Terminalcoffee discussion

Apparently skirts are banned:

http://www.dutchdailynews.com/girls-o...

Them crazy New Yorkers.

Janine you are better off where you are.

A lot of girls wear skirts and dresses while riding in Portland. It's a major distraction attraction pour moi.

I think it's a mark of civilization.

Dearest Janine,

Thank you for posting pictures of hot girls riding bicycles, as I wasn't quite awake but now I am. Yee-ha.

Sincerely,

RA

I live near two bike paths, one more recreational and one not an official path but a regular route for the people with expensive bikes and fancy bike clothes. I don't think I've ever seen a bike rider wearing a skirt, but I will watch closely now.

i for one am totally fine with all attire in above photos.

Kevin! I was going to message you to find out where you've been lately, and tell you that i missed you, but apparently pictures of hot girls on bicycles set off some sort of internal alert and sent you running to the computer.

i was away for a long weekend with 150 kids. i am wiped. thanks for your concern, i appreciate it

The story sounds a little odd to me. You see people on the streets of New York in various states of revealing dress/undress all the time, and no one pays the slightest attention. But I guess there's no accounting for one police officer's actions. He may have had ulterior motives...

Because we tend never to revise our local penal code but simply add new laws to it, there are still colonial-era regulations on the books that forbid women from wearing skirts that expose their ankles to public view. These are, however, not enforced and would almost certainly be unenforceable if challenged. There's also a law that defines three unmarried women living at the same address as a house of ill repute. (This too is not enforced.)

In any event, even though this is not the most bicycle-friendly town in general--too much traffic, very few bike lanes--you do see women bicycling wearing skirts here. So the cop giving the Dutch visitor a ticket was out of line, Janine. On behalf of my fellow residents of old New Amsterdam, excuus hiervoor!

I feel compelled to wear a skirt the next time I ride my bike in solidarity with female Dutch bicyclists.

Jackie "the Librarian" wrote: "I feel compelled to wear a skirt the next time I ride my bike in solidarity with female Dutch bicyclists."

I would like to as well, but it may have to wait until I visit california or oregon.

Jonathan wrote: "The story sounds a little odd to me. You see people on the streets of New York in various states of revealing dress/undress all the time, and no one pays the slightest attention. But I guess there'..."

Appology accepted.

If where I'm now was New York I'd be living in an house of ill repute. Who knew?

I promise not to tell the authorities, Janine. And in any case, you seem like a very wholesome person to me.

Well, as long as I don't wear a skirt on a bicycle I am. I will admit the combination is prone to wardrobe malfunctions.

Jonathan wrote: "There's also a law that defines three unmarried women living at the same address as a house of ill repute. (This too is not enforced.)"

So I guess all-female dormitories are bordellos in disguise?

Presumably.

It's an 18th-century law, and obviously it wasn't framed with the circumstances of the modern world in mind. It plays no role in today's legal system at all. I just heard about it because there was an article in the NYTimes a couple years ago about antiquated city regulations that have never technically been repealed--no singing in Central Park, for instance--even though they have been superseded by other, countervailing regulations or would simply be laughed out of court if ever used as a pretext for arrest, issuance of a summons, etc.

Jonathan wrote: "Presumably.

It's an 18th-century law, and obviously it wasn't framed with the circumstances of the modern world in mind. It plays no role in today's legal system at all. I just heard about it beca..."

Laws are funny things. There is a law still on the books in VA about not washing your donkey in the street on a Sunday. I kid you not.

Seems reasonable.

I thought this thread was going to be about the nude bicycle riding events.



Wait, where did Kevin and RA go?? Come back!!

They went to get waxed in preparation for the ride.

Lobstergirl wrote: "I thought this thread was going to be about the nude bicycle riding events.

Are there really such events? Please don't be teasing!

Edit: I just googled. There are.