# Woman says she was kicked out of water park because of her bathing suit **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 5, 2013, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695 "2013-07-05T05:15:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/21 "2013-07-05T13:30:48Z")
Yeah, without seeing what the bikini bottoms look like, it’s hard to know what to think. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/22 "2013-07-05T13:31:08Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > That’s a bit silly, IMHO, but, even so, remember this is about her “big tits” “bouncing around” anyway. Of course, that should read “this **isn’t** ”. Anyhow, I mean, I don’t expect the crack reporting team to be dispatched for this story, but even the most basic of reporters know that a story generally requires more than one source. I’m not even going to argue the newsworthy angle. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/23 "2013-07-05T13:37:36Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Anyhow, I mean, I don’t expect the crack reporting team to be dispatched for this story [..] On the contrary – a story about revealing bikini bottoms is the quintessence of crack reporting! ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/24 "2013-07-05T13:47:04Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > I usually don’t make lists but I’m nostalgic and Opal is no longer with us (RIP) > > 1. From the story and her comments - The issue was **NEVER** about her tits > > 2. The issue was her bikini bottoms - the pool management found them inappropriate. > > III. Since the issue is in fact her bikini bottoms, what kind of shitty news editor doesn’t get a clear shot of the bikini bottoms? You could even modestly shoot them from a distance front and back to let the viewers see for themselves. Are they thong Bikini bottoms? > > 1. And why is a towel always concealing the right side of her tummy just above the bikini bottom. Could there be an offensive tattoo there? > > E. Maybe the news story should read “Woman loses 100 pounds and finds a way to be on TV in her bikini” > > So a news story that appears to call out the injustice of censoring this lady for her Bikini bottoms also appears to censor showing those actual Bikini bottoms. All of this is 100% correct and I feel silly for accepting the story so unquestioningly. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/25 "2013-07-05T13:53:51Z")
[A better view](https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/p480x480/996518_10151698596944161_352394694_n.jpg) (Sigh)… I really need a hobby. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/26 "2013-07-05T13:54:38Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > Like \*\*Sodalite \*\*and **Tracijo67** , I’m giving this a “what the ??” > > She’s got big tits; lots of women do. It’s next to impossible to hide that fact when you’re in a bathing suit, and regardless, she shouldn’t be expected to wear anything other than what everyone else is wearing. If bikinis are allowed, then anyone gets to wear them, regardless of how they’re shaped. True enough. I’m thinking that it’s probably a matter of what was being exposed with the bottom half. If pubic hair or genitalia was obvious, then the suit is too small for her, or she needs to clean things up when around children not her own. It’s common for people who have lost weight to think they can wear clothing that is still much too tight. In most cases it’s not a problem, but I can see where this could be. ---
**Author:** ![Matt37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@Matt37](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt37)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/27 "2013-07-05T13:57:55Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > If bikinis are allowed, then anyone gets to wear them, regardless of how they’re shaped. This. I didn’t see anything wrong at all with her suit, and unless there’s more to this story than is being presented, I think she has a legitimate gripe against the park. If it were me, I’d go back again dressed the same way just to get another rise out of them and see what happens. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/28 "2013-07-05T14:08:19Z")
By the way, just because the park said that the problem was with her bottom half doesn’t necessarily make it so. It could have been an excuse they came up so they didn’t have to say “we want you and your big floppy titties out of here.” ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/29 "2013-07-05T14:20:59Z")
The report I saw on TV (I haven’t been able to find the same reference online) said that complaints were made about inappropriate tattoo’s that were revealed by her suit bottom. None of the videos showed her suit bottom or tattoo’s clearly enough to judge if it was stepford mothers complaining about nothing or actually a valid complaint but it’s a business and kids are clearly their target market so I rate this internet outrage a meh. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/30 "2013-07-05T14:26:39Z")
