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Arabia
Ban mannequin displays of lingerie!
2004-11-18
SCANTILY-clad mannequins should be banned from lingerie shop windows, says a Muharraq [Bahrain] councillor. Modern mannequins look too real and are exciting young men, who crowd round the shop windows, says Majeed Karimi.
"They keep leavin' those stains on the glass. It's disgusting!"
Male assistants should also be banned from lingerie shops, says Mr Karimi, chairman of Muharraq Municipal Council's legislative, financial and administrative affairs committee. Displaying mannequins clad in lingerie is against Islamic and social values, he said.
Isn't everything?
"These mannequins look like real-life women, with exactly the same features," said Mr Karimi.
"They got them titties... an' them thighs... and buttocks... an'... an'... Oh, Allah! Where's my gun? I must... I must... I must shoot off!"
"I have received various complaints from people that they feel aroused by seeing these mannequins being exhibited in front of them."
"They're givin' all those young fellers stiffies, those plastic hussies!"
It's as close as some of these lads are going to get ...
He said that many young men in Muharraq stand in front of these shops, not just to watch women enter and leave, but fantasise about the mannequins. "We want shop owners to remove them at once, because these mannequins are affecting the way our children are being raised," said Mr Karimi.
"Do it for the children!"
Posted by:Fred

#15   "I have received various complaints from people that they feel aroused by seeing these mannequins being exhibited in front of them."

All together, to the tune from the theme from Rawhide..
Turgid,Turgid,Turgid,...Turgid,Turgid,Turgid,...Got to feeling Turgid,
Posted by: Cheaderhead   2004-11-18 6:10:33 PM  

#14  I'd say they should get out and meet some chicks

But they're not allowed to!!
Posted by: Rafael   2004-11-18 4:39:09 PM  

#13  Dreadnought, you just gave me an idea! I'm off to find the Saudi yellow pages and order up a VS catalog.
Posted by: BH   2004-11-18 1:56:57 PM  

#12  Boy, they must just hate the Victoria's Secret catalog!
Posted by: Dreadnought   2004-11-18 12:46:14 PM  

#11  might I suggest an alternative? Mass castration, would solve the problems just as easily, as well as solving that birthrate thang
Posted by: Frank G   2004-11-18 10:53:49 AM  

#10  Gives new meaning to:

"Hey, guys, let's go into town and get some glASS!"
Posted by: Snuck Thruger8442   2004-11-18 10:53:35 AM  

#9  "Oh fer cryin' out loud, Majeed. Are you telling me that even the dummy gives you wood?"

*nods*

"Fine. We'll take it down. Anything to keep you from dry-humping the window display."
Posted by: BH   2004-11-18 10:47:45 AM  

#8  First edition of "Hand Off" a men's magazine for the most impressionable youth possessing a 21st century hunger along side a 10th century mindset.

http://www.morplan.co.uk/webapp/commerce/command/CategoryDisplay?cgrfnbr=96510&cgmenbr=16251&cgname=Mannequins%20&%20Display%20Figures

OK for office viewing!!!
Posted by: Snuck Thruger8442   2004-11-18 10:41:27 AM  

#7  Prefer the idea of seeing dead scum in the road , than seeing a poor Marine turn a corner to see some jihadi with his trousers round his ankles cracking one off , but hey , maybe u have a point CrazyFool
Posted by: MacNails   2004-11-18 10:24:39 AM  

#6  You know, maybe we are onto something here. Instead of dropping bombs and explosives to 'loosen up' the terrorists in Iraq we should drop Playboy magazines!

We might even get them to create a 'Girls of Fallujah!' edition.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2004-11-18 10:02:40 AM  

#5  Its not Allah's way AlanC . Cant argue with them , reason with them , or do anything without them getting into a frenzy of some sort .

I think Majeed Karimi is speaking from his own experiences !

"They're givin' all those young fellers stiffies, those plastic hussies!" - very funny Fred .
Posted by: MacNails   2004-11-18 9:17:39 AM  

#4  Just for grins and chuckles folks I would like to propose a little thought experiment.

Since we all know that Islam is kinda stuck around the 10th century, what would your reactions be to a reform of the Arab world that brought them up to the equivalent of the USA circa 1880?

There's no womens vote, public displays of flesh and or affection are highly frowned upon, etc. etc. But, wouldn't this be a good thing since it would introduce the concepts of freedom in a way that would avoid all of the tumult of stomping on all their sensibilities? Then in what I'm sure would be a compressed time frame they could move into the 20th century and finally work their way through suffarage and flappers and modernity.

Maybe we're all trying to bite off more modernization than they can chew, hmmmm?
Posted by: AlanC   2004-11-18 8:59:04 AM  

#3  I think that's the problem. They spend the time they're not reading the Koran in the bathroom, exploring their sexuality, then feeling guilty about it.

I'd say they should get out and meet some chicks who aren't made out of plastic.
Posted by: Fred   2004-11-18 8:57:28 AM  

#2  Time for the Arab world to 'get a grip' on their sexuality.. *sheesh*
Posted by: Howard UK   2004-11-18 7:27:46 AM  

#1  More graven images! What's a pure woman-hating infidel-beheading schoolchild-murdering grenade-tossing True Believer to do?
Posted by: .com   2004-11-18 12:08:51 AM  

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