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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-fully-functioning-time-machine-a6771076.html
Brompton Cemetery: The sealed mausoleum believed to be a fully-functioning time machine
The mausoleum of a Victorian Egyptologist’s friend is sealed, but if opened may reveal the shortcut to a Paris cemetery
The Courtoy tomb in Brompton Cemetery, London Teri Pengilley
Ray Godson and Stephen Coates are both keen to get their hands on a key to the thick bronze door that shields the entrance to an imposing granite mausoleum in Brompton Cemetery in west London.
For Mr Godson, a replacement for the key that went missing in the late 1970s would allow him to pay his respects to Hannah Courtoy, his great-great-grandmother, who is interred in the tomb with two of her three daughters. Mr Coates’s interest is rather more esoteric: he is keen to test a long-held theory that the tomb is a fully functioning Victorian time machine.
If the door is opened, Mr Godson expects to find “a few dead birds and a lot of dust”. Mr Coates hopes to be whisked back to ancient Egypt or – and this is his preferred option – to emerge from the tomb as a younger version of himself.
“I’ll certainly give it a go,” says Mr Coates, a film composer with a long-standing interest in London and its myths. “Who wouldn’t take the opportunity to travel through time?”
Would-be key-holder Stephen Coates (Teri Pengilley)
Mr Coates is so keen to unlock the secrets of the Courtoy mausoleum – or the Courtoy Time Machine as it has been dubbed – that he has organised a storytelling event in the cemetery on 20 December to raise enough money to buy a new key. As he points out: “You can’t just go down to the high street and get a Yale key cut.” What is required is “a big, copper, Lord of the Rings job”. And it will need to be made by a heritage locksmith, because the mausoleum is a listed monument.
The idea that Hannah Courtoy’s tomb is a time machine – a kind of stone-walled Tardis – has been fermenting for years. It is based on a volatile mixture of historical fact, supposition, and unfettered flights of the imagination.
It is true that Hannah, who died in 1849, was most likely acquainted with Joseph Bonomi, a well-known sculptor and Egyptologist whose relatively modest gravestone lies only a few metres away from the Courtoy mausoleum. It is rumoured that Bonomi designed Hannah’s mausoleum, a theory given some credence by its pyramid-shaped peak and by the mysterious hieroglyphics inscribed on the walls of the tomb and on Bonomi’s own headstone.
The Victorians were fascinated with the idea of time travel, and some believed the pharaohs had discovered its secrets. Might Bonomi have learned the time-travel trick during one of his expeditions to the pyramids?
If he did, he could have passed it on to his business partner, a mysterious London inventor of naval weaponry called Samuel Alfred Warner, who is also buried in Brompton Cemetery. Warner’s inventions included an invisible shell, or, as Mr Coates puts it, “a bomb that could be teleported a short distance – a kind of psychic torpedo”.
Incredibly, the Royal Navy was so intrigued by Warner’s metaphysical armament that it allowed him to stage several demonstrations. A least one ship was destroyed during these trials, although none of them offered conclusive proof of the weapon’s efficacy.
The connection with Warner and his “psychic torpedo” has convinced Mr Coates that the Courtoy mausoleum is more likely to be a teleportation chamber than a straightforward time machine. He posits that it was part of a network of chambers erected in the “magnificent seven” cemeteries that were built in a ring around central London in the 19th century. An eighth mausoleum resembling the Courtoy tomb is located in Montmartre Cemetery in Paris, so if the teleportation theory is correct, the network might be used to pop over the Channel as well as whiz around London in split seconds, and without paying the congestion charge.
The time machine myth received a significant boost in 2003 when the Scottish musician Drew Mulholland – who records under the name Mount Vernon Astral Temple – put a photograph of the Courtoy mausoleum on the cover of his album Musick That Destroys Itself. The doctored image shows an eerie vortex emanating from the doorway of the tomb.
“I got fascinated by the idea [of the time machine],” said Mulholland, who is currently a composer in residence at Glasgow University. “The notion that it develops its own energy or current ….”
Supporters of the time machine theory often claim it is significant that the Courtoy mausoleum is the only tomb in Brompton Cemetery for which there are no plans and no key. Not true, says Robert Stephenson, a cemetery guide whose passionate expertise has earned him the nickname “Dr Death”. There are no plans for several other prominent tombs in the cemetery and although the key to the Courtoy mausoleum is missing, the popular idea that it has not been opened since Hannah was laid to rest is incorrect.
