Comments on: My eyes, they burn http://mamapundit.com/2009/06/my-eyes-they-burn/ motherhood, and all the rest of it. Mon, 21 May 2012 20:03:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jenny http://mamapundit.com/2009/06/my-eyes-they-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-800 Jenny Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:06:44 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=939#comment-800 Mel, hilarious. Mel, hilarious.

]]> By: Mel http://mamapundit.com/2009/06/my-eyes-they-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-799 Mel Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:33:02 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=939#comment-799 We live in Austin and there is a man who rides his bike around town wearing just a teeny white thong. One mom on our neighborhood listserve reported a sighting of Thong Guy and that all her kids noticed was that the man was not wearing a helmet - she had to point out the almost naked part. Safety first, people! We live in Austin and there is a man who rides his bike around town wearing just a teeny white thong. One mom on our neighborhood listserve reported a sighting of Thong Guy and that all her kids noticed was that the man was not wearing a helmet – she had to point out the almost naked part. Safety first, people!

]]> By: katie http://mamapundit.com/2009/06/my-eyes-they-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-798 katie Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:17:04 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=939#comment-798 I agree that having places where people who want to go naked can go naked is a good thing: beaches, church services, bike rides. To each their own. But not only can I not see myself enjoying a naked bike ride, I also can't see myself wanting to sit on a church pew after one of these naked services of which you speak ;-) I agree that having places where people who want to go naked can go naked is a good thing: beaches, church services, bike rides. To each their own. But not only can I not see myself enjoying a naked bike ride, I also can’t see myself wanting to sit on a church pew after one of these naked services of which you speak ;-)

]]> By: cousin Julie http://mamapundit.com/2009/06/my-eyes-they-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-797 cousin Julie Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:18:52 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=939#comment-797 Hm, I tried to find a link to a segment on National Geographic that we saw about nudity the other day. They had a nudist church (in Virginia, I think) that James and I first sniggered at. They are very real, very normal looking Christian church people (NOT super-toned twenty-somethings) hanging out naked during church services and bible study. Pretty weird. But the preacher's point was nice, really - that if you get exposed and show yourself to God, it takes away the materialism, the pride, the barriers. I don't think I'd be up for it (though I'm not very churchy anyway) but I thought it was pretty cool for a church by the end of the segment. And I kind of liked it when, in Mexico, our sons saw some topless European women tanning. I thought it was healthy for them to see normal breasts (not silicone enhanced Hollywood boobs) and people just sort of letting them be without causing a big fuss. And I thought the David Sedaris description above sounded kind of nice, although I realize that probably wasn't what he was going for. That said, I think being naked on a bicycle sounds like a bad idea for a couple of important reasons. Eh. And I don't see myself being comfortable naked around my sons any time soon. Hm, I tried to find a link to a segment on National Geographic that we saw about nudity the other day. They had a nudist church (in Virginia, I think) that James and I first sniggered at. They are very real, very normal looking Christian church people (NOT super-toned twenty-somethings) hanging out naked during church services and bible study. Pretty weird.

But the preacher’s point was nice, really – that if you get exposed and show yourself to God, it takes away the materialism, the pride, the barriers. I don’t think I’d be up for it (though I’m not very churchy anyway) but I thought it was pretty cool for a church by the end of the segment.

And I kind of liked it when, in Mexico, our sons saw some topless European women tanning. I thought it was healthy for them to see normal breasts (not silicone enhanced Hollywood boobs) and people just sort of letting them be without causing a big fuss. And I thought the David Sedaris description above sounded kind of nice, although I realize that probably wasn’t what he was going for.

That said, I think being naked on a bicycle sounds like a bad idea for a couple of important reasons. Eh. And I don’t see myself being comfortable naked around my sons any time soon.

]]> By: Jane http://mamapundit.com/2009/06/my-eyes-they-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Jane Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:53:22 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=939#comment-796 Just to clarify. I don't think the human body is gross. I think that the idea of a narrow little bike seat paired with a naked backside is repulsive. Just to clarify. I don’t think the human body is gross.

I think that the idea of a narrow little bike seat paired with a naked backside is repulsive.

]]> By: kagranju http://mamapundit.com/2009/06/my-eyes-they-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-795 kagranju Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:47:32 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=939#comment-795 Bill& Toby: Y'all DO realize that I am being more than a little toingue in cheek with my "anti nude biking" sentiment, right? Because nude biking is simply so silly that it cries out for an equally sily response. I don't think anyone's naked body is "repulsive." Nor do I think that nakedness is de facto sexual. It is what it is. And if you like going nude on a ten speed, go for it. But it's not my thing. I have no desire to hang with nekkid adults in the chow line or on the bike trail. And I definitely won't be spending any time relaxing poolside at the local nudist campground. But more power to those who dig this sort of activity. I will just politely avert my eyes should I encounter it ;-) -Katie PS: Soon I will blog about my visual aversion for spandex exercise-wear; seeing a grown man in spandex bike shorts is far less appealing than seeing the same man biking in the buff. Bill& Toby: Y’all DO realize that I am being more than a little toingue in cheek with my “anti nude biking” sentiment, right? Because nude biking is simply so silly that it cries out for an equally sily response.

I don’t think anyone’s naked body is “repulsive.” Nor do I think that nakedness is de facto sexual. It is what it is. And if you like going nude on a ten speed, go for it.

But it’s not my thing. I have no desire to hang with nekkid adults in the chow line or on the bike trail. And I definitely won’t be spending any time relaxing poolside at the local nudist campground. But more power to those who dig this sort of activity. I will just politely avert my eyes should I encounter it ;-)

-Katie

PS: Soon I will blog about my visual aversion for spandex exercise-wear; seeing a grown man in spandex bike shorts is far less appealing than seeing the same man biking in the buff.

]]> By: Bill Dockery http://mamapundit.com/2009/06/my-eyes-they-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-794 Bill Dockery Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:24:01 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=939#comment-794 Touche, Toby, touche. Touche, Toby, touche.

]]> By: toby http://mamapundit.com/2009/06/my-eyes-they-burn/comment-page-1/#comment-793 toby Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:29:14 +0000 http://mamapundit.com/?p=939#comment-793 Didn't you recently write a post all about your toddler going naked and how natural that was and how you didn't understand the fuss from your neighbors about that? At what age, then, should we start being repulsed by our own bodies? Didn’t you recently write a post all about your toddler going naked and how natural that was and how you didn’t understand the fuss from your neighbors about that? At what age, then, should we start being repulsed by our own bodies?

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