Who really started the trend????

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Which trend?

The divers exploring the river, the making of pottery, or the rather buff gladiator wielding a whip and wearing nothing but a G-string?
 
ScubaFishee:
Which trend?

The divers exploring the river, the making of pottery, or the rather buff gladiator wielding a whip and wearing nothing but a G-string?

There was a show on this on Discovery or TLC, cannot remember which, