It's on. The World Naked Bike Ride is coming to Canberra

I would have thought that naked bicycle riders would have to be more preferable to riders clad in lycra.

deye said :

The only problem with the day is that it is also the last day of the Multiultural festival and Chinese New Year and Dragon boat racing will be being held in the central basin of Commonwealth Park

Maybe they could go naked too?

The only problem with the day is that it is also the last day of the Multiultural festival and Chinese New Year and Dragon boat racing will be being held in the central basin of Commonwealth Park

Danman said :

You seem to think your kids will see ugly (read normal/not supermodel skinny) naked people and stay away from them i.e. will have the desired effect on your mantle piece.

My comment was my translation of what I thought your thoughts are.

Hopefully your children can see beyond cosmetic features, to what really makes a person who they are. Having you as a father certainly will not help them much – or so your online persona leads me to believe.

Doesn’t quite translate to;

Danman said :

Perish the thought your kids are more than cosmetic.

And my kids are not cosmetic, not in any fashion.

(May I refer you to post 103 above, courtesy of “Thumper”?)

Danman said :

Might I suggest a wrought iron barrier around your fireplace, I find these to be more a disincentive than pictures of naked people.

I love wrought iron, back in the 70’s I used to work it. It’s not really fitting in a more modern Canberra home though.

That should be ‘widespread’ …. but on reflection, perhaps I should rethink my use of the word altogether.

Yeah yeah – all naked bodies are beautiful etc… etc…

Unfortunately I tend to think that if those people who are actually prepared to run around naked were generally pretty hot (according to the superficial standards of the day) there would probably be a lot more general interest in these types of events (and perhaps more widesprea participation)! I note that the ‘Breast not Bombs’ movement (which showed some early promise and garnered much initial media interest) kinda lost momentum there and one wonders if it was because the calibre of breasts on display were less than ‘playboy perfect’.

You seem to think your kids will see ugly (read normal/not supermodel skinny) naked people and stay away from them i.e. will have the desired effect on your mantle piece.

My comment was my translation of what I thought your thoughts are.

Hopefully your children can see beyond cosmetic features, to what really makes a person who they are. Having you as a father certainly will not help them much – or so your online persona leads me to believe.

Might I suggest a wrought iron barrier around your fireplace, I find these to be more a disincentive than pictures of naked people.

OOps, sorry, missed that!

Pommy bastard said :

Ok, I have to ask (again) what is a “green” or “eco” choir? How do they differ from a errrmmm choir?

Cf. link provided in #81 when you first asked the question.

Danman said :

Perish the thought your kids are more than cosmetic.

Beg pardon?

Perish the thought your kids are more than cosmetic.

Danman said :

For someone who it repulses, I am quite surprised that you claim you will be there with a camera.

Can i ask why ?

I’ll put the photos on the mantelpiece, it’ll keep the kids away from the fire.

Overheard said :

I suspect PB went to the Wikipedia page, saw some snaps of previous participants and adjusted his stance.

Me, I’ll be singing with the aforementioned green choir at the Bus Depot Markets that day, I believe.

Ok, I have to ask (again) what is a “green” or “eco” choir? How do they differ from a errrmmm choir?

I suspect PB went to the Wikipedia page, saw some snaps of previous participants and adjusted his stance.

Me, I’ll be singing with the aforementioned green choir at the Bus Depot Markets that day, I believe.

PB – if naked people offend you so, why attend? Let alone with camera to capture the moment (so you can be offended later in the privacy of your own home, presumably).

For someone who it repulses, I am quite surprised that you claim you will be there with a camera.

Can i ask why ?

Yes, but when prefaced with “you” becomes; “you were being holier than you”, which makes no sense. It can only be correctly use as an adjective when referring to some one in the third person, as in; “he was always acting “holier than thou.”“

Anyway, back to the nude hippies on bikes.

Has anyone here agreed to participate? I’ll be there with my cameras, so if you’d like your photo taken and placed on “RiotAct” please let me know. (I’m sure John will oblige with hosting?)

holier-than-thou
adjective
self-righteously or hypocritically pious

Danman said :

I believe you were being holier than thou PB

Not quite correct there old bean. If, as you did, you state “you were being holier than thou” you are saying that, in effect, I am being holier than myself, which is of course impossible and a nonsense.

But thanks for the reply in any case.

Fiona, I believe there will be a kiddies pool full of tanning oil for the naked punters to romp in pre ride to ensure that they are well protected.*

*validity of belief is questionable.

While it solves my ironing dilemma, seriously some serious sunscreen is going to have to go around…

TAGLINE: Let’s confine discussion to naked bike riding shall we? – Comment by Johnboy, 21 Jan 2009

/me returns to Narnia

I believe you were being holier than thou PB

Right, where were we?

hmmm.

I just fell off my bike!!!

*immature snickering* @ comment 96.

god i love how the oddest topics incite the most passionate ‘debate’ on RA.

if you ride nude/naked/clothesless on a push bike in public you surely would not want to be FAQed ….

Apparently not, Pandy, according to the FAQ.

I have it on very good authority that ‘it will feel just like riding with clothes, but cooler’. So if you want to be really cool, you know what to do!

