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Bikini model, Shirley?

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Why don't all the women legislators show up wearing hajibs or full-on burkas until this nonsense is struck down? Wear bikinis underneath in case the men ask them to remove the "foreign" clothing. Or show up in Handmaiden outfits.

Some sympathetic males should show up wearing sleeveless tees and camo cargo shorts with flip-flops. In keeping with standard American male garb.

This stuff is so stupid.

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Oh taffeta! Where's it gone? Esp. "changeable taffeta!" I think I heard about it constantly when I was about 4 years old. What about you? You and your blazer!

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You are technically correct, the best kind of correct

But one can be a model without becoming a bikini model and a model who works as a bikini model likely does modeling where she isn't wearing bikinis

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I've been working from home for nearly 5 years now, Mrs. Blamethrower and I know that when I talk about my "work clothes" I mean pyjama pants.

This is the best dress code ever!

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"But we couldn't wear tennis shoes in the office. We had to wear dress shoes."

Probably so when you were struck by lightning you would be connected to earth ground.

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" in his or her brassiere"

Correction: their brassiere

You're well-come! -- Pronoun Police

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At my late '60s liberal arts college, coeds were not permitted to wear shorts or slacks "off campus" i.e. into town.

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"So, Missouri will also be changing their tagline?"

Not a tagline, rather a motto. But point taken.

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At The Weather Channel, it's a panty girdle and high-heeled shoes or you're fired.

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My main squeeze GF in the early '80s was a FedEx "courier." Her uniforms were paid for and machine washable to boot. She was so grateful. My only objection was that she looked entirely too cute in the uniform but I got over it.

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When I was in school in Indiana no school building had air conditioning. Nor the dormitories. Thankfully, no school in June through August.

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Pretty much the same experience, but in Iowa. FUCK! :( Also too, they sent the elementary school kids (ie., mine) home from school 3 days in a row because heat. JFTC. Hubs threw up his hands and took the week off. (Who designed all those dumb buildings w/non-opening windows & no ventilation, anydamnway??!)

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Probably. I mean, hopefully. Possibly a nice gold lamé textile, with loud ruffles.

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This was in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Place is HOT.

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That's the plan!

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