The time machine theory is a “lovely idea and it’s brought a lot of interest in the cemetery”, said Mr Stephenson. “But I wouldn’t say I was totally behind it.”
Mr Godson is equally sceptical. “It would be lovely if there was some substance to it,” he said, “but I’m doubtful.”
Mr Coates isn’t put off by the non-believers.
“I know he’s [Mr Godson] not a subscriber to the time machine theory,” he says, “but that in itself is suspicious in my view.”
Ultimately, the mystery won’t be solved until a new key is inserted in the lock and the heavy bronze door swings open to reveal the tomb’s secrets.
“Perhaps we’ll have an auction to decide who gets to step inside first,” said Mr Coates. “It will be interesting to see what happens to them.”
Brompton Cemetery: The sealed mausoleum believed to be a fully-functioning time machine
The mausoleum of a Victorian Egyptologist’s friend is sealed, but if opened may reveal the shortcut to a Paris cemetery
Ray Godson and Stephen Coates are both keen to get their hands on a key to the thick bronze door that shields the entrance to an imposing granite mausoleum in Brompton Cemetery in west London.
For Mr Godson, a replacement for the key that went missing in the late 1970s would allow him to pay his respects to Hannah Courtoy, his great-great-grandmother, who is interred in the tomb with two of her three daughters. Mr Coates’s interest is rather more esoteric: he is keen to test a long-held theory that the tomb is a fully functioning Victorian time machine.
If the door is opened, Mr Godson expects to find “a few dead birds and a lot of dust”. Mr Coates hopes to be whisked back to ancient Egypt or – and this is his preferred option – to emerge from the tomb as a younger version of himself.
“I’ll certainly give it a go,” says Mr Coates, a film composer with a long-standing interest in London and its myths. “Who wouldn’t take the opportunity to travel through time?”
Would-be key-holder Stephen Coates (Teri Pengilley)
The idea that Hannah Courtoy’s tomb is a time machine – a kind of stone-walled Tardis – has been fermenting for years. It is based on a volatile mixture of historical fact, supposition, and unfettered flights of the imagination.
It is true that Hannah, who died in 1849, was most likely acquainted with Joseph Bonomi, a well-known sculptor and Egyptologist whose relatively modest gravestone lies only a few metres away from the Courtoy mausoleum. It is rumoured that Bonomi designed Hannah’s mausoleum, a theory given some credence by its pyramid-shaped peak and by the mysterious hieroglyphics inscribed on the walls of the tomb and on Bonomi’s own headstone.
The Victorians were fascinated with the idea of time travel, and some believed the pharaohs had discovered its secrets. Might Bonomi have learned the time-travel trick during one of his expeditions to the pyramids?
If he did, he could have passed it on to his business partner, a mysterious London inventor of naval weaponry called Samuel Alfred Warner, who is also buried in Brompton Cemetery. Warner’s inventions included an invisible shell, or, as Mr Coates puts it, “a bomb that could be teleported a short distance – a kind of psychic torpedo”.
Incredibly, the Royal Navy was so intrigued by Warner’s metaphysical armament that it allowed him to stage several demonstrations. A least one ship was destroyed during these trials, although none of them offered conclusive proof of the weapon’s efficacy.
The connection with Warner and his “psychic torpedo” has convinced Mr Coates that the Courtoy mausoleum is more likely to be a teleportation chamber than a straightforward time machine. He posits that it was part of a network of chambers erected in the “magnificent seven” cemeteries that were built in a ring around central London in the 19th century. An eighth mausoleum resembling the Courtoy tomb is located in Montmartre Cemetery in Paris, so if the teleportation theory is correct, the network might be used to pop over the Channel as well as whiz around London in split seconds, and without paying the congestion charge.
The time machine myth received a significant boost in 2003 when the Scottish musician Drew Mulholland – who records under the name Mount Vernon Astral Temple – put a photograph of the Courtoy mausoleum on the cover of his album Musick That Destroys Itself. The doctored image shows an eerie vortex emanating from the doorway of the tomb.
“I got fascinated by the idea [of the time machine],” said Mulholland, who is currently a composer in residence at Glasgow University. “The notion that it develops its own energy or current ….”
