# Not all heroes wear capes, some of them don’t even wear bikini tops **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 26, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246 "2020-06-26T18:11:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**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:** [June 26, 2020, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/1 "2020-06-26T18:11:47Z")
> **[Topless hero Jessica saves family from drowning](https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/topless-hero-jessica-saves-family-4258881)** > > ‘Not all heroes wear capes, some of them don’t even wear bikini tops’ Awesome woman saves family of three from drowning while sunbathing. Thank you Cornwall Live for a little bit of fun in the midst of disaster. > [@](#): > > A woman from Cornwall is being hailed a hero after saving a family from drowning … while topless. > > As one of Jessica Layton’s friends put it, “not all heroes wear capes, some of them don’t even wear bikini tops”. > > The 28-year-old from [Penzance](https://www.cornwalllive.com/all-about/penzance) was sunbathing on naturist beach Pedn Vounder, near Porthcurno, yesterday (Tuesday, June 23) when the drama happened. And who knew that more than pirates lived in Penzance. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2020, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/3 "2020-06-26T18:20:47Z")
From the link. > [@](#): > > They were all holding hands, so I grabbed one of their hands and **pulled them all** on to the beach.” Damn, what a _beast_.\* \*in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/4 "2020-06-27T00:59:12Z")
I don’t know what to say, but this can only come from one of the boobs-fixated British news outlets. I mean, that’s so mundane, a topless woman at the beach 😱. What should she have done? Bother with putting on her top before rescuing the people? As a continental European who has been accustomed to topless women on beaches without falling into a drooling fit since the early 80s, the aspect of nudity is a non-story. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2020, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/5 "2020-06-27T01:20:07Z")
In the USA and likely much of the UK nude sunbathing is illegal except for a few hidden locations. Nothing like a little titillation to sell newspapers. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/6 "2020-06-27T01:24:33Z")
Yeah, and that’s a problem with the UK press. Too much boobs, too little facts and stories that are worth the printing. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/7 "2020-06-27T02:20:05Z")
Woman saves three people, and all folks talk about is she was topless. Then again she seems to be perfectly good-natured about it so props to her for responding when it counted and letting it slide off her back. I know if I’m about to be swept to sea by a riptide I don’t care if my rescuer is in full wetsuit or letting it ALL hang out. And one has to acknowledge how the tab press and the way people express themselves in social media are a fine example of convergent (d)evolution: > [@](#): > > One posted on Facebook: “Local hero saves family from certain death with her norks out!” Oy… OTOH you know what? You do you, Cornishpeople. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/8 "2020-06-27T03:26:21Z")
Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/9 "2020-06-27T04:13:06Z")
Norks? Dear Lord. ---
**Author:** ![PlaceboTarget](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/placebotarget/32/1073_2.png) [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/10 "2020-06-27T04:36:18Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Damn, what a _beast_ .\* I wanted to make a similar comment, but I forgot what it was. On purpose. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/11 "2020-06-27T04:51:34Z")
Perhaps her extra flotation capability made all the difference in her commendable rescue of the drowning family. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/12 "2020-06-27T09:27:11Z")
Waitaminnit. This took place at a naturist beach and she had her bikini bottom on? ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/13 "2020-06-27T13:25:40Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > saving a family from drowning … while topless. Why would a family be drowning while topless? Is there something about not having a top that makes you unable to swim? ---
**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:** [June 27, 2020, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/14 "2020-06-27T13:28:29Z")
That line written by the author of the article. Perhaps there were buoyancy issues. 🤤 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/15 "2020-06-27T13:45:24Z")
Thankfully the heroine wasn’t in a headless bar. Imagine the headlines from that. ---
**Author:** ![Abundance77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@Abundance77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abundance77)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/16 "2020-06-27T19:15:49Z")
Please reread. She put it on before jumping into the water. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2020, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/17 "2020-06-27T22:49:13Z")
Presumably she was getting ready to leave, as she had just put her bottom on. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-all-heroes-wear-capes-some-of-them-don-t-even-wear-bikini-tops/913246/18 "2020-06-28T19:24:52Z")
Top of the mornin’ to you… and her!