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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: JBA on February 14, 2003, 10:10:42 AM
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Some resorts throwing cold water on spring break
By Jayne Clark
USA TODAY
For more than a decade, Cancun, Mexico, has been party central for the boozed, be-thonged and besotted boys and girls of spring break. But this year, the drink-till-you-drop college crowd will find less-indulgent hosts.
A majority of the Caribbean resort's hotels, bars and clubs that cater to the student trade have signed a ''civility agreement'' to enforce laws that in past years often were ignored, officials say. Among them are bans on underage drinking and public nudity.
But Cancun isn't the only locale attempting to dilute the combustible mix of booze, sun and hormones that dowse college kids when school's out. Spurred either by fed-up residents, safety concerns for the students or concern that ribald crowds drive away mainstream tourists, a number of party-hearty havens are imposing limits.
In Daytona Beach, Fla., a new law bans thong bikinis and other super-revealing attire in public places. Another recent ordinance strengthens the prohibition against on-street alcohol consumption by banning open containers within 100 feet of main drag Atlantic Avenue. The idea is to prevent revelers at large events from drinking in parking lots and other quasipublic places, police officials say.
The beefed-up public-nudity law, passed in October, includes sometimes-arcane specifications ('' . . . that portion of the buttocks which lies between the top and bottom of the buttocks, and between two imaginary straight lines . . . '' must be covered). The restriction doesn't extend to Daytona's beaches, however, which are under county jurisdiction.
Compared with the 150,000 or so students who are expected to bombard Daytona during three to four weeks in March and April, the spring hiatus in Fort Lauderdale will be restrained. About 15,000 are expected, and that's fine by city officials, who worked to overcome the 10-coeds-to-a-cheap-motel-room image forged by films such as 1960's Where the Boys Are. After attendance peaked at 350,000 in 1985, the drinking age was raised to 21, barricades were erected to prevent cruising and the mayor went on TV to announce the welcome mat officially yanked. Even then, it took an additional five years to get the message out, tourism spokeswoman Francine Mason says.
This year, Cancun expects 40,000 students, a third fewer than last year and a plunge from the peak of 140,000 in 1998 and 1999. Some tourism officials aren't sweating the loss, though.
''We lost a lot of business in groups and conventions,'' tourism spokeswoman Ana Mari Irabien says. ''Regular tourists ran away.''
Tourism official Alejandro Alvarado is more measured, however. They're welcome, if they behave, he says. ''We are not Sodom and Gomorrah.''
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Err....you mis-spelled it...THONGS...not TONGS....if you can wear the later...well.....oh, nevermind, you probably could :D
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Damn you people who never get laid!!! Now I can't see two bellybutton cheeks in thin air bouncing around to my horomones delight!
-SW
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Nannying law!
NANNYING LAW
How could I miss this the first time?
Americans being nannied again. Nannying law!
Seriously, the puritan heritage in American society is amusing - it is so shallow it is incredible. On the surface some will say 'ban nudity!' yet the most KINKY girl I've ever been with wasn't a Swede or Dane, but an American exchange student.
Yanks; we know yer faking modesty :D
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Originally posted by StSanta
Nannying law!
NANNYING LAW
How could I miss this the first time?
Americans being nannied again. Nannying law!
Seriously, the puritan heritage in American society is amusing - it is so shallow it is incredible. On the surface some will say 'ban nudity!' yet the most KINKY girl I've ever been with wasn't a Swede or Dane, but an American exchange student.
Yanks; we know yer faking modesty :D
Bastards trying to ban my nudity! I will wear thongs!
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Oh no, now we won't have as many great cinematic "Girls Gone Wild" masterpieces. :rolleyes:
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X2Lee, your statement is more frightening than anything Saddam might do :D
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Damnit they are gonna ruin Cancun, IMO one of the most morally deprived and just plain FUN places on the Solar System (closely followed by the red dot in Jupiter)
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I see a 15 day waiting period for the purchase of all thongs, this will include a backround check, a written test, and of course a new tax to insure the cost of this will be covered.
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just tax them. at a rate of about $20 per pound, per hour. of course every one gets the standard 120 pound deduction. so a woman weighing 200 pounds would have to pay $1600 for each hour she wears a thong. also very tall girls could get extra deductions on case by case basis
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capt apathy: that is the best damned suggestion I've EVER seen on this message board.
If you run for President Of The Universe, Only One step Below Santa in Authority, I'd vote for you.
I don't get these chicks who are quite overweight who wear thongs.
And when ya visit the meat market downtown; girls and boys alike seem to think that if they wear all the trendy clothes, no matter how ill it fits, they're automatically cool. Unfortunately, the other 'pop people' as they're called, seem to be saying they're right.
Heh, clothes are more important than physical fitness nowadays. It's all about image. I just fail to see how one can shag image.
Heheh, sad world we live in.
Capt. Apathy for President.
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Whew, I was worried there for awhile about how I was going to BBQ, pick up corn on the cob from boiling water, and do my next lobster/clam bake.
:eek:
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Dumps like a truck.. wah wah
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I live in Daytona. Bunch of old farts and rednecks. If they should ban something, they should ban Bike Week and the Races. Lots of ugly people walking around and riding in their bikes and cars. Traffic gets hellish too. Spring Break is OK cause most students fly down here and the traffic is OK even in the 600 N/Razzles/Fuel area. And did I mention the hotties? :eek: :eek: ;) ;)
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Btw I am forming a new party called TOT-Tits on TV, which campaigns for allowing nudity on mainstream television. Anybody with me?:D
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Thighs like What? - wah - wah
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thongs should only be banned on certain people....
or better yet,, they should only be ALLOWED on certain people.
Nothing worse than seeing too much of what you'd rather not.
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the real evil is spandex.
talk about scary irony.
on a girl with a nice build spandex is very opaque. but as the bellybutton gets bigger the spandex becomes more and more transparent.
and then there is the safety issue. how many psi should you be allowed to inflict on material like that. one nail on a park bench and that stuff will pop like a balloon. somebody’s gonna lose an eye.
one size fits all, my ass