Supporters of the time machine theory often claim it is significant that the Courtoy mausoleum is the only tomb in Brompton Cemetery for which there are no plans and no key. Not true, says Robert Stephenson, a cemetery guide whose passionate expertise has earned him the nickname “Dr Death”. There are no plans for several other prominent tombs in the cemetery and although the key to the Courtoy mausoleum is missing, the popular idea that it has not been opened since Hannah was laid to rest is incorrect.
The time machine theory is a “lovely idea and it’s brought a lot of interest in the cemetery”, said Mr Stephenson. “But I wouldn’t say I was totally behind it.”
Mr Godson is equally sceptical. “It would be lovely if there was some substance to it,” he said, “but I’m doubtful.”
Mr Coates isn’t put off by the non-believers.
“I know he’s [Mr Godson] not a subscriber to the time machine theory,” he says, “but that in itself is suspicious in my view.”
Ultimately, the mystery won’t be solved until a new key is inserted in the lock and the heavy bronze door swings open to reveal the tomb’s secrets.
“Perhaps we’ll have an auction to decide who gets to step inside first,” said Mr Coates. “It will be interesting to see what happens to them.”
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
I'll have to check out Mount Vernon Astral Temple - one day 
SpurtingLesbian
Ken Dodd Nagasaki
I actually know Drew, really nice chap.I'll have to check out Mount Vernon Astral Temple - one day
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Ken Dodd Nagasaki
Elderly Lady Hospitalized After ‘Bedazzling’ Her Vagina With Granddaughter’s Arts And Crafts Kit
Las Vegas, NV – A frisky 92-year-old great-grandmother, Mildred Vandorsum, was hospitalized over the weekend after “tricking out” her vagina with her granddaughters Bedazzle kit. According to family members, Vandorsum had signed up for an online dating service recently, where she met a 36-year-old male who asked her out on a date after seeing her eHarmony profile picture (below). The family tried to convince the great-grandmother of 22 to reconsider, mainly because of the age of her newly acquired beau. However, they say Vandorsum was persistent and “ready for an adventure.”
But everything took a horrible turn on Saturday evening when Vandorsum began complaining of shortness of breath, nausea and dizziness. Her daughter, Ruth, insisted on taking Vandorsum to the hospital. When they arrived, Ruth explained to the ER doctor that her mom had been on a date with the younger man the previous night and it may have been a bit much on her. But that’s when Vandorsum interrupted, and confessed to the doctor the real story.
“Oh I don’t think it was the date itself sweetie,” said Vandorsum as she explained the possible cause of her symptoms to the ER doctor. “I think it might have been that damn Bedazzle kit I stole from Lizzie’s room before my date on Friday. I decided to bling out my goodies, you know just like those rap stars do to their teeth. And I did just that. And boy was he surprised. I laid on my side and lifted my leg in the air and said ‘Hey Yum Yum do you like my new smile, it’s VaJazzled!’ I was blinged from front to back. He said it looked more like a frown. But that didn’t stop him!”
Vandorsum’s eHarmony Profile Picture
After the examination, the doctor found that several of the gems had been forced up into Vandorsum’s uterus. Additionally, she had used superglue to adhere the gems to her vaginal area, causing poisoning to her system. The superglue and the gemstones were settled into her vaginal wall for over 24 hours causing swelling, infection and lesions. Vandorsum was treated and released the following day. Doctors say this is not the first time they have seen somebody come into the emergency room for trying to spruce up their feminine parts. However, they did say this is the first time they had ever seen anybody above the age of 50.
Las Vegas, NV – A frisky 92-year-old great-grandmother, Mildred Vandorsum, was hospitalized over the weekend after “tricking out” her vagina with her granddaughters Bedazzle kit. According to family members, Vandorsum had signed up for an online dating service recently, where she met a 36-year-old male who asked her out on a date after seeing her eHarmony profile picture (below). The family tried to convince the great-grandmother of 22 to reconsider, mainly because of the age of her newly acquired beau. However, they say Vandorsum was persistent and “ready for an adventure.”
But everything took a horrible turn on Saturday evening when Vandorsum began complaining of shortness of breath, nausea and dizziness. Her daughter, Ruth, insisted on taking Vandorsum to the hospital. When they arrived, Ruth explained to the ER doctor that her mom had been on a date with the younger man the previous night and it may have been a bit much on her. But that’s when Vandorsum interrupted, and confessed to the doctor the real story.