This is a US thing, IME. On a Caribbean beach where extreme suits or lack thereof is commonplace, if somebody is gawking or making a big deal of it, the offenderati will be American. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/31 "2013-07-05T14:27:26Z")
They showed the front of the bottom this morning on the Today Show. It was a small solid black bottom, but not exceedingly small. Not sure what the back looked like. She did have a bunch of tattoos along the top of her bikini bottom, it almost looks like you’re seeing hair or something you’re not supposed to be seeing. Overall she is very stacked but I don’t know what there is to be offended over. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/32 "2013-07-05T14:42:49Z")
My guess is that she didn’t really have a nice enough ass for however much cheek was showing, and they tried to play fashion police. Probably the guy who worked there was constantly having his friends tell him “Dude, you’re so lucky, you get to see MILFs in their bikinis all day! You have the best job!” And he’d shake his head and say, “Yeah, you’d think so, but LOOK WHAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH!” and show his cell phone pics of middle-aged fat dimpled varicose-veined ham-hocks spilling out of nanotube string bikinis the wearer bought in the 1980s. Finally, on the day this poor woman showed up, he had enough. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/33 "2013-07-05T14:51:30Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > On the contrary – a story about revealing bikini bottoms is the quintessence of crack reporting! I wish I could say that was intentional, but I have this apparent problem where my subconscious puns on me without me even noticing. Seriously, like all the time. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/34 "2013-07-05T14:59:28Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > By the way, just because the park said that the problem was with her bottom half doesn’t necessarily make it so. It could have been an excuse they came up so they didn’t have to say “we want you and your big floppy titties out of here.” Well, I thought of that, but that doesn’t make any sense to me. Presumably, if she were to put on shorts as asked to, the management would have left it at that. I can’t see the management returning and saying, actually, we really were talking about the tits. I’d be curious to hear more about **Moonlitherial** ’s report that the tats were the problem. That’s what makes the most sense to me at this point. Now, it could very well be a case of “you’re too old/flabby/ugly” to wear this swimsuit, but I’m holding out judgment due to the terrible reporting all around. ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/35 "2013-07-05T15:16:21Z")
Slooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww Newz day. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/36 "2013-07-05T15:25:45Z")
won’t somebody please think of the children. ---
**Author:** ![Matt37](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@Matt37](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Matt37)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/37 "2013-07-05T15:28:05Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > won’t somebody please think of the children. Oh, come on. Surely you know how damaging it can be to a child for him/her to see an extra bit of butt cheek or side boob. It’s not like they ever see it on TV or in advertisements or anything. /sarcasm 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/38 "2013-07-05T16:10:37Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Of course, that should read “this **isn’t** ”. > > Anyhow, I mean, I don’t expect the crack reporting team to be dispatched for this story, but even the most basic of reporters know that a story generally requires more than one source. I’m not even going to argue the newsworthy angle. I don’t disagree, but the talking head back in the studio did say city officials responded that it was up to pool management to decide, so there was at least a modicum of second-source material. ---
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/39 "2013-07-05T16:16:47Z")
I think she looks fine, and kudos to her for feeling good in her skin. Some other poster mentioned an inappropriate tattoo, or I wonder if maybe there was a little bit of ladypart slippage or camel toe. I could see asking someone to put shorts on for that. I have definitely had suits where the crotch part is too narrow for my comfort. And if she sat straddling a lounge chair, look out! I’d FAR rather say “put on shorts” than “close your legs” to a woman who appears to be a little combative. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695/40 "2013-07-05T16:37:44Z")
Count me as another who finds it extremely suspicious that the news story about her bikini bottom refused to show said bikini bottom and allowed her to carefully keep other areas covered. From the quick shots they had of the top piece, I’d have to say that she was wearing a suit that was a size or two too small. I’m betting that she was either hanging way too much out of that too-small suit or she had offensive tatts. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-says-she-was-kicked-out-of-water-park-because-of-her-bathing-suit/662695.md?page=3)