Fuerteventura Forum

Some of the disgusting sights I've seen of Fat Men and Women walking around Caleta in Trunks or Bikinis, beggar belief. Also walking down the main road to Atlantico. A Sarong costs nothing from the many gift shops. C'mon Guys and Girls, cover up. We don't want to see your rolls of fat wobbling around as you walk down the street  :o   

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Not just the fatties Woe...some of those bodies need a damn good ironing  ;D 8) 8) And there should be a 6,000€ fine for wandering around in speedos.

totally agree, don't get me started on hairy backs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Socks with sandals  ::)

Quote from: skinny on April 28, 2014, 23:10:22 PM
totally agree, don't get me started on hairy backs !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh yuk yuk yuk !! And huge moobs.

agree 100%. Its not just some of the naturists who let the side down. The supposedly 'clothed' can look even worse when the flab is fighting to escape confinement in too tight a space.

Quote from: dee-dee on April 28, 2014, 23:15:34 PM
Socks with sandals  ::)

And the socks are usually black and knee high ;D

Ditto ditto ditto....and sorry guys but also the guys with their shirts off in the street and their moobs is disgusting.  Please cover up with a t shirt or shirt.  AND women please stop kidding yourself wear clothes that fit properly.  Or as OP's say a sarong is better than nothing!  Yeah bring in a fine...lets have a little dacorum!

Now thats a job i would like "The Fat Police" would make some money on commission only  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Totally agree...especially men who come into bars/restaurants with no tops on. I was in the hairdressers next to the british corner when a guy came in all sweaty and full of suntan lotion and sat down next to me (the girl had to wipe down the chair for the next custom) who are these people and why can't they stay at home!!! >:(

Having sat outside a bar in an evening, people watching as you do, I am convinced that a lot of apartments in Caleta don't have mirrors in them.   :D  :P

Not just Caleta, Corrie also  :o

Got to be honest on the few occasions im on the beach if i go to a bar or cafe always put my shirt back ,its basic manners in my eyes

Very true Bob, but some people just don't care.  >:(

Agree, keep I covered away from the beach

Was brought up that way MANNERS thats what its all about and im afraid they seem to be missing from quite a lot of people >:(

Quote from: F1REFLY999 on April 29, 2014, 17:24:41 PM
Totally agree...especially men who come into bars/restaurants with no tops on. I was in the hairdressers next to the british corner when a guy came in all sweaty and full of suntan lotion and sat down next to me (the girl had to wipe down the chair for the next custom) who are these people and why can't they stay at home!!! >:(

This is the fault of the Bar Owner. They should NOT be alowed inside a Bar without a top. I know bars that Do stop them. The ones that DON'T stop them are probably the ones that don't have Toilet Seats or paper etc ...

I watched a man having an argument with the Security guard at Atlantico Shopping Centre, who wouldn't let him in without a shirt, and rightly so. He argued that he "Walked all the way from Caleta" , tough  :o

Quote from: hev on April 28, 2014, 23:07:00 PM
Not just the fatties Woe...some of those bodies need a damn good ironing  ;D 8) 8) And there should be a 6,000€ fine for wandering around in speedos.

Didn't think Jensen Button looked too bad 'wandering around' the triathlon in his speedos!  ;D

I agree, in every resort there should be signs reminding everyone of reasonable dress standards.
On the beach, or the prom, anything goes, but as soon as you cross the road or go indoors, please cover up.

On the beach, though, I'd far rather see a fat person naked, than in something badly fitting and skimpy.
The body fighting against tight fabric that really wasn't designed for it, looks infinitely worse than the natural, rounded body, rolling gently as they walk.
Also, naked people are usually tanned, which is far better (or less bad) than pasty white with scarlet blotches.

Definitely dress when in town, indoors or anywhere other than the beach.

Looks like Franco's army is rising again.

This is the sort of ordinance in Spain that has been declared illegal by the Spanish courts. They can enforce it only on private land and in private establishments, not in public.  It will take some Spaniard with legal knowledge to challenge it, but such challenges have occurred. And the challengers have won.  Of course if the police never enforce it, they ordinance can't be challenged.

But, why stop there? Why not make it a law that only people with BMI under 24 or a waist to hip ratio of under 0.85 for men and 0.75 for women should be allowed on the island? They could enforce it by not letting people board planes headed to Fuerteventura unless the individual could satisfy this condition.

And how is this condition any different from saying people must wear a clown suit, a tent or a burka when in public?  For some of people, it does not matter if they wear clothes or not - they are still unpleasant to look at.   >:(

Of course having any such laws would mean entire parts of the island would disappear, like most of Corralejo and all of Caleta.  ;)

In short, if you don't like what you see, either don't look or go somewhere else. May I suggest Iraq, Iran or Saudia Arabia? ;)

Why should I?????

I regularly wear a clown suit, especially to important places like banks. I wore it all the way over on the ferry and now I'm getting one made for Mrs Jock as she's fed up of the burka. Neither of us are fat although I'm bald and Mrs Jock is technically a midget.are we welcome?