*chuckle*

However, it would also seem that ‘if you want the ultimate in comfort’ you should ‘cover the seat with a gel saddle-cover.’

I am a veritable fount of knowledge for someone that does not even ride a bicycle!

Would not the bicycle seat hurt a vagina if the women rode nude?

No. I take it that you want it both ways. I do think you’re clever though.

Granny said :

Pommy bastard said :

Granny said :

Interesting joke ….

Not a joke at all, but a serious point. (Far more serious than the rest of the thread,)and I doubt that’s the point the poster referred to.

Thanks for re-quoting me exactly, do I take it from that that you agree with me entirely?

fabforty said :

That’s gold Granny. But I expect nothing less from a member of the WINNING TRIVIA IN THE TRAMS TEAM !!!

It was not mine of course, but had to be said I think!

*chuckle*

It was great, wasn’t it?

: )

Pommy bastard said :

Granny said :

Interesting joke ….

Not a joke at all, but a serious point. (Far more serious than the rest of the thread,)and I doubt that’s the point the poster referred to.

Granny said :

I only believe in getting arrested for naked bike riding when both police are hot.

That’s gold Granny. But I expect nothing less from a member of the WINNING TRIVIA IN THE TRAMS TEAM !!!

Back on topic though. All I can say about the idea is “ouch” and “we only did it for the environment – your Worship”

taco said :

I’m with PB

I don’t want to see a horde of naked hippies.

If they are allowed to go naked as they please, then why bother with public indecency laws at all?

You’ll get no argument with me there.

I think PB has been taking the proverbial out of most posters…

Who me? Never!

I stand by every word I have posted! Even the contradictory ones. And the blatant piss taking and jokes. And the Tennyson references. And the laughable idea that someone of my age could have attended Glastonbury to watch Marc Bolan.

Well ok, at least I’ve had some fun out of it. : ) ( a symbol referring to my lack of gravitas on this statement.)

I’m with PB

I don’t want to see a horde of naked hippies.

If they are allowed to go naked as they please, then why bother with public indecency laws at all?

Better chaste than chased.

this should bring out the anti-summernats crowd – ‘don’t show us ya tits!’… ; )

i only wonder if there’ll be as many participants as photographers – for ‘art’ only, of course!

Well, as long as one wears one’s chastity, eh? Perhaps it was a belt!

Then she rode forth, clothed on with chastity:

The deep air listen’d round her as she rode,

And all the low wind hardly breathed for fear.

The little wide-mouth’d heads upon the spout

Had cunning eyes to see: the barking cur

Made her cheek flame: her palfrey’s footfall shot

Light horrors thro’ her pulses: the blind walls

Were full of chinks and holes; and overhead

Fantastic gables, crowding, stared: but she

Not less thro’ all bore up, till, last, she saw

The white-flower’d elder-thicket from the field

Gleam thro’ the Gothic archways in the wall.

Then she rode back cloth’d on with chastity:

And one low churl, compact of thankless earth,

The fatal byword of all years to come,

Boring a little auger-hole in fear,

Peep’d–but his eyes, before they had their will,

Were shrivell’d into darkness in his head,

And dropt before him.

You can speculate Lady Godiva into a shift if it keeps your common decency from outrage.

Did anyone else see any irony in the flyer?

“We hope to have a picnic by the lake to share a laugh and a sausage/vege burger after an amazing ride”

“Sausage” – hopefully they will be pre-prepared and not the result of riding injuries.
“Vege burger” – much more likely considering the people most likely to be involved.
“Share a laugh” – possibly at the size of the sausages??

Granny said :

Pommy bastard said :

… is it ok to parade yourself naked in front of the public, expecting or unsuspecting, because “it’s for the environment maaaann…”

What if your husband is oppressing the tenants with excessively harsh taxation like old Leofric?

A the Lady Godiva legend; “At the time, it was customary for penitents to make a public procession in only their shift, a sleeveless white garment similar to a slip today and one which was certainly considered “underwear.” Thus, some scholars speculate, Godiva may have actually travelled through town as a penitent, in her shift. Godiva’s story may have passed into folk history to be recorded in a romanticised version.”

I hope the hippies wear their shifts then.

Granny said :

mutley said :

Wow… an entire thread of uproar and offence over a (predictable) joke.

Pommy bastard said :

And if these people decide to flout the law, and outrage common decency, should they not expect to get treated without common courtesy in return?

Interesting joke ….

Not a joke at all, but a serious point. (Far more serious than the rest of the thread,)and I doubt that’s the point the poster referred to.

mutley said :

Wow… an entire thread of uproar and offence over a (predictable) joke.

??? “Entire”? Have you got the right thread?

Go look up the word ‘banter’. It’s reasonably close to ‘banal’.

But far closer to Banthine.

johnboy said :

You know PB, as a recent migrant you seem to have failed to understant the great and long standing australian tradition of nuding up for a bit of fun or to make a point.

Oh I’m VERY aware of the “australian[sic] tradition of nuding up for a bit of fun”, my wife’s a bit of a demon for it, some mornings I can hardly stand due to the excessive fun of the previous night.

If it affronts you so much perhaps you should head to somewhere more people agree with you, like Iran?

Been there, the food is awful.

Pommy bastard said :

Though I cannot bve alone in thinking these people will do their cause more harm than good by doing a bike ride naked. Why not just a bike ride?

It’s in the rather jumbled statement of what the ride is meant to achieve.

Come and cellebrate bodies and bikes while making a stance against oil usage, consumerism and the negative body image portrayed by the mass media.

johnboy said :

You know PB, as a recent migrant you seem to have failed to understant the great and long standing australian tradition of nuding up for a bit of fun or to make a point.

If it affronts you so much perhaps you should head to somewhere more people agree with you, like Iran?

nuding up for a bit of fun or making a point is always good to see. amusement factor always goes up when the one nuding up is by no means tanned. bleached white skin is good for a laugh, especially when you think about where the sunburn will be… and how will they endure the ensuing jokes for their naked stance?

I only believe in getting arrested for naked bike riding when both police are hot.

1 Name of Act
This Act is the Nudity Act 1976.
1A Notes

Nudity Act 1976
An Act to permit nudity in certain public placesA note included in this Act is explanatory and is not part of this Act.
Note See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of
notes.
2 Prescribed areas
(1) The Minister may, in writing, declare an area to be a prescribed
area.
(2) A declaration is a notifiable instrument.
Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.
3 Publication of declaration in newspaper
(1) Within 7 days after making a declaration under section 2, the
Minister must publish a copy of the declaration in a newspaper
circulating in the ACT.
(2) A declaration is not invalid if the Minister does not comply with
subsection (1).
4 Being naked in prescribed area
A person does not commit an offence against a territory law only
because the person is naked in an area declared by the Minister
under section 2 to be a prescribed area.

So I’ll write to Minister Barr and ask if he has given his permission for this hippy ride.

Though I cannot bve alone in thinking these people will do their cause more harm than good by doing a bike ride naked. Why not just a bike ride?

mutley said :

Wow… an entire thread of uproar and offence over a (predictable) joke.

??? “Entire”? Have you got the right thread?

Go look up the word ‘banter’. It’s reasonably close to ‘banal’.

“raise awareness” Check
Cause discussion Check
Chafing Check
Legal speculation Check
Much posting Check

I think everything is covered.

Right you lot, get yer kit off, or get under the bed.

Let’s go…..

You know PB, as a recent migrant you seem to have failed to understant the great and long standing australian tradition of nuding up for a bit of fun or to make a point.

If it affronts you so much perhaps you should head to somewhere more people agree with you, like Iran?

mutley said :

Wow… an entire thread of uproar and offence over a (predictable) joke.

Pommy bastard said :

And if these people decide to flout the law, and outrage common decency, should they not expect to get treated without common courtesy in return?

Interesting joke ….

> What if your husband is oppressing the tenants with excessively harsh taxation like old Leofric?

Nekkid horse ride is next week, Granny.

Wow… an entire thread of uproar and offence over a (predictable) joke.

Pommy bastard said :

deye said :

neanderthalsis said :

DarkLadyWolfMother said :

A camera worthy event I’m thinking.

For purely artistic purposes, I assure you.

When I read the flyer and saw they wanted people to assist with photography, I thought that it would take a brave person to be taking snaps of the riders in the raw. All sorts of legal implications if there aren’t waivers signed and if there is kiddies amongst the pack.

Bull. It’s a public event in a public place.

And if these people decide to flout the law, and outrage common decency, should they not expect to get treated without common courtesy in return?

Or is it ok to parade yourself naked in front of the public, expecting or unsuspecting, because “it’s for the environment maaaann…”

In a public location you can photograph whatever and whoever you like, no waivers required – unless you are going to use the photos for advertising in which case you do need a model release from the person in it.

Pommy bastard said :

… is it ok to parade yourself naked in front of the public, expecting or unsuspecting, because “it’s for the environment maaaann…”

What if your husband is oppressing the tenants with excessively harsh taxation like old Leofric?

Who’d have thunk a post about naked hippies on bikes would bring out the best – or worst – in Rioters?

Pommy bastard said :

Overheard said :

Proving only that you don’t attend these events. Here’s one example: http://the-riotact.com/?p=9247 attended by predominantly middle-class, students, ordinary Joes, fairly conservative dress (apart from the orange capes). I didn’t take a socio-demographic survey but there was a distinct lack of ‘unwashed hippies’.

I don’t see naked people there? Are you sure you linked to the right page? We were discussing an event for which people were invited to turn up naked to, were we not?

Strength of my convictions not strong? I don’t feel the need to jump naked onto a bike for that. I spent last weekend in Bulli singing in an eco choir — that’s my tastes and my prerogative.

Sure is. Did your “eco-choir”* manage to convince many of the … errmmm whatever you were out to convince people of?

Prize figheter (#60)? I’m starting to see Mike Tyson?

Brutal bludgeoning and ferocious? I can live with that.

*what the hell is an eco-choir” do you not pollute the atmosphere with singing or something?

Prize figheter (#60)? I’m starting to see Mike Tyson?

OK, not dicing with dodgy italics again.

Above comment on climate change event not inviting naked people: was Glastonbury advertised as such?

“Did your “eco-choir”* manage to convince many of the … errmmm whatever you were out to convince people of?”

Wasn’t the intent. We gave people something(s) to think about, though. Change is so much more effective when people make and own their own decisions, don’t you think?

*what the hell is an eco-choir*

http://www.ecopella.org — knock yourself out. None of us would cop a claim of being a hippy, I don’t believe.

Pommy bastard said :

Here’s a thought.

I’ll organise a naked bike ride of far right white extremists through Canberra to protest about immigration.

Says the immigrant.

You, sir, are a tool of the highest order.

deye said :

neanderthalsis said :

DarkLadyWolfMother said :

A camera worthy event I’m thinking.

For purely artistic purposes, I assure you.

When I read the flyer and saw they wanted people to assist with photography, I thought that it would take a brave person to be taking snaps of the riders in the raw. All sorts of legal implications if there aren’t waivers signed and if there is kiddies amongst the pack.

Bull. It’s a public event in a public place.

And if these people decide to flout the law, and outrage common decency, should they not expect to get treated without common courtesy in return?

Or is it ok to parade yourself naked in front of the public, expecting or unsuspecting, because “it’s for the environment maaaann…”

neanderthalsis said :

DarkLadyWolfMother said :

A camera worthy event I’m thinking.

For purely artistic purposes, I assure you.

When I read the flyer and saw they wanted people to assist with photography, I thought that it would take a brave person to be taking snaps of the riders in the raw. All sorts of legal implications if there aren’t waivers signed and if there is kiddies amongst the pack.

Bull. It’s a public event in a public place.

Overheard said :

Proving only that you don’t attend these events. Here’s one example: http://the-riotact.com/?p=9247 attended by predominantly middle-class, students, ordinary Joes, fairly conservative dress (apart from the orange capes). I didn’t take a socio-demographic survey but there was a distinct lack of ‘unwashed hippies’.

I don’t see naked people there? Are you sure you linked to the right page? We were discussing an event for which people were invited to turn up naked to, were we not?

Strength of my convictions not strong? I don’t feel the need to jump naked onto a bike for that. I spent last weekend in Bulli singing in an eco choir — that’s my tastes and my prerogative.

Sure is. Did your “eco-choir”* manage to convince many of the … errmmm whatever you were out to convince people of?

Prize figheter (#60)? I’m starting to see Mike Tyson?

Brutal bludgeoning and ferocious? I can live with that.

*what the hell is an eco-choir” do you not pollute the atmosphere with singing or something?

Prize figheter (#60)? I’m starting to see Mike Tyson?

“When I read the flyer and saw they wanted people to assist with photography, I thought that it would take a brave person to be taking snaps of the riders in the raw. All sorts of legal implications if there aren’t waivers signed and if there is kiddies amongst the pack.”

If they are adults in a public space then taking photos of them is fine, no need for waivers unless for commercial purposes.

They would have to be insane if they had naked kids partcipating.

Pommy bastard said :

Nope it’s still the same sort of bunch of unwashed hippies.[/quote>

Proving only that you don’t attend these events. Here’s one example: http://the-riotact.com/?p=9247 attended by predominantly middle-class, students, ordinary Joes, fairly conservative dress (apart from the orange capes). I didn’t take a socio-demographic survey but there was a distinct lack of ‘unwashed hippies’.

Strength of my convictions not strong? I don’t feel the need to jump naked onto a bike for that. I spent last weekend in Bulli singing in an eco choir — that’s my tastes and my prerogative.

Prize figheter (#60)? I’m starting to see Mike Tyson?

SadMushroom said :

Other than that should be fun as long as pedestrians stay out of the way.
Imagine the fool that steps in their path at the wrong time and ends up at the bottom of a pile of 1/2 dozen naked, sweaty bike riders…hehehehehe

This sounds like the beginning of a brilliant campaign to get pedestrians/dog walkers etc to take more notice of their surroundings when on bike paths.

Imagine the sunburn afterwards.

I hope they all wear sun screen and don’t swap bikes…

Other than that should be fun as long as pedestrians stay out of the way.
Imagine the fool that steps in their path at the wrong time and ends up at the bottom of a pile of 1/2 dozen naked, sweaty bike riders…hehehehehe

johnboy said :

Pommy bastard said :

Not safe for work.

Not safe for anyone of taste in fact. : )

Maybe if you don’t understand what you’re saying now would be a good time to stop talking?

Not safe for work is a warning that it may cause disciplinary action if you are caught with it open at work, it’s a common courtesy on forums.

The : ) after the follwoing quote indicates I am not being serious.

Should I write “this comment should be taken in jest” instead?

I thought the smiley was a recognised shorthand on tyhe net?

DarkLadyWolfMother said :

Didn’t you know that a furry woman (except for her head, of course, minus beards) is an abomination against men, the beauty industry, and possibly Gawd, Granny?

Of course, I’m possibly all three, so I’m not one to talk.

I don’t even have an artificial vagina created by foot-binding to offer my man!

*chuckle*

Or an eighteen inch waist ….

Pommy bastard said :

Not safe for work.