“Oh I don’t think it was the date itself sweetie,” said Vandorsum as she explained the possible cause of her symptoms to the ER doctor. “I think it might have been that damn Bedazzle kit I stole from Lizzie’s room before my date on Friday. I decided to bling out my goodies, you know just like those rap stars do to their teeth. And I did just that. And boy was he surprised. I laid on my side and lifted my leg in the air and said ‘Hey Yum Yum do you like my new smile, it’s VaJazzled!’ I was blinged from front to back. He said it looked more like a frown. But that didn’t stop him!”
Vandorsum’s eHarmony Profile Picture
After the examination, the doctor found that several of the gems had been forced up into Vandorsum’s uterus. Additionally, she had used superglue to adhere the gems to her vaginal area, causing poisoning to her system. The superglue and the gemstones were settled into her vaginal wall for over 24 hours causing swelling, infection and lesions. Vandorsum was treated and released the following day. Doctors say this is not the first time they have seen somebody come into the emergency room for trying to spruce up their feminine parts. However, they did say this is the first time they had ever seen anybody above the age of 50.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
What a prosaic name, no wonder he changed itI actually know Drew, really nice chap.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
What a time in which to liveElderly Lady Hospitalized After ‘Bedazzling’ Her Vagina With Granddaughter’s Arts And Crafts Kit
Las Vegas, NV – A frisky 92-year-old great-grandmother, Mildred Vandorsum, was hospitalized over the weekend after “tricking out” her vagina with her granddaughters Bedazzle kit. According to family members, Vandorsum had signed up for an online dating service recently, where she met a 36-year-old male who asked her out on a date after seeing her eHarmony profile picture (below). The family tried to convince the great-grandmother of 22 to reconsider, mainly because of the age of her newly acquired beau. However, they say Vandorsum was persistent and “ready for an adventure.”
But everything took a horrible turn on Saturday evening when Vandorsum began complaining of shortness of breath, nausea and dizziness. Her daughter, Ruth, insisted on taking Vandorsum to the hospital. When they arrived, Ruth explained to the ER doctor that her mom had been on a date with the younger man the previous night and it may have been a bit much on her. But that’s when Vandorsum interrupted, and confessed to the doctor the real story.
“Oh I don’t think it was the date itself sweetie,” said Vandorsum as she explained the possible cause of her symptoms to the ER doctor. “I think it might have been that damn Bedazzle kit I stole from Lizzie’s room before my date on Friday. I decided to bling out my goodies, you know just like those rap stars do to their teeth. And I did just that. And boy was he surprised. I laid on my side and lifted my leg in the air and said ‘Hey Yum Yum do you like my new smile, it’s VaJazzled!’ I was blinged from front to back. He said it looked more like a frown. But that didn’t stop him!”
Vandorsum’s eHarmony Profile Picture
After the examination, the doctor found that several of the gems had been forced up into Vandorsum’s uterus. Additionally, she had used superglue to adhere the gems to her vaginal area, causing poisoning to her system. The superglue and the gemstones were settled into her vaginal wall for over 24 hours causing swelling, infection and lesions. Vandorsum was treated and released the following day. Doctors say this is not the first time they have seen somebody come into the emergency room for trying to spruce up their feminine parts. However, they did say this is the first time they had ever seen anybody above the age of 50.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Where's the lingerie money, Bill ?
Lingerie Football League To Launch In Manchester
L’Oréal Blackett isn’t sure playing footy in your knickers should be the new feminist frontier
"Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball."
It's been more than ten years since FIFA President Sepp Blatter made this famous gaffe.
LFL will increase public interest in women's football so that women's teams can play to packed stadiums, just like men's teams...
And we all had a good laugh, didn’t we? Old Blatter sticking his archaic, bumbling foot in his mouth yet again. How bloody ridiculous, we thought - accomplished players dribbling footballs with jiggling breasts. What next? Slow-mo replays of just tits? Wet footy shirt competitions? Suspender belts instead of football socks?
We laughed him off and revelled in his suspension this year.
So much has changed since Blatter suggested England's Lionesses get their arse cheeks out for the sake of viewing figures. In June 2015 the Women World’s Cup became the most watched football game in United States history with eighteen million people watching USA's Carli Lloyd score a hat-trick in sixteen minutes. Whilst in the UK, viewing figures peaked at 2.4 million as our Lionesses narrowly lost to Japan in the semi-final to Japan.