Quote from: Jock719 on May 07, 2014, 09:00:01 AM
I regularly wear a clown suit, especially to important places like banks. I wore it all the way over on the ferry and now I'm getting one made for Mrs Jock as she's fed up of the burka. Neither of us are fat although I'm bald and Mrs Jock is technically a midget.are we welcome?

In a more free public society, yes, you are welcome. As regulations are added, you will not be.  However, there are limits. Your appearance does no harm to another individual. You forcing others to breath pollutants, does.  J.S. Mills, "On Liberty".  :)

Quote from: Jock719 on May 07, 2014, 09:00:01 AM
Mrs Jock is technically a midget.are we welcome?

Tut Tut, you're not allowed to say Midget  :o

List Of Politcally Correct Terms:

A Criminal - unsavory character
A Crook - morally (ethically) challenged
Abortion - Near-Life Experience
Alcoholic - Anti-Sobriety Activist
Alive - temporarily metabolically abled.
An Immigrant - a newcomer
Assassination - involuntary term limitation
Bald - comb-free
Bald - folically independent
Bald - follicularly challenged.
Battle Fatigued - shellshocked
Blind - optically darker
Blind - photonically non-receptive
Blind - visually challenged
Body Odor - nondiscretionary fragrance.
Broken Down Automobile - mechanically challenged
Broken Home - Dysfunctional Family
Bum - Displaced Homeowner
Bum - Homeless Person
Bum - Involuntarily Domiciled
Cannibalism - Intra-Species Dining
Censorship - Selective Speech
Cheating - Academic Dishonesty
China - Porcelain
Chronically Late - Temporarily Challenged
Clumsy - uniquely coordinated
Commercial Fisherman - Flipper Whipper
Computer Illiterate - Technologically Challenged
Corpse - Permanently Static Post-Human Mass
Corpse / Stiff - Metabolically Challenged
Corpse / Stiff - Terminally Inconvenienced
Cowardly - Challenge Challenged
Cowboys - bovine control officers
Crackpot - certified astrological consultant, certified crystal therapist, or certified past-life regression hypnotist
Crime Rate - street activity index
Dead - Actuarially Mature
Dead - biologically challenged
Dead - environmentally correct human
Dead - living impaired
Dead - metabolically challenged
Dead - persons living with entropy
Deaf - Visually Oriented
Delicatessen - Corpse Farm
Dirty Old Man - sexually focused chronologically gifted individual
Dish Washer - utensil sanitizer
Dishonest - Ethically disoriented.
Dorm - Residence Hall
Drooling Drunk Idiot - person on floor
Drowning - aquatically challenged
Drug Addict - Chemically Challenged
Drunk - spacially perplexed
Drunk / Junkie - in recovery
Earthquake - geological correction
Fail - achieve a deficiency.
Fat - Differently Weighted
Fat - gravitationally challenged
Fat - horizontally challenged.
Fat - horizontally gifted
Fat - People of Mass
Fat - person of substance
Fictional / Mythological - ontologically challenged
Freshman - first-year student
Frog - amphibian American
Full of number two - fecally plenary
Gang - Youth Group
Garbage Man - sanitation engineer
Gas Station Attendent - petroleum transfer technician
Geek, Nerd, whatever... - socially challenged
Ghetto / Barrio - Ethnically Homogenous Area
Hamburger - Seared Mutilated Animal Flesh
Handicapped - Differently Abled, Handi-Capable
Having PMS - cyclically challenged
Hearing Person - temporarily aurally abled
Homeless - outdoor urban dwellers
Homeless - residentially flexible
Homelessness - Mortgage-Free Living
Housebroken - Family Disfunction
Housewife - domestic engineer
Hunter - Animal Assassin
Hunter - Bambi Butcher
Hunter - Meat Mercenary
Ignorant - factually unencumbered
Ignorant - knowledge-based nonpossessor.
Incompetent - Differently Qualified
Incompetent - Specially Skilled
Incompetent - Uniquely Proficient
Insane People - Mental Explorers
Insane People - Selectively Perceptive
Insult - Emotional Rape
Janitor - sanitation engineer
Klutz - kinesthetically challenged
Large Nose - nasally gifted
Lazy - motivationally dispossessed
Lazy - motivationally deficient.
Learning Disability - Self-Paced Cognitive Ability
Library - Educational Resource Center
Logger - Wood Weasel
Logger - Paper Pirate
Logger -Treeslayer
Loser - Second Place
Loser - uniquely fortuned individual on an alternative career path
Man-hole - maintenance hole
Mankind - humankind
MANkind, HuMAN, PerSON - Earth Children
Mercy Killing - Euthanasia
Mercy Killing - Putting Down/To Sleep/Out of Misery
Messy - differently organized
Meter Maid - Parking enforcer
Midget / Dwarf - Little People
Midget / Dwarf - Vertically Challenged
Mute/Dumb - verbally challenged
Not with somebody at the moment - romantically challenged -
Off - energy-efficient
Old - chronologically gifted
Old Person / Elderly - Gerontologically Advanced
Old Person / Elderly - Senior Citizens
Panhandler - Unaffiliated applicant for private-sector funding.
Paper Bag - processed tree carcass
Perverted - Sexually dysfunctional.
Pimp-mobile / Low-rider - Culturally Responsive Transportation Option
Plagiarism - Previously Owned Prose
Po' - financially inept
Policeman, Policewoman - law inforcement officer
Poor - economically marginalized
Poor - Economically Unprepared
Poor - monetarily challenged
Postman - letter carrier
Pregnant - parasitically oppressed.
Prisoner - client of the correctional system
Prostitute - sex care provider
Psychobabble - constructivist feminist psychotherapy
Psychopath - socially misaligned
Racist - genetically discriminating
Really Big Nosed - nasally disadvantaged
Redneck - person of region
Redneck - rustically inclined
Refugees - asylum seekers
Road Kill - Vehicularly Compressed Maladapted Life Form
Rudeness - Tact Avoidance
Runny Nose - nasally gifted
Senile Bag o' Bones - Alzheimer's Victim
Serial-Killer - Person with difficult-to-meet needs.
Shoplifter - Cost-of-Living Adjustment Specialist
Short - vertically challenged
Sighted Person - temporarily visually abled
Slum - Economic Oppression Zone
Slut - suffering from a sex addiction (female)
Someone who has no other reason to park in a handicapped zone - morally handicapped
Spendthrift - negative saver.
Stained - creatively re-dyed
Steward, Stewardess - flight attendant
Stoned - Chemically inconvenienced.
Stud - suffering from a sex addiction (male)
Stupid - differently-brained
Stupid - intellectually impaired
The Elderly - Senior citizens
Thin - horizontally challenged
Thirsty - osmotically challenged
Tone Deaf - musically delayed
Too old/young - other aged
Too Tall - people of height
Tree-Hugger - environmental activist
Trees - Oxygen Exchange Units
Ugly - aesthetically challenged
Ugly - Cosmetically different.
Ugly - facially challenged
Unemployed - Involuntarily leisured.
Used Books - Recycled Books
Vagrant - Nonspecifically destinationed individual.
Vegetable - noble unconscious hero
Vice President - Post-Coronary Leader of the Free World
Vocal Minority - target equity group
Vomiting - Unplanned Reexamination of Recent Food Choices
Waiter, Waitress - food server
War-Monger - Peacekeeper, patriot
Welfare Bum - economically disadvantaged
Whaler - Blubber Lover
White - melanin-impoverished
White American - racially challenged
White Boy - rhythmically challenged
White Trash - caucasian culturally-disadvantaged
Wife - unpaid sex slave
Worst - least best.
Wrong - differently logical.

