That burkini!

This Alea, was very thinly veiled indeed, and pretty rude:

'I must have misunderstood, I thought you were a teacher in the UK , not director of a private leisure centre for many years' ...

and comes close to calling me a liar, no?

I never attack, my comment which was deleted came after several unpleasant exchanges, including the above. Very different to you (in the case however jane) again and again immediately jumping on a post I make with a silly, shocked, etc, emoticon or comment. And I don't go running to the mods either, or flounce, or change names everytime somebody says 'boo'.

Time for physio- will be a lot less painful ...

Why is it a particularly contentious thread? A discussion/debate about a garment for swimming? Some people are fearful that selling a garment that allows a particular group of women to swim in public is dangerous for society. Others raise the point that we are all constrained in what we wear by society . It is just a normal forum debate.

My thought exactly Maggie ... what the ......?

And then .... when 'honeypots' were introduced...is it me?

Today 07:58 janeainsworth

Can someone please explain what cyclists wearing g-strings which may or may not transfer bacteria from their anuses (ani ?) to their 'honeypots' (the mind truly boggling now) beneath their cycling shorts which they then don't remove before getting into a swimming pool
has to do with whether M&S sell burkinis?
I am totally
In my somewhat limited experience of cycling, journeys tend to terminate either at a tea-shop or the pub. I don't think I've ever noticed any hot, sweaty cyclists of either sex arrive at our local pool and enter the water fully clothed

I'm a very poor swimmer and blind as a bat without my lenses, so steer clear of public pools. I'm starting to see this as a good thing....

I wonde what the use of chemicals is about in oools if we are all under threat of contamination from seeaty cyclists ar*es!! They had to clear the wave pool at Centerparcs when a kiddie pooped. Took about 15 mins, after the fishibg nets were deployed, for the chemicals to work their magic and folk wetre able to return to the pool.

I think any thread where posts are deleted can be considered contentious and now I wish I hadn't bothered posting at all.

I've only just read this thread as I was expecting it to a lighthearted thread and I've been quite busy!

I'm really as to how a fun thread ended up on the topic of cycling, thongs and jars of honey - unless the honey is deployed to stop the thongs rubbing!

And, I take offence at continual sniping about the Brits!

annsixty I think the thread has changed in tone from contentious ( or totally bewildered in my case) to very funny. It has cheered up my morning.

It is a serious subject, though, and open to debate. And I am sorry I first brought up the possibility of a link between some clothing in the swimming pool and hygiene although I did think it was a valid one.
Apologies, and Happy Easter.

Honey pot kitty entirely different. Keep up there.?

So many threads do that Jalima we all need cheering up sometimes.?

What on earth happened to this thread! I've not checked it for a few days as I didn't have anything further to add on the topic and look what's happened! I'm sorry to find that Alea and Granjura have fallen out over such an apparently side issue. They're usually so sensible I'd always thought. Oh well -where there's a Gran there's an argument. Happy Easter!

I can stop worrying, we don't have cyclists in our pool, it is at the very top of a very steep hiil , no one would have the strength to swim if they cycled that hill .

As far as piddling in the pool, that is the least of your worries- it is fecal matter that is the problem. Anyone who, say, cycles in the shorts they intend to wear in the pool, will sweat on the saddle and leak anal fluids. This is the main area that needs thorough showering before going into the pool

Correct me if I am wrong, but we are talking men or boys here, aren't we?
At least from my observation, the type of long baggy swimming short seen in pools and on beaches is a male garment.
1) are these people meant to strip off and shower in the nude at the poolside showers? I can understand a reluctance from both sides. If showering in swimming shorts/trunks, how do they access the critical area?
2) that apart , from my experience (and our resident doctors , galen included will also correct me if I am wrong) men and boys do not have honeypots So what on earth has that got to do with "Burkinis"?

A totally unrelated series of arguments and examples has been raised(10 page letters to health clubs or whatever - and no I am NOT disputing the veracity just the relevance of these examples) so that a discussion which was never started can be turned into a diatribe.
Talk about getting the wrong end of the stick and then beating everyone over the head with it!

Mind you it is providing a good laugh , not to mention a snigger (titter ye not!) I shall never be able to put a jar of honey on the table again with a straight face

I was going to put honey on my croissant but it put me right off
( I had never heard the expression before)

Brings a new meaning to ' on yer bike' too

I was wondering how we are supposed to thoroughly wash our nether regions at a poolside shower before jumping in for a swim.
Having to do that rather defeats the object of a burkini.

Not funny, I was eating honey on my rice cakes when I read that post . I am baffled that I survived childhood, all swimming pools where I lived were open pools, no showers . And we swam in the river Taff

granjura honeypots indeed! Do you mean the vaginal area?
What you are saying is a load of nonsense anyway. One might even say ?⚽️⚾️???
Where on earth do you get these ideas from? They are not medically sound!

This is what I call a 'second cup of tea' thread.

Off to put the kettle on and check my jar of honey has been shoved to the back of the cupboard or it might get ideas above its station.

In Iceland ( country, not shop) we had to shower naked before going into the Blue Pool. The sight of a load of naked middle aged and elderly ladies trying to preserve their modesty had me doubled up with laughter.

Whew! Glad not the shop!!

Could have been interesting though.

Not read every post here I must admit - yesterday I did start when it was simply discussing the garment - had to go into the Marks website to see what they were like! Have not read the posts since it digressed to the showering or lack of it and personal remarks- but maybe the open communal showers at these places have something to do with the reluctance of people to use them.

On a similar vein has anyone else seen the all in one coverup suits for children which filter out the harmful rays of the sun and negate the need for copious amounts of sun cream? They look a bit like a burkini but no head covering and have a picture on them of Star Wars or something. I thought they were a good idea for small and especially fair skinned children. Last year we were able to get a t shirt of the same type of fabric for our red headed DGD so she could pop in and out of our pool - saved so much hassle and kept our filters clean!

As to ladies wishing to swim covered up - what is wrong with wearing a pair of light trousers and a long sleeved top over a normal swim suit?

jane now that was funny...

the pool I was talking about was in a nature beauty spot and many came there on the cycle tracks- actually, oh yes. Won't explain again why I made the comment- if you go back to the thread, it is clear.

Bye for now. Sometimes silence is better- I am learning you see x

I'm with you there kitty and thanks Galen for sharing your Iceland experience, just off to check my honeypot