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Old 05-05-2004, 06:07 AM   #1
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Those pervy Americans ;)

So... Ruinel, what did you get up to, then?

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Barge Capsizes After Partygoers Crowd to One Side, Apparently Hoping to See Nude Sunbathers
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AUSTIN, Texas May 3 — Some 60 "Splash Day" revelers hoping to see nude sunbathers tipped over their double-decker barge when they crowded one side of the vessel.

They were rescued Sunday from Lake Travis, including two with minor injuries, authorities said.

The accident happened during Splash Day, a semiannual event hosted at the clothing-optional area by the Austin Tavern Guild, a gay and lesbian bar association.

Witnesses said that all of the people aboard the barge moved to one side after it was tied up at Hippie Hollow, the only public nude beach in Texas, creating uneven distribution and making it tilt.

"As the captain was running upstairs to tell them to move away from the railing, it capsized," dumping its passengers into about 39 feet of water, Travis County sheriff's spokesman Roger Wade said.

Krista Umscheid, a spokeswoman for the Lower Colorado River Authority, said everyone aboard was safe.
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Old 05-05-2004, 07:33 AM   #2
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haha! That's awesome. People are stupid.
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Old 05-05-2004, 08:03 AM   #3
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Found a picture of the boat, the passangers and the nude beach in a Swedish newspaper. According to the article, the nudists had to swim out and help the passengers after their boat had capsized.

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Old 05-05-2004, 09:18 AM   #4
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Heard about this... those folks probably NEEDED the cool-off they got!
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Old 05-05-2004, 09:53 AM   #5
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Sorta reminds me of that one scene in the movie "Eurotrip".
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Old 05-05-2004, 10:12 AM   #6
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Heard about this... those folks probably NEEDED the cool-off they got!
And they deserved it.
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Old 05-05-2004, 10:51 AM   #7
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'splash day', too funny
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Old 05-05-2004, 01:24 PM   #8
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so whos gonna be the first to get mad and start yelling about how americans arent pervy at all and that europeans are much pervier. Allow me to be the first american to say we take the crown and proudly.
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Old 05-05-2004, 02:00 PM   #9
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You will note that this happened in Texas, which doesn't surprise me.

Californians wouldn't look twice.
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Old 05-06-2004, 12:42 AM   #10
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wow! I can't believe you heard about that incident!

What's really stupid is that Hippie Hollow is an unofficial nudist camping spot (that's the lake beach they're talking about). In addition, there are several "clothing optional" places in and around Austin. It's not a big deal, really. There's always nude people at Hippie Hollow, it's the norm, and the boat had already been around that spot for 3 hours... didn't they already get their fill of it?

I wasn't there.. I was at Eeyore's Birthday Party. Where clothing is optional, as well. But it was way too cold for most of the day where we were for it to be "clothing optional".
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Old 05-06-2004, 12:58 AM   #11
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wow! I can't believe you heard about that incident!
It was on Yahoo! news and MSN and other news sites too. It even got a headline on MSN Today that pops up when you log into MSN messenger. Pervy Texans.
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Old 05-06-2004, 04:19 AM   #12
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wow! I can't believe you heard about that incident!
It was also on the Belgian teletext yesterday in the funny trivia. I had a good laugh with it. What a way to sink a boat.
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so whos gonna be the first to get mad and start yelling about how americans arent pervy at all and that europeans are much pervier. Allow me to be the first american to say we take the crown and proudly.
It's not a European or American thing. It's a MAN thing.
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It's not a European or American thing. It's a MAN thing.
As is so clearly demonstrated in the 'Men of the Silmarillion' thread!

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As is so clearly demonstrated in the 'Men of the Silmarillion' thread!

Hey, we women have are moments, but we're not capsizing boats for a peek.
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Hey, we women have are moments, but we're not capsizing boats for a peek.
true, men tend to dominate in the blatant gauking category
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true, men tend to dominate in the blatant gauking category

Oh man don't even get me started. My college is 82% male. By the end of the semester we are just wolves. I don't know how I can control myself over the summer.
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I don't know how I can control myself over the summer.
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yeah and binoculars help too.

who said that??
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Oh man don't even get me started. My college is 82% male. By the end of the semester we are just wolves. I don't know how I can control myself over the summer.
Damn... O_o I'm around guys all the time... yet, I'm a wolf no matter what... what does that make me? o_O
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