It seems like every time I turn on the TV there is some guy prancing around in a speedo. Now, granted it's mostly the Olympics on my TV these days, but still.
You have to be quite comfortable with yourself to slip into this mere suggestion of clothing. Especially knowing your mostly naked self will be viewed by a billion people on the telly. (Many in high definition, I might add.)
I suppose if anyone should be allowed to wear a speedo it would be an Olympic athlete. However, I assure you during our recent trip to an Italian beach there wasn't an Olympic athlete to be seen. Apparently the official swimwear for Italy is the speedo, the skimpier the better. After a few hours on that beach, I felt I needed an eyewash station.
Those Italian men are a hairy-legged bunch. At first I couldn't figure out why everyone was wearing fur pants to the beach, but then I realized......
Anyway, it's not just the tiny swim wear I find odd. It seems every other male Olympic athlete has some sort of too-tight outfit on. Don't forget the runners, wrestlers and gymnasts. What's with those tight little gymnast pants? I don't think I should be able to take one glance at a gymnast and know which way his pommel horse is pointed. Maybe I'm just old-fashioned.
And finally, I've always wondered about the swimmers shaving every square inch of their bodies. Does that really make them faster? I guess looking like a giant 10-year-old boy may have its advantages. After all, I've never seen an Italian male swimmer sporting an Olympic medal.
Well, I'm off to shave my legs before I take a shower. I'm hoping to take 3/100ths of a second off my best time.
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