Question for the jock-sniffers: Do Americans get as extremely excited about hockey as suburban blue-collar and lower-middle-class Canadians? Do they demand taxpayer funded new arenas for bush-league teams despite being unable to sell tickets? I'm sure this is all related to thigh-rubbing and crotch holes somehow; I shall be penning a letter tomorrow to our Prime Minister asking for the formation of a Royal Commission to study the matter; we will have the answers, soon, I am certain. By the way, is anyone monitoring Google searches? I'm sure by now we are ranking high in searches for BDSM porn, given all the keywords that have been posted here. I expect the other 'fora' must be already ranking, much to the horror of the perverts: any self-respecting bondage freak would be horrified at the twisted perversions of the Andylanders and Real Housewives.

Last edited by Maximilien de Robespierre (2011-04-05 17:39:28)

^The flannels were thick and robust and hot as hell when I wore them in Southern California and Texas. They were fine when I was at Oxford.

I just measured my upper thigh. The circumference is about 24 inches, maybe a shade less. Back in my lusty prime I could handle high repetition squats with poundages that today would crush me to the floor and probably leave me a hopeless physical ruin. In those days my thighs were about 27.5 inches in circumference. Obviously, today they are more "normal" in size. Lest I be accused of bragging, my calves were always on the skinny side, I think, at best about 15 1/2 inches.

I have read that according to the ancient Greeks the ideally proportioned male should have a neck, flexed upper arm and calf about the same girth. I think few of us are capable of meeting that ideal, no matter how hard we train.

Anyway, I haven't had the problem of wearing out the crotch area in my trousers for quite a few years.

Last edited by captainpreppy (2011-04-05 20:12:47)

Looks freaky in the trunks and crap in the suit - which bizarrely seems to exaggerate his shoulders and which is falling off his collar.

Last edited by Cruz Diez (2011-04-06 05:18:11)

^Yes, Arnold used the late Giacomo Trabalza, generally regarded as L.A.'s foremost bespoke tailor quite a bit. Manton in The Suit cites Arnold as an example of someone who utilized good tailoring to best advantage.

Bear in mind that that photo of Reeves and the other bodybuilders dates from the heyday of the "Bold Look," when broad shoulders for everybody were the norm. I seem to recall seeing some photos of Reeves in his later  years in a sport coat, and he looked pretty damn good, I thought.

Capt Preppy - looks like a blog for you - or by you?

http://thighsbiggerthanyourhead.blogspot.com/