thursday but didn’t see any naked men in Piccadilly. What I did see, although younger son tried to divert my attention, was a beautiful vase depicting gay men taking drugs and getting up to stuff. ‘You don’t need to look at that mum’, he said.

FannyCornforth Sat 10-Jun-23 18:20:14

Shelflife

Why , why, why? Exercising their rights I suppose. The world has gone mad !

Exercising more than their rights, I imagine.
Just because you can, doesn’t mean that you should

YorkLady Sat 10-Jun-23 18:10:03

Isn’t this an annual event? Sure I’ve seen it mentioned before.

Oreo Sat 10-Jun-23 17:50:49

A load of exhibitionists.
When was being naked in public not an offence? Maybe never was, but cops would remove anyone pdq in the near past.

nanaK54 Sat 10-Jun-23 17:49:14

Bella23

We have herds of cattle, swarms of bees what would we call a large group of men in the nude? Maybe a" Chauvanist".

Dicks grin

That wasn't my first thought, but I don't want to offend

Shelflife Sat 10-Jun-23 17:41:40

Why , why, why? Exercising their rights I suppose. The world has gone mad !

Foxygloves Sat 10-Jun-23 17:28:10

Witzend

Went to the Royal Academy summer exhibition today - I left before dh, so he missed what must have been a couple of hundred nude cyclists - nearly all male - cycling merrily down Piccadilly! 😂

PS how carefully did you check, OP? 🤣🤣🤣