All this record breaking coverage, and, would you believe, nobody had to get naked.
So why on earth are we about to see the launch of a Lingerie Football League in Manchester? On Wednesday 23 December, on the rooftop of Hotel Football, two women's football teams plan to strip off and play a match for the sake of equality in the sport.
It is, it seems, an entirely serious venture.
“I want to see a football revolution in my lifetime," explains Lingerie Football League UK founder, Gemma Hughes.
"I’m 23-years-old now and I don’t want to be waiting another twenty years to see women’s football make money from sponsorships. We know this is scandalous, we know it's controversial, but that media attention is what's going to sell tickets. All money made is going to be put back into women's football and to the players.”
Lingerie Football League Uk
Hughes is an 'experiential marketer', a lingerie blogger and remembers 'kicking a footy around' as a child. The Lingerie Football League is a combination of all her passions - and one she's very passionate about.
“The highest paid female footballer makes £65,000 – compare to that to male footballers with wages skyrocketing into the millions. We need to face up to this ugly inequality and the huge gender wage gap.”
The Lingerie Football League’s manifesto is one you can almost buy into, and you do sense that Hughes has the best intentions.
"Women train as hard as men, women are as dedicated to the beautiful game as men, so women should enjoy the same rewards. LFL UK will increase public interest in women's football so that women's teams can play to packed stadiums, just like the elite men's football teams."
"Did you know the head of the Women's Elite Performance Unit in sport is a man?" she adds.
There's no doubting that Women's football still faces the same old misogynist crap, despite its growing interest. After all, football is one of the last bastions of sweary, spitty, rowdy machoism.
It is a feminist issue, and no two feminists are the same; sexy, powerful Beyoncé is certainly no Germaine Greer, for example. It’s complex. Still, there are two noticeable camps: those who'd rather take their clothes off to fight sexual equality, and those who'd rather keep them on for the same purpose.
"I believe I'm an activist," explains Hughes.
“People have a knee jerk reaction when they hear about the Lingerie Football League. But this is not an original idea, it's seen plenty of success in the United States and is one of their fastest emerging sports.”
So, what will they actually wear?
“Lingerie," answers Hughes, "look at the women’s volleyball team - something similar. We have plans to organise kits.”
Is she not worried they'll alienate women who wouldn't be comfortable playing in underwear?
“This is not about the players looking beautiful or sexy, it’s about women looking like women. You only have to look at tennis – the women dress like women and they get same equal pay and similar amount of sponsorship as men.
"In football the women are bound to men’s rule and it’s a poor imitation of the men’s game. There’s a lack of commercial investment as a result. We want to break the stigma that football is just for tomboys.”
Ah, the old ‘football’s not just for tomboys’ guff, harking back to a line from girl football power film, Bend It Like Beckham: ‘Mother, just because I wear trakkies and play sport does not make me a lesbian!’
Sadly, female athletes have to worry about their perceived femininity as well as their abilities. Would Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington gain more sponsorship if her costumes were low cut? Would Olympic athlete Jessica Ennis become more of an icon if she posed nude once in a while? Would female CEOs finally be paid the same as their male counterparts if they turned up to meetings in sexy stockings?
Would women playing in their knickers really make men want to watch women’s football?
Naturally, we're all a little intrigued, viewing figures in the USA, Australia and Canada certainly suggest so, but there's no doubt Hughes will face criticism for her league – and she seems prepared for it.
Still, if the Lingerie Football League does work in pulling in viewers then it only confirms the misogyny inherent in sport. It’s difficult to see how a pink kit and a bit of extra skin will solve the attitudes to women in football, regardless of the pay packet.
Why, to be taken seriously, does it always seem to boil down to 'getting your tits out for the lads'?
As former Fulham, Arsenal and England player, Marieanne Spacey, said in 2004: "Surely it's about skill and tactical ability first and how people look second?"
"Ten years ago we did play in tighter shorts. Nobody paid attention then."
Which ever way you see it, it's hard to look past the fact these women are willing to remove their clothes in order to earn more money. And, unfortunately, we all know there's easier ways of doing that.
To find out more about Lingerie Football League visitwww.lingeriefootballleague.co.uk or follow them onFacebook.
