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Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Shuggy on May 02, 2006, 05:22:59 am ---
--- Quote ---what do you folks mean by a "singlet"?
I'm most familiar with the term here as designating that sexy little one-piece thing that wrestlers wear!
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No, a singlet stops at the waist (Sorry, and the farmers usually wear long khaki shorts). I've seen it defined in terms of a "tank" whatever that is. It's neckless and sleeveless, in fact it leaves the outer shoulders uncovered. the material tapers away to little more than straps over the shoulders.
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So much for my fantasies of sexy New Zealand farmers!
Sounds more or less like what we might call a "tank top," "muscle shirt," or, as the Jockey brand packaging labels it, an "athletic shirt." More or less a sleeveless undershirt.
Thanks!
Shuggy:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 02, 2006, 08:51:16 am ---
So much for my fantasies of sexy New Zealand farmers!
Sounds more or less like what we might call a "tank top," "muscle shirt," or, as the Jockey brand packaging labels it, an "athletic shirt." More or less a sleeveless undershirt.
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It's even less sexy than that. Not usually formfitting, and if it were it would often fit a beer belly. Tends to hang out at the waist. Our human icon in this regard is called Fred Dagg (a dag is a solidified ball of sheepshit hanging in clusters from a sheep's arse. "Rattle your dags!" means "Hurry up!")
invented by a genius called John Clarke who also sets the standard for the broad NZ accent. (The educated end is set by an announcer - do you have announcers? - called Dougal Stephenson, and the scale is called The Dagg to Dougal Spectrum.) Clarke now passes himself off as Australian. He did a brilliant TV show about the Olympics in which an actor delivered the apology that John Howard ought to have delivered to the Aboriginal people.
Jeff Wrangler:
Thanks, Shug!
Doesn't look too bad in the pic. I guess a lot depends on the body under the "singlet." :)
juneaux:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 02, 2006, 10:23:00 pm ---I guess a lot depends on the body under the "singlet." :)
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That applies to most pieces of clothing, doesn't it Jeff? ;)
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: juneaux on May 02, 2006, 11:28:19 pm ---
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on May 02, 2006, 10:23:00 pm ---I guess a lot depends on the body under the "singlet." :)
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That applies to most pieces of clothing, doesn't it Jeff? ;)
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Sure enough! But then there is what I call "the trompe l'oiel effect." Tight tee shirts make biceps look bigger, and tight jeans make butts look better! :D
(Actually, I've seen guys at my gym wear shirts that look a lot like these singlets.)
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