Saturday 16 June 2012

ROFLOL #AskTony

2 comments:

Jan said...

All the ongoing criticism of the speedos is an insult to the important work of the lifesaving movement.

Anonymous said...

This is what the Speedo company says about its budgie smugglers.
Nothing to do with the surf lifesaving movement.

"Speedo® originated in 1914 under the brand name 'Fortitude', which was taken from the motto on the clan MacRae crest. It didn't become known by its now famous brand name until 1928.
The company was started by a young Scot called Alexander MacRae, who migrated to Australia in 1910, and set up an underwear manufacture business called MacRae Hosiery manufacturers.
In response to the growing beach culture in Australia, MacRae quickly expanded his operations to include swimwear and changed the company name to MacRae Knitting Mills.
1928 MacRae introduced the classic, figure-hugging "Racerback" costume, which permitted greater freedom of movement, allowing wearers to swim faster. This inspired staff member Captain Parsons to coin the slogan 'Speed on in your Speedos' and the Speedo® name was born in 1928."