Not safe for anyone of taste in fact. : )

Maybe if you don’t understand what you’re saying now would be a good time to stop talking?

Let’s confine discussion to naked bike riding shall we?

John, that reply was in reply to this post;

DarkLadyWolfMother said :

A camera worthy event I’m thinking.

For purely artistic purposes, I assure you.

And who said it was “ugly’? Is there a button that I have to click to see all the invisible things I’ve written?

neanderthalsis said :

😛 Poor attempt at humour granny. I wont’ let it happen again.

: )

Didn’t you know that a furry woman (except for her head, of course, minus beards) is an abomination against men, the beauty industry, and possibly Gawd, Granny?

Of course, I’m possibly all three, so I’m not one to talk.

Nowt wrong with Brazilian’s, a fine fashion trend.

Pommy bastard said :

Evidence found via google would contradict that idea;

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_g23luxfc5AY/SFBZyRUNYkI/AAAAAAAADa4/JDFGajp6SZ0/81483167+madrid.jpg

Not safe for work.

Not safe for anyone of taste in fact. : )

If you think that picture is ugly then, well, you’ve demonstrated the need for this protest.

😛 Poor attempt at humour granny. I wont’ let it happen again.

neanderthalsis said :

Someone should run a book on the percentage of Brazillians vs Bulgarians present on the day, it could confirm PBs ponderings about the numbers of naked hippies taking part.

So a woman is a hippy unless she has a Brazilian?

This is good news for the beauty industry. Tough luck for the ordinary woman mistakenly believing she could ever be good enough without the intervention of a beauty therapist, or the more pain averse among us.

Overheard said :

Pommy bastard said :

A prerogative that many here would seem to want to deny me.

I think a closer inspection would show that people aren’t so much denying you your tastes as questioning them. But you, in turn, are ducking and weaving around those questions like a prize-fighter.

Thank you, Ali or Prince Naseem Hamid do you think?

I wouldn’t have thought there would be legal issues with taking pictures of folks nude in public, neanderthalis. They’re in public after all. I believe you only need waivers if you’re going to try to make money out of the pics (or if someone else is). Mine merely go up on my little part of the web as my ‘portfolio’.

The kiddies are another matter. It all depends who is defining ‘porn’ at the time, it appears.

Overheard said :

@ PB #48. Right, as I expected you’re not basing your rants on anything very solid in fact.

Nothing more solid than the ephemera of my own taste, never claimed otherwise.

Just for info: it’s 2009 not 1971, it’s Australia not England,

That’s what happens when you go to Glastonbury Fayre, it’s the brown acid you know.

and people who’re interested in these issues cut across a wider swathe of the populace than early 70s hippies.

Nope it’s still the same sort of bunch of unwashed hippies.

For the record, I won’t be getting my gear off and participating. That’s an uglier prospect than the thought of JB in just running shoes.

a) Lets be thankful for small mercies.

b) Not got the courage of your convictions then eh? ; )

Pommy bastard said :

A prerogative that many here would seem to want to deny me.

I think a closer inspection would show that people aren’t so much denying you your tastes as questioning them. But you, in turn, are ducking and weaving around those questions like a prize-fighter.

neanderthalsis said :

If you’re naked on a bike, where do you keep the keys to your bike chain?

Someone should run a book on the percentage of Brazillians vs Bulgarians present on the day, it could confirm PBs ponderings about the numbers of naked hippies taking part.

LOL!! You can bet there’ll be a fair number of “Judith’s” there.

DarkLadyWolfMother said :

A camera worthy event I’m thinking.

For purely artistic purposes, I assure you.

When I read the flyer and saw they wanted people to assist with photography, I thought that it would take a brave person to be taking snaps of the riders in the raw. All sorts of legal implications if there aren’t waivers signed and if there is kiddies amongst the pack.

@ PB #48. Right, as I expected you’re not basing your rants on anything very solid in fact.

Just for info: it’s 2009 not 1971, it’s Australia not England, and people who’re interested in these issues cut across a wider swathe of the populace than early 70s hippies.

For the record, I won’t be getting my gear off and participating. That’s an uglier prospect than the thought of JB in just running shoes.

Evidence found via google would contradict that idea;

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_g23luxfc5AY/SFBZyRUNYkI/AAAAAAAADa4/JDFGajp6SZ0/81483167+madrid.jpg

Not safe for work.

Not safe for anyone of taste in fact. : )

If you’re naked on a bike, where do you keep the keys to your bike chain?

Someone should run a book on the percentage of Brazillians vs Bulgarians present on the day, it could confirm PBs ponderings about the numbers of naked hippies taking part.

A camera worthy event I’m thinking.

For purely artistic purposes, I assure you.

Sorry, screwed the coding on that last one, here it is again..

Here’s a thought.

I’ll organise a naked bike ride of far right white extremists through Canberra to protest about immigration.

If that’s what you believe in then go right ahead. People might choose to stigmatise you but that’s your look out.

It sure is. Not that it’s something that I would ever contemplate.

But why is it ok for these people to ride naked through Canberra, when the law says otherwise?

Oh, and I’m sorry, you usually don’t see nipples or public hair.
So really your problem is with nipples and public hair.
What about male nipples?? do they offend and nauseate or just females. I mean they are pretty similar (being nipples and all)
or is it just pubic hair that gets your knickers in a twist??

I’m sorry, wasn’t it you that was complaining about naked women advertising shoes? Is it just naked legs that offend you? Or is it men’s legs? After all, they are just legs.

Your rants are still uncontaminated by any actual reasons for this virulent dislike, though.

They wouldn’t be a good rant if I had to bare my soul and give a reasoned response, would they?

And as commenter #1 and the instigator of all this hippy discussion, WTF makes you think there’s actually going to be “a whole bunch of naked hippies” on this ride? Have you been to previous events? Seen coverage of same? Actually seen a naked hippy to make this strident assessment?

WTF makes me think there’s actually going to be “a whole bunch of naked hippies” on this ride? Well I doubt my bank manager will be on it, and there won’t be too many firemen, and I doubt whether Kevin Rudd will be there, or any respectable people for that matter. This sort of event is aimed at a certain sort of person, one who is dim witted enough to think that a bunch of naked hippies on bikes will actually influence the “negative effects of oil, cars, war, consumerism and non-renewable energy.” Too funny!

Oh and unfortunately I’ve seen far too many naked hippies, I was at Glastonbury festival in 1971, ***shudder***, just the thought of it nearly brings my lunch back.

I’ve only ever attended one event that was predominantly hippies (many of them naked — I was neither, for the record) and based on this one experience, I can only assume you’re put off by the prospect of a group of young, fit, lithe, good-looking people without clothes on. If that’s your ‘tastes’, that’s your prerogative.

A prerogative that many here would seem to want to deny me.

Skidbladnir said :

First it was the Causeway becoming the new naked gay man sanctuary in order to claim the nudist beach back for ‘the public'(?!), and now Commonwealth Park is where we are storing the naked bike riders?

won’t need bike racks…

johnboy said :

Pommy bastard said :

Here’s a thought.

I’ll organise a naked bike ride of far right white extremists through Canberra to protest about immigration.

If that’s what you believe in then go right ahead. People might choose to stigmatise you but that’s your look out.

It sure is. Not that it’s something that I would ever contemplate.

But why is it ok for these people to ride naked through Canberra, when the law says otherwise?

FC said :

Oh, and I’m sorry, you usually don’t see nipples or public hair.
So really your problem is with nipples and public hair.
What about male nipples?? do they offend and nauseate or just females. I mean they are pretty similar (being nipples and all)
or is it just pubic hair that gets your knickers in a twist??

I’m sorry, wasn’t it you that was complaining about naked women advertising shoes? Is it just naked legs that offend you? Or is it men’s legs? After all, they are just legs.

Overheard said :

Pommy bastard said :

Your rants are still uncontaminated by any actual reasons for this virulent dislike, though.

They wouldn’t be a good rant if I had to bare my soul and give a reasoned response, would they?

And as commenter #1 and the instigator of all this hippy discussion, WTF makes you think there’s actually going to be “a whole bunch of naked hippies” on this ride? Have you been to previous events? Seen coverage of same? Actually seen a naked hippy to make this strident assessment?

WTF makes me think there’s actually going to be “a whole bunch of naked hippies” on this ride? Well I doubt my bank manager will be on it, and there won’t be too many firemen, and I doubt whether Kevin Rudd will be there, or any respectable people for that matter. This sort of event is aimed at a certain sort of person, one who is dim witted enough to think that a bunch of naked hippies on bikes will actually influence the “negative effects of oil, cars, war, consumerism and non-renewable energy.” Too funny!

Oh and unfortunately I’ve seen far too many naked hippies, I was at Glastonbury festival in 1971, ***shudder***, just the thought of it nearly brings my lunch back.

I’ve only ever attended one event that was predominantly hippies (many of them naked — I was neither, for the record) and based on this one experience, I can only assume you’re put off by the prospect of a group of young, fit, lithe, good-looking people without clothes on. If that’s your ‘tastes’, that’s your prerogative.

A prerogative that many here would seem to want to deny me.

First it was the Causeway becoming the new naked gay man sanctuary in order to claim the nudist beach back for ‘the public'(?!), and now Commonwealth Park is where we are storing the naked bike riders?

Pommy bastard said :

Here’s a thought.

I’ll organise a naked bike ride of far right white extremists through Canberra to protest about immigration.

The naked far right part makes no never mind, but the cause and sentiment: now we’re talking real ugly.

Pommy bastard said :

Hippies, well I just don’t like them, never have. I’m allowed my tastes am I not?

Your rants are still uncontaminated by any actual reasons for this virulent dislike, though.

And as commenter #1 and the instigator of all this hippy discussion, WTF makes you think there’s actually going to be “a whole bunch of naked hippies” on this ride? Have you been to previous events? Seen coverage of same? Actually seen a naked hippy to make this strident assessment?

I’ve only ever attended one event that was predominantly hippies (many of them naked — I was neither, for the record) and based on this one experience, I can only assume you’re put off by the prospect of a group of young, fit, lithe, good-looking people without clothes on. If that’s your ‘tastes’, that’s your prerogative.

