About that Speedo...

The continuing saga of Madison's Brett Hulsey.

Let's judge old people in their bathing suits.

1. Giorgio Armani, 76, in a Speedo.

2. Jerry Hall, 54, in a tankini.

Judge!
	Old people can go swimming, but the question of how they look is a nonissue. They. Are. Old.
	Both of them look pretty decent for their age. Let's be charitable and encouraging.
	Giorgio looks great at 76 and wears a Speedo with elan. Jerry... blech.
	Jerry is fine, but an old guy in a Speedo? Horrible!
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IN THE COMMENTS: ironrailsironweights said:

It's amusing that two people who are a generation apart in age are being lumped together as "old."

Oh, yeah. Why did Althouse do that?
	Because "old" for women starts early.
	Because the Giorgio looks relatively good for his age and Jerry relatively bad.
	Because these are 2 photos that happened to pop up in the news today.
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It's the new Bloggingheads — with me and Matt Welch!

It's called "It's Fun to Be Goo" and is mostly in response to the passage of the health care bill, but there's some cool miscellaneous material in there, like the story of Matt and Mickey Kaus in Eugene Volokh's swimming pool, which includes my idea for a Speedo based on the California flag.

The burqini.

Banned in France. It's unsanitary. Is it really just religious discrimination in disguise? Keep in mind that in France, a man is not only forbidden to wear cutoffs in a public pool — which is generally the rule in America, of course — he is required to wear a Speedo-type bathing suit.

But — as you can see at the second link — Speedos are banned at a British water park.

"You must wear the maillot de bain sportif."

An America guy freaks out at the news that American-style bathing suits are forbidden at the Parisian swimming pool. Why, you're basically wearing your shorts into the pool! "A person could wear one all over the city — on a filthy bus, a park bench. And then he could just jump in the pool, covered in germs!"

The maillot de bain sportif, you need to know, is a Speedo.