According to The Daily Mail, the heatwave in Britain is inspiring men to wear only shorts and shoes in public, baring their chests and bellies to unsuspecting passers-by.

Now local councils are considering implementing laws banning men from going topless in public.

According to local government minister Nicholas Bennett, “One of the things that is depressing for anyone going shopping is the numbers of shaven-headed men, mainly in their 30s and 40s, who seem to think people want to see their torsos.

“It is an unfortunate thing, but those men who like best to bare their stomachs are the ones who have too much stomach.”

Lawyers say implementing such laws would be promlematic.

The Daily Mail helpfully offers a gallery of large-bellied men as an example of why such a ban is necessary. They also included the above pic of a thin Weird Al lookalike as further proof. I’m not sure about the chest, but there really ought to be a law against wearing socks with sandals like that.

Posted by quirky in News Stories