Hippies, well I just don’t like them, never have. I’m allowed my tastes am I not?

So what in your eyes equates as a hippie then?
And if your “taste” includes disliking a huge group of people for reasons which you are yet to clarify then I think you would expect to be questioned on why.

Oh, and I’m sorry, you usually don’t see nipples or public hair.
So really your problem is with nipples and public hair.
What about male nipples?? do they offend and nauseate or just females. I mean they are pretty similar (being nipples and all)
or is it just pubic hair that gets your knickers in a twist??

Pommy bastard said :

Here’s a thought.

I’ll organise a naked bike ride of far right white extremists through Canberra to protest about immigration.

If that’s what you believe in then go right ahead. People might choose to stigmatise you but that’s your look out.

johnboy said :

If you want to express them in public you might have to justify them. Something you can put down to nothing more than prejudice.

I’m happy with my prejudice against hippies John.

Sane people re-evaluate their tastes in that situation.

And if after re-evaluating my tastes I still find I don’t like hippies?

A sock and a helmet and some sensible shoes ? (For the boys)
3 tea cosies, a helmet and some sensible shoes ? (For the girls)

Here’s a thought.

I’ll organise a naked bike ride of far right white extremists through Canberra to protest about immigration.

Pommy bastard said :

Hippies, well I just don’t like them, never have. I’m allowed my tastes am I not?

If you want to express them in public you might have to justify them. Something you can put down to nothing more than prejudice.

Sane people re-evaluate their tastes in that situation.

VYBerlinaV8_the_one_they_all_copy said :

How can they naked? They have to wear helmets, right…?

Dunno about you but I leave my shoes on for nude runs too.

Anyway if you read the note you’ll see you can wear as much or as little as you’re confident with.

No shops show full frontal nakedness when “advertising shoes”, unlike these naked hippies who will be parading their bodies through public places.

If one naked man exposes himself in public it’s a crime, and he would be arrested, why should these naked people on bikes not be?

Hippies, well I just don’t like them, never have. I’m allowed my tastes am I not?

How can they naked? They have to wear helmets, right…?

“It depends who’s naked.”

So you’d have a problem with the nakeded of various male/female models who would also be classes as ‘hippies’? It would still nauseate you because of their beliefs in sustainable living, non voilence, love, and whatever else classes them in your eyes as a ‘hippie’??

“Pretty much, I can’t stand hippies.”
How strange – what exactly is it about hippies you can’t stand?

“Ok, so what yo are saying is that it’s ok for anyone to go naked in public places, yes? Or is there some arcane reason why these hippies on bikes have a let off from the social norm?”

No – what I was asking was what your problem was with nakedness. To which you answered you didnt have a problem with, unless they were hippies. hmm
And anyone/anytime can feel free to free themsleves from the ‘social norm’
And I think that there is plenty of nakedness/semi nakedness shown all around in public places nowadays- just walk through the mall – even the shoe store has a naked woman advertising their shoes. The difference is here, this group of naked people would more likely be discplaying a vast array of different body types and sizes, giving people a realistic view of what REAL naked people look like, not just what airbrushed models look like. More power to them I say.

Danman said :

Granny – 2. I’m not that great at riding bicycles.

I can give you a dink 🙂

(Insert naughty smile)

*chuckle*

Depends how much PB annoys me!!

; )

That;s me John, I’ll be hiding under the bed for fear of seeing them.

You’ll let me know when they’ve passed, wont you?

Cheers old son.

So PB, you’re cacking yourself over people moving outside of your precious social norms?

How does one so cowardly get through the day?

Granny – 2. I’m not that great at riding bicycles.

I can give you a dink 🙂

(Insert naughty smile)

FC said :

I still don’t get what is so nauseating about people what would turn up for a ‘naked bike ride’. I’m sure part of the point of the ride is that it would attract attention, and therefore bring attention to the issues they are trying to raise.
What’s the big problem with nakedness??

It depends who’s naked.

If it was just a normal ride for bring awareness for the same causes listed would you still be nauseated??

Pretty much, I can’t stand hippies.

If not – then your issue would be with the nakedness – no??

With the naked hippies, yes.

So again, why the big problem with nakedness??

Ok, so what yo are saying is that it’s ok for anyone to go naked in public places, yes? Or is there some arcane reason why these hippies on bikes have a let off from the social norm?

Pommy bastard said :

… nauseated by the kind of person who would turn up to a “naked bike ride against negative effects of oil, cars, war, consumerism and non-renewable energy.” ie. Hippies.

I’m not going down this whole ‘kind of person’ line again, PB. I think the human body is beautiful in all its shapes and sizes, especially if worn by somebody beautiful on the inside as well. The only accessory a person really needs is a smile.

So I am out of the debate because I don’t want to upset everybody, not because I agree with you or understand your point of view.

If you had said, “I feel uncomfortable seeing parts of the body that are usually covered,” I could have understood and respected that point of view.

Ugliness, however, is in the eye of the beholder.

I’m right up for a spot of public nudity, but my plums aren’t leathery enough to withstand the savaging they’d get from a bike seat. Maybe July would be a better time after all (shrinkage would keep everything from bouncing around too much).

