Skinny Walking

ex-expat
By ex-expat

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7860556.stm

Naked ramblers face Swiss fines.

A local Swiss government plans to take action against a sudden and apparently unwelcome phenomenon - naked hikers.

Authorities in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden plan to introduce fines for anyone found walking in the picturesque mountain region without any clothes.

They decided to act before this year's hiking season began, after noticing a sudden influx of nudists last year - many of them from Germany.

"FKK", or "free body culture", is a popular pastime in Germany.

But Appenzell Innerrhoden is not keen to encourage its spread.

"We were forced to introduce the legislation against this indecent practice before the warm weather starts," said Melchior Looser, justice minister in the canton in north-eastern Switzerland.

"The point is many children visit our mountains in the summer," he told he Guardian newspaper.

A naked hiker was detained last autumn, but could not be fined as naked rambling was not outlawed, he said - hence the need for a new law.

By ex-expat• 31 Jan 2009 10:19
ex-expat

Looks like a case of 'Asstraipsers will be Prosecuted'.

By ex-expat• 31 Jan 2009 05:34
ex-expat

archer78. No I don't think they are nuts, they just like to show their nuts...

By archer78• 30 Jan 2009 23:26
archer78

I think they gone nuts...

By Keith Brown• 30 Jan 2009 23:12
Keith Brown

Oh no, I just had a mental cartoon of big fat german wimmen with saddlebag bums naked with their potbellied husbands naked in the Hills.

By adey• 30 Jan 2009 21:22
Rating: 4/5
adey

tomorrow - be there or be.....clothed at home. No cameras allowed

"Deaths in the Bible. God - 2,270,365

not including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, or the

many plagues, famines, fiery serpents, etc because no specific numbers

were given. Satan - 10."

By DaRuDe• 30 Jan 2009 21:13
DaRuDe

walking naked in this cold

damn it really must be hot for him then.

By ex-expat• 30 Jan 2009 20:53
ex-expat

Alexa. Didn't know that but it seems pretty appropriate!

Any idea what the translation of 'exposed buttocks' would be?

By who.am.i• 30 Jan 2009 20:49
who.am.i

Ick! The picture is absolutely disgusting! They should at least make their bottoms quite presentable.. Haha! Lols. Good thing we don't visit Switzerland on summers...

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