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Friday, August 05, 2005

Save Our Jugs -- Is This The End of the St. Pauli Girl?



The EU has really overstepped its authority this time.

The Sun reports [with, of course, pictures]:

BUSTY barmaids across Britain are putting on a united front after EU killjoys ordered them to cover their cleavages.

The Sun yesterday launched a Save Our Jugs campaign in a bid to throw out the dippy directive.

The po-faced pen-pushers claim low-cut tops are a health hazard as barmaids run a skin cancer risk when they go outside to serve and collect glasses.

Read it here.

And in Deutschland ITV reports:

Bavaria's buxom barmaids could be forced to cover up if a "looney" EU directive comes into force over level of sun exposure.

The proposals would force bosses to monitor how much sunlight their employees receive in a working day.

Such a ruling could affect the low cut outfits -- known as dirndls -- worn by barmaids and made famous at Oktoberfest, the Munich beer festival.

Read it here.

No! Not the dirndls! Please don't take them away! There is a serious point here about the dangers of bureaucratic authoritarianism, but Kafka made it long ago.

UPDATE:

Wouldn't you know it, the Sun has launched a photo contest along with their "Save our Barmaids' [Boobs]" campaign [here].


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