# I saw a nude man, woman, and child on a Canadian highway sign **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 12, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764 "2018-07-12T04:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/1 "2018-07-12T04:25:08Z")
Not exactly what you’d call graphic, but it still made me laugh, and it was a definite WTF moment for this American: > ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/2 "2018-07-12T04:47:06Z")
Why do they all have the letter “I” on their backs? ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/3 "2018-07-12T04:48:54Z")
That is some crazy shit right there. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/4 "2018-07-12T04:52:21Z")
Isn’t that a sign for a nudist camp? ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/5 "2018-07-12T05:09:31Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Isn’t that a sign for a nudist camp? Yes, indeed—but not a commercial sign, like a billboard or something (which might be prohiibited in Canada? Sure seemed that way). This was an official roadside wayfinding type sign. ETA: > [@Biotop](#): > > Why do they all have the letter “I” on their backs? I take that as being a crude depiction of the crease your back muscles make. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/6 "2018-07-12T05:17:20Z")
I for indecent;) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/7 "2018-07-12T05:19:47Z")
This is why they’re separating Canadian children from their parents at the border. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/8 "2018-07-12T05:58:00Z")
Clothing and Necks Optional ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/9 "2018-07-12T07:16:16Z")
And hair. They have hair loss issues. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/10 "2018-07-12T08:03:49Z")
If there’s one place in this world where I would not want to be naked, it’s the frozen north. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/11 "2018-07-12T10:51:01Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > If there’s one place in this world where I would not want to be naked, it’s the frozen north. Yeah, isn’t that basically a form of assisted suicide? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/12 "2018-07-12T11:49:46Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > If there’s one place in this world where I would not want to be naked, it’s the frozen north. It’s the frozen south you want to worry about. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/13 "2018-07-12T11:59:20Z")
If there had been a number on the sign, say a “5”, then it could stand for “Bare Asses, next Five Kilometers” ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/14 "2018-07-12T12:16:19Z")
Are they all standing on a corrugated tin roof? ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/15 "2018-07-12T13:01:19Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > Not exactly what you’d call graphic, but it still made me laugh, and it was a definite WTF moment for this American: > > [https://twitter.com/slackerinc/status/1017261976232349697?s=21](https://twitter.com/slackerinc/status/1017261976232349697?s=21) Yep, Nude Beach/Campground. There are designated nude beaches scattered around Canada but Quebec is a special due to their French roots and very liberal views on nudity,sex, etc… > [@GuanoLad](#): > > If there’s one place in this world where I would not want to be naked, it’s the frozen north. Actually, it’s only frozen over for about 6 months of the year! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/16 "2018-07-12T14:37:20Z")
Americans aren’t as prudish as people think; at least in the day. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/XkJ4QmMsLAI/hqdefault.jpg "Coppertone Girl: Then and Now") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkJ4QmMsLAI) ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/17 "2018-07-12T15:00:04Z")
I saw an actual fully nude family in Germany a week ago when I visited a lake. Dad, Mom, teenage girl, and twin toddlers. Also a few older people and at least one very beautiful woman was nude too. Pretty shocking for this American. Almost all the little kids were nude. My son was one of the few who wasn’t actually. Another day walking around town we passed through a kindergarten and saw as the teachers had all the kids strip down and jump into the pool naked as well. Convenient, no need for change of clothing. But couldn’t help but think how this would never happen in the US. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/18 "2018-07-12T15:02:17Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > I saw an actual fully nude family in Germany a week ago when I visited a lake. Dad, Mom, teenage girl, and twin toddlers. Also a few older people and at least one very beautiful woman was nude too. Pretty shocking for this American. Almost all the little kids were nude. My son was one of the few who wasn’t actually. Another day walking around town we passed through a kindergarten and saw as the teachers had all the kids strip down and jump into the pool naked as well. Convenient, no need for change of clothing. But couldn’t help but think how this would never happen in the US. But it did happen for decades at high school swimming pools. There was a thread about this on the last year or so. > **[High schools, YMCAs, and nude swimming](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=395612)** > > At one time it was common for YMCAs, schools, and colleges to require males to swim nude unless women were present. What/when was the last YMCA to require it? Last school? Is the pratice still common in other countries? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/19 "2018-07-12T15:06:39Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > If there’s one place in this world where I would not want to be naked, it’s the frozen north. Though it has been unusually hot in much of Canada lately. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2018, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764/20 "2018-07-12T15:12:52Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > But it did happen for decades at high school swimming pools. There was a thread about this on the last year or so. > > [High schools, YMCAs, and nude swimming - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=395612) I’ve heard about that (so bizarre). These days even the high school locker room showers are cobwebbed from disuse—kids are much more modest than they used to be. But fundamentally it’s not the nude beaches that surprise me but this official wayfinding sign. Some group of government bureaucrats commissioned this, which is wild. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-a-nude-man-woman-and-child-on-a-canadian-highway-sign/817764.md?page=2)