But the wet T-shirt contest seems to have first shown up in the United States a few years later, in the 1970s. It's not entirely clear how the contest made its way to Floridian Spring Break parties. Some have speculated that the tradition was inspired by La Tomatina, a Spanish festival where people throw tomatoes at each other (thereby rendering many female participants' clothing damp and transparent). In his autobiography Breaking Even, filmmaker Dick Barrymore claimed to have hosted the first wet T-shirt contest as part of a 1971 promotional event for K2 skis, though the contest's first mention in the press wasn't until four years later. That gem of journalism appeared in the Palm Beach Post in 1975, under the headline "Wet T-Shirt Contests Pack Pubs," and detailed how several "discotheques" in New Orleans had started putting on "a contest gimmick that would drive feminists prematurely gray." The first known report on wet t-shirt contests in U.S. press. A complicated, anti-feminist history: While it might seem ironic that the wet T-shirt contest arose during the second-wave feminist era, the tradition actually arose during a fairly politically conservative period. Having "given up on changing the world," as one college student explained to Newsweek the following year, the college students of the 1970s were apparently more inclined than their forebears to get drunk and flash their boobs, without giving much thought to the political implications.
Everything was kind of grungy in the world of wet T-shirts- Then this happened. I argue this is one of the most impactful bits of cinema ever. I mean that.
I guess my limits were filled? I had some whacky prices on the $540c. The $530c my limit was above $15+.
Stoney the stock price was hinting at a deal pause. You think they wanted more cash? AJG is a great stock, you buy and put it in a box like PGR! We don’t worry about little bumps, they’re adding opportunities.
Omg. Stoney you have offered up at least 20 stocks since the new year. You crowed for 5 posts (at least proclaiming your greatness) on CROX being up 20%..... had you had any real conviction.... the January $95 calls went from $1ish to $14. Before today's selloff at least. And yours truly has given 3---- three---- 20% winners, since mid December.....albeit that's not YTD statistics. But still, quit bragging about calls that meter the tide. How's Etsy btw ? Crox was a good call ... but 20% vs 1400%..... I mean.... if one truly saw that move coming.... 1400%!!!!!---->Vs. a mere 20%..... how long have you been doing this again? Wait for next month. The correction on earnings, i told you that 4 weeks ago. ~vz
Hey everyone really stressful night of little sleep... I praise the Delta pilot to the high heavens for his actions and abilities but do question the decision to take off to Charleston with tornado warnings down there. My boy went through a harrowing flight and then two aborted landings and re thrust and then an air pocket fall. People were screaming on the plane- they diverted to Georgia. Then much drama and waiting and eventually a hotel by the airport... then this morning more drama he is currently in a plane on the tarmac in Atlanta. Today is sylabus day at school, important classes for the next term. To get the emails from the plane delayed was really harrowing.
Excuse my free form but I'm shook up. China has hacked Apple's two way product (forget the name) when one phone's info is shared with another nearby. But we already have been warned about this security flaw- not much of a hack. But they are using it anyway. Apple is really in the dumps. I see alot of upgrades of internet security stocks today and wonder if that is related to the hack of Twitter account of the SEC. If you didn't hear about that in the middle of the night some post went up about OK'ing Bitcoin ETF and Bitcoin soared. This is 2 factor authentication so the question is do we have a muckraker in the SEC and what was the purpose of this leak. I have my suspicions that this was on purpose maybe to delay the process. I would not OK at this point. More groundwork has to be laid. We have been through this before with shady index funds that pretend to hold Gold or Uranium and we have heard about funds that have to mark to mark each day at the close or each week somehow taking away everyone's gains. There are loopholes that have not been explained. I have heard the very smartest folks interviewed on this subject and everytime they are asked wil the ETF actually be buying Bitcoin on the market or do they already have it? Nobody can answer that question. I sense a huge fall for Bitcoin and a scandal. One way I know that is going to happen is Big Pete who has never mentioned Bitcoin ever and has never understood crypto (nor have I) well he comes out of nowhere and starts saying I have to be in Bitcoin.<-- a sure sign of over heating and hype. This is all a sell event for Bitcoin and the potential messiness and ability for small investors to lose alot really should put up warning signs this morning and the hack does not help-- If I was the SEC even though this has been green lighted I would put the breaks on. We are not ready.