Lingerie Football League To Launch In Manchester
L’Oréal Blackett isn’t sure playing footy in your knickers should be the new feminist frontier
"Let the women play in more feminine clothes like they do in volleyball. They could, for example, have tighter shorts. Female players are pretty, if you excuse me for saying so, and they already have some different rules to men - such as playing with a lighter ball."
It's been more than ten years since FIFA President Sepp Blatter made this famous gaffe.
LFL will increase public interest in women's football so that women's teams can play to packed stadiums, just like men's teams...
And we all had a good laugh, didn’t we? Old Blatter sticking his archaic, bumbling foot in his mouth yet again. How bloody ridiculous, we thought - accomplished players dribbling footballs with jiggling breasts. What next? Slow-mo replays of just tits? Wet footy shirt competitions? Suspender belts instead of football socks?
We laughed him off and revelled in his suspension this year.
So much has changed since Blatter suggested England's Lionesses get their arse cheeks out for the sake of viewing figures. In June 2015 the Women World’s Cup became the most watched football game in United States history with eighteen million people watching USA's Carli Lloyd score a hat-trick in sixteen minutes. Whilst in the UK, viewing figures peaked at 2.4 million as our Lionesses narrowly lost to Japan in the semi-final to Japan.
All this record breaking coverage, and, would you believe, nobody had to get naked.
So why on earth are we about to see the launch of a Lingerie Football League in Manchester? On Wednesday 23 December, on the rooftop of Hotel Football, two women's football teams plan to strip off and play a match for the sake of equality in the sport.
It is, it seems, an entirely serious venture.
“I want to see a football revolution in my lifetime," explains Lingerie Football League UK founder, Gemma Hughes.
"I’m 23-years-old now and I don’t want to be waiting another twenty years to see women’s football make money from sponsorships. We know this is scandalous, we know it's controversial, but that media attention is what's going to sell tickets. All money made is going to be put back into women's football and to the players.”
Hughes is an 'experiential marketer', a lingerie blogger and remembers 'kicking a footy around' as a child. The Lingerie Football League is a combination of all her passions - and one she's very passionate about.
“The highest paid female footballer makes £65,000 – compare to that to male footballers with wages skyrocketing into the millions. We need to face up to this ugly inequality and the huge gender wage gap.”
The Lingerie Football League’s manifesto is one you can almost buy into, and you do sense that Hughes has the best intentions.
"Women train as hard as men, women are as dedicated to the beautiful game as men, so women should enjoy the same rewards. LFL UK will increase public interest in women's football so that women's teams can play to packed stadiums, just like the elite men's football teams."
"Did you know the head of the Women's Elite Performance Unit in sport is a man?" she adds.
There's no doubting that Women's football still faces the same old misogynist crap, despite its growing interest. After all, football is one of the last bastions of sweary, spitty, rowdy machoism.
It is a feminist issue, and no two feminists are the same; sexy, powerful Beyoncé is certainly no Germaine Greer, for example. It’s complex. Still, there are two noticeable camps: those who'd rather take their clothes off to fight sexual equality, and those who'd rather keep them on for the same purpose.
"I believe I'm an activist," explains Hughes.
“People have a knee jerk reaction when they hear about the Lingerie Football League. But this is not an original idea, it's seen plenty of success in the United States and is one of their fastest emerging sports.”
So, what will they actually wear?
“Lingerie," answers Hughes, "look at the women’s volleyball team - something similar. We have plans to organise kits.”
Is she not worried they'll alienate women who wouldn't be comfortable playing in underwear?
“This is not about the players looking beautiful or sexy, it’s about women looking like women. You only have to look at tennis – the women dress like women and they get same equal pay and similar amount of sponsorship as men.
"In football the women are bound to men’s rule and it’s a poor imitation of the men’s game. There’s a lack of commercial investment as a result. We want to break the stigma that football is just for tomboys.”
Ah, the old ‘football’s not just for tomboys’ guff, harking back to a line from girl football power film, Bend It Like Beckham: ‘Mother, just because I wear trakkies and play sport does not make me a lesbian!’
Sadly, female athletes have to worry about their perceived femininity as well as their abilities. Would Olympic swimmer Rebecca Adlington gain more sponsorship if her costumes were low cut? Would Olympic athlete Jessica Ennis become more of an icon if she posed nude once in a while? Would female CEOs finally be paid the same as their male counterparts if they turned up to meetings in sexy stockings?
Would women playing in their knickers really make men want to watch women’s football?
