# Vladmir Putin, kindly put a shirt on! **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513 **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share **Created:** [August 6, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513 "2009-08-06T06:36:23Z") **Posts on this page:** 20 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![fuzzypickles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9d8465/32.png) [@fuzzypickles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fuzzypickles) #### Post date: [August 6, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/1 "2009-08-06T06:36:23Z")
[Nobody wants to see your flabby man-boobs.](http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/photo-taken-Monday-Aug-3-2009-Russian-Prime-Minister-Vladimir/photo//090804/481/794bbcf8a56a4264aca9973075f6a48e//s:/ap/20090805/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_putin#photoViewer=/090804/481/794bbcf8a56a4264aca9973075f6a48e) That is all. ---
### Author: ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers) #### Post date: [August 6, 2009, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/2 "2009-08-06T06:53:39Z")
For 56 years old, he looks pretty good. Give him a break, I say. At least he’s comfortable with his damn body. How many other world leaders ride horses with nos hirt on? ---
### Author: ![Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Uosdwis\_R.Dewoh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uosdwis_R.Dewoh) #### Post date: [August 6, 2009, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/3 "2009-08-06T08:15:06Z")
I’ve heard that Prime minister Fabiozza from the small nation of Pectoralia, does most of his official duties shirtless. [Here](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsIHHYwMUV8/Rv7Z_7SIGXI/AAAAAAAAAJM/6dl5pd80fIc/s400/fabio%2Btrimmed.jpg) you can see him opening a children’s hospital. ---
### Author: ![bannerrefugee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@bannerrefugee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bannerrefugee) #### Post date: [August 6, 2009, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/4 "2009-08-06T08:23:48Z")
Maybe he is getting ready to attack a tiger, and doesn’t want to damage his shirt. ---
### Author: ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu) #### Post date: [August 6, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/5 "2009-08-06T14:40:42Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > How many other world leaders ride horses with nos hirt on? You mean besides those from Mycenae, Sparta and Babylon? ---
### Author: ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin) #### Post date: [August 6, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/6 "2009-08-06T14:55:20Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > You mean besides those from Mycenae, Sparta and Babylon? Not too many of them made it to 56. I hope I look so good when I am his age. He is ten kinds of badass. ---
### Author: ![apollonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2bfe46/32.png) [@apollonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/apollonia) #### Post date: [August 6, 2009, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/7 "2009-08-06T15:31:58Z")
I’d hit it. ---
### Author: ![cwthree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de0a6/32.png) [@cwthree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cwthree) #### Post date: [August 6, 2009, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/8 "2009-08-06T15:42:31Z")
> [@fuzzypickles](#): > > [Nobody wants to see your flabby man-boobs.](http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/photo-taken-Monday-Aug-3-2009-Russian-Prime-Minister-Vladimir/photo//090804/481/794bbcf8a56a4264aca9973075f6a48e//s:/ap/20090805/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_putin#photoViewer=/090804/481/794bbcf8a56a4264aca9973075f6a48e) > > That is all. You think _those_ are flabby man-boobs? ---
### Author: ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik) #### Post date: [August 6, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/9 "2009-08-06T19:11:26Z")
Yeah, Putin’s in pretty damn good shape for a guy his age. That’s the whole reason he poses for these shirtless, horseback riding look-how-virile-I-am photos. ---
### Author: ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/10 "2009-08-07T01:03:33Z")
> [@apollonia](#): > > I’d hit it. Me too. ---
### Author: ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/11 "2009-08-07T01:33:52Z")
Hottie Alert! ---
### Author: ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/12 "2009-08-07T01:40:41Z")
You do know,Vlad, that Sarah can see ya rearin’ yer man boobs from Alaska. Hubba Hubba. ---
### Author: ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/13 "2009-08-07T02:12:29Z")
> [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](#): > > Me too. Me three. I always thought he was kind of hot, in a sinister way. He looks great for his age. ---
### Author: ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/14 "2009-08-07T02:35:32Z")
Yum ---
### Author: ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/15 "2009-08-07T02:52:00Z")
In an Ultimate Fighting tournament of all the world’s leaders, my money would be on Putin. Can anyone name any other contenders? ---
### Author: ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/16 "2009-08-07T05:42:14Z")
> [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](#): > > Me too. Me four. ---
### Author: ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/17 "2009-08-07T13:50:36Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > In an Ultimate Fighting tournament of all the world’s leaders, my money would be on Putin. > > Can anyone name any other contenders? Bush has a pretty good choke hold manuever. He calls it the Pretzel. ---
### Author: ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/18 "2009-08-07T14:38:34Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > In an Ultimate Fighting tournament of all the world’s leaders, my money would be on Putin. > > Can anyone name any other contenders? [This](http://www.husbandclothes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/obama-swimsuit.jpg) aint too shabby. And [this gentlement](http://www.zimbio.com/Nicolas+Sarkozy/articles/34/Nicolas+Sarkozy+Gets+Shirtless+President+Vanity) looks alright even sans Photoshopping. ---
### Author: ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/19 "2009-08-07T14:51:40Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > In an Ultimate Fighting tournament of all the world’s leaders, my money would be on Putin. > > Can anyone name any other contenders? Putin, hands down. He’s a sixth degree black belt in judo. The guy’s like a Bond villain. [Putin Judo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdXwu2MXR_s) [More Putin Judo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWo7WXL5nZg&feature=fvw) ETA: Putin by armbar! ---
### Author: ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge) #### Post date: [August 7, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513/20 "2009-08-07T16:12:05Z")
I wouldn’t count out former Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien and his patented [Shawinigan Handshake](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawinigan_Handshake). [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vladmir-putin-kindly-put-a-shirt-on/505513.md?page=2)