Andy Zaltzman
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And on the 26th of June, there is a live gargle at the Bill Murray in London.
Tickets available now or link in the show notes.
And, well, the UK has been rocked by this story.
The Royal Navy is set to be forced to redesign jackets worn by female officers because the buttons on the jackets look too much like nipples.
And we in Britain simply cannot cope with seeing someone wearing an item of clothing...
with some things above where their nipples would be.
It's important to emphasize that these jackets have been worn for a long time and no one has really noticed this issue before.
But now the Royal Navy is set to spend 200,000, let's talk it up, 200 million pounds of public money redesigning these uniforms.
Because, as I said, the buttons look like nipples if your nipples are made of brass and you've got eight of them.
So for any metal wolves thinking of joining the Navy,
This is a huge issue that needs addressing right now.
The problem is the top two buttons on this jacket, the formal number one jacket it's called, are in the same sort of upper mid-frontal torso region as nipples are so often found on the human body.
And ever since God told Eve to cover herself up with a fig leaf bikini, the female nipple has been one of the most controversial body parts in the entire history of the human chest.
So this kind of button-based smut just won't wash in Britain these days.
which is apparently too damn suggestive in these days when nipples can never be seen anywhere, least of all on the internet, is made of dark blue wool and is double-breasted.