What about gingers then?Sad to see that your inclusive list was not inclusive to those of a gingery disposition.... in addition to the vertically challenged Mrs J, the follically indepedent me, we also have a hideous ginger child.....and a gingery beagle?

Quote from: Jock719 on May 07, 2014, 12:03:47 PM
What about gingers then?Sad to see that your inclusive list was not inclusive to those of a gingery disposition.... in addition to the vertically challenged Mrs J, the follically indepedent me, we also have a hideous ginger child.....and a gingery beagle?

We will, of course, require photographic evidence to back up these claims.   :D

We also have a 'strawberry blonde' offspring.   ;D

The ginger child is fluorescent in the sun and accordingly breaks cameras while the ginger beagle either licks or attempts to eat cameras...both the ginger child and the ginger beagle are equally gingery

Apparently in Australia, they're called "Rangas" short for Orangatang  :o

@Woe10: Assuming I interpret your sarcastic comment related to mislabeled "political incorrect" statements, why are you opposed to suppression of oral expression but not opposed to suppression of visual expression?

Wonderful. Mrs J, as well as being vertically challenged, recently decided it would be a splendid idea to attempt to convert her hair colour from its natural mix of indeterminate secondary colours to blonde, for her 'new life in the sun'....fortunately, for the purposes of hilarity, it has turned Ginger.....I appear to have a family of 'Rangas'...apart from brat no 2 who is naturally blonde but every bit as annoying as her 'Ranga' sister. Only my black Labrador remains neither ginger, short or annoying. Probably because he is a dog.

It will soon be deemed Politically Incorrect to call a Conservative a Tory, or a Labour supporter a Socialist, for fear of offending them  :o

Quote from: SoCal on May 07, 2014, 15:18:16 PM
@Woe10: Assuming I interpret your sarcastic comment related to mislabeled "political incorrect" statements, why are you opposed to suppression of oral expression but not opposed to suppression of visual expression?

Woe10 likes boobies?

A sign seen in Cornwall   8) 8)

Seen some messes in corrie this afternoon sorry to say all ladies in bikinis and see through sarongs on

Good job i have a strong stomach

Had to avert my eyes  could be scarred for life if i didnt ;D

Quote from: woe10 on May 15, 2014, 23:25:08 PM
A sign seen in Cornwall   8) 8)

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Another pulling technique foiled by signage!! Guess those bikini tops will have to go...... Might as well shave my chest too....