Naturally, we're all a little intrigued, viewing figures in the USA, Australia and Canada certainly suggest so, but there's no doubt Hughes will face criticism for her league – and she seems prepared for it.
Still, if the Lingerie Football League does work in pulling in viewers then it only confirms the misogyny inherent in sport. It’s difficult to see how a pink kit and a bit of extra skin will solve the attitudes to women in football, regardless of the pay packet.
Why, to be taken seriously, does it always seem to boil down to 'getting your tits out for the lads'?
As former Fulham, Arsenal and England player, Marieanne Spacey, said in 2004: "Surely it's about skill and tactical ability first and how people look second?"
"Ten years ago we did play in tighter shorts. Nobody paid attention then."
Which ever way you see it, it's hard to look past the fact these women are willing to remove their clothes in order to earn more money. And, unfortunately, we all know there's easier ways of doing that.
To find out more about Lingerie Football League visitwww.lingeriefootballleague.co.uk or follow them onFacebook.
Donald Twain
Vide cor meum
Quality dripping from its armpits this thread!
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Ken Dodd Nagasaki
The Swindon Advertiser seems to think there's a chance Motorhead might cancel.
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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co...-news/man-lycra-with-erection-hunted-10664094
Man in Lycra 'with an erection' hunted by Manchester city centre police
Police received the call reporting a man in 'a state of arousal' on Tuesday afternoon – and officers immediately launched a search
Metrolink tram passing through Piccadilly GardensPolice were on the lookout for an over-excited cyclist after a woman reported a Lycra-clad man with an erection wandering around Manchester city centre.
Officers were deployed around the tram stop at Piccadilly Gardens after the distressed woman rang to report a man in his 50s sporting tight cycling shorts in a state of arousal.
She claimed the man was behaving ‘suspiciously’ after raising the alarm.
It is understood the woman rang police at around 4.20pm, with officers quickly taking to the streets to find the eager gent.
But they couldn’t find anyone matching the description - and were forced to abandon the search.
At 4.35pm, officers manning the GMP City Centre Twitter account posted: “Call from female reporting a male in lycra cycling shorts with an erection at Piccadilly tram stop.
“Patrols on route [sic] to take a look.”
Around 15 minutes later, officers tweeted: “No trace of any males in lycra shorts in Piccadilly, looks like he’s cycled off. No offences reported by informant.”
A GMP spokesman later said: “At 4.19pm, GMP received a call from a female reporting a suspicious male in his 50s wearing Lycra cycling shorts with what she thought was an erection at the tram stop in Piccadilly.
“Patrols were already in the area, however there was no trace of any such male.
“At no point was the male acting inappropriately and no other members of the public have reported any inappropriate behaviour.”
Man in Lycra 'with an erection' hunted by Manchester city centre police
Police received the call reporting a man in 'a state of arousal' on Tuesday afternoon – and officers immediately launched a search
Metrolink tram passing through Piccadilly Gardens
Officers were deployed around the tram stop at Piccadilly Gardens after the distressed woman rang to report a man in his 50s sporting tight cycling shorts in a state of arousal.
She claimed the man was behaving ‘suspiciously’ after raising the alarm.
It is understood the woman rang police at around 4.20pm, with officers quickly taking to the streets to find the eager gent.
But they couldn’t find anyone matching the description - and were forced to abandon the search.
At 4.35pm, officers manning the GMP City Centre Twitter account posted: “Call from female reporting a male in lycra cycling shorts with an erection at Piccadilly tram stop.
“Patrols on route [sic] to take a look.”
Around 15 minutes later, officers tweeted: “No trace of any males in lycra shorts in Piccadilly, looks like he’s cycled off. No offences reported by informant.”
A GMP spokesman later said: “At 4.19pm, GMP received a call from a female reporting a suspicious male in his 50s wearing Lycra cycling shorts with what she thought was an erection at the tram stop in Piccadilly.
“Patrols were already in the area, however there was no trace of any such male.
“At no point was the male acting inappropriately and no other members of the public have reported any inappropriate behaviour.”
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The Irish twins will embark on a series of gigs across Europe to reassure their fans that "everything will be okay".
However, those wanting a performance from the duo will be left disappointed, as the two will just be meeting fans.
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"People can take selfies with us. Whatever they want to do."
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So rest easy folks, the world is now a safer place.
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