I still don’t get what is so nauseating about people what would turn up for a ‘naked bike ride’. I’m sure part of the point of the ride is that it would attract attention, and therefore bring attention to the issues they are trying to raise.
What’s the big problem with nakedness??
If it was just a normal ride for bring awareness for the same causes listed would you still be nauseated??
If not – then your issue would be with the nakedness – no??
So again, why the big problem with nakedness??

Granny said :

Who said, “a whole bunch of naked hippies”, thee or me, PB?

Yes Granny, I did say that. Now then does; “a whole bunch of naked hippies” = “Illogic[sic] number one. All naked people are hippies.”? Hmmmmm….

Overheard said :

If you’re aiming for irony or sarcasm or just basic taking of the pi$$, you might want to take some classes because you’re not quite there yet.

Thanks for the advice, I’ll persevere.

“Ever heard of “taking the piss” John, it’s quite popular amongst those with a sense of humour.;)”

If you’re aiming for irony or sarcasm or just basic taking of the pi$$, you might want to take some classes because you’re not quite there yet.

“Now who said “all naked people are hippies”, thee or me, Granny?”

You might want to re-read Granny’s original email because you’ve missed her point ever so slightly.

Who said, “a whole bunch of naked hippies”, thee or me, PB?

FC said :

“Now if you’d said “nauseated”, you may have a point.”
Why would you be nauseated by a bunch of naked ppl?
That seems rather strange (and sad) to me.

No, nauseated by the kind of person who would turn up to a “naked bike ride against negative effects of oil, cars, war, consumerism and non-renewable energy.” ie. Hippies.

seekay said :

Hippies with their kit off.

Move to Perth for the day.

My god, a sane person!

johnboy said :

PB, from your virulent reaction, against something that will not harm you in the slightest, I can only assume you’re scared witless.

Man up buddy.

Ever heard of “taking the piss” John, it’s quite popular amongst those with a sense of humour.;)

Granny said :

Pommy bastard said :

A naked Adolph Hitler would be a flower power child?

Another brilliant stroke of logic!

Now who said “all naked people are hippies”, thee or me, Granny?

Hippies with their kit off.

Move to Perth for the day.

“Now if you’d said “nauseated”, you may have a point.”
Why would you be nauseated by a bunch of naked ppl?
That seems rather strange (and sad) to me.

Pommy bastard said :

A naked Adolph Hitler would be a flower power child?

Another brilliant stroke of logic!

PB, from your virulent reaction, against something that will not harm you in the slightest, I can only assume you’re scared witless.

Man up buddy.

I’m disappointed that it is not at 7am on a july morning, then we would know who is really dedicated to the cause….

A herd of Marion Pattersons on pushies isn’t an appealing though. But hey, if they have sufficient self confidence to do it, more kudos to them.

I have two disappointments in this world.

1. I do not know where Pommy Bastard lives.
2. I’m not that great at riding bicycles.

*hehe*

“All naked people are hippies”?

A naked Adolph Hitler would be a flower power child? What are you smoking?

Then that’s all fair then isn’t it? They are as entitled to their opinion of me, as I am of them.

The difference being of course that I do not parade my (rather beautiful) naked body about in public.

Oh, John, “threatened”? Please… The day I feel threatened by any hippy Satan will go to work on ice skates.

Now if you’d said “nauseated”, you may have a point.

Illogic number one. All naked people are hippies. Illogic number two. People actually care what Pommy Bastard gives a fart about.

Pommy bastard said :

Like I give a fart about what others think of naked hippies…

Ban them all.

You’re not a bowls player by any chance, are you, PB?

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24930508-13762,00.html

Like the ‘naked hippies’ give a fart about what you think of them.

Pommy bastard said :

Granny said :

Says you. I’m sure their lovers don’t think they’re ugly. I’m sure their kids don’t think they’re ugly. I’m sure their mothers don’t think they’re ugly. I’m sure I don’t think they’re ugly either.

Like I give a fart about what others think of naked hippies…

Ban them all.

I’m sure the feeling is mutual.

You really feel that threatened by a bit of harmless fun?

That’s really sad.

Granny said :

Says you. I’m sure their lovers don’t think they’re ugly. I’m sure their kids don’t think they’re ugly. I’m sure their mothers don’t think they’re ugly. I’m sure I don’t think they’re ugly either.

Like I give a fart about what others think of naked hippies…

Ban them all.

I saw something like this on a documentary about naturalists… it looked like it could be painful and very strange. Count me out.

Says you. I’m sure their lovers don’t think they’re ugly. I’m sure their kids don’t think they’re ugly. I’m sure their mothers don’t think they’re ugly. I’m sure I don’t think they’re ugly either.

You’ve lost me PB. I think it would be a great sight.

Because they are ugly granny.

Wait, naked cycling exposes the negative effects of war and consumerism?

What did I miss?

Why are their naked bodies ugly, PB?

Well, I think it sounds kind of funny! *chuckle* But are you sure it’s legal?

Arrest the buggers sharpish. The last thing Canberra needs is a whole bunch of naked hippies parading their ugly naked bodies about on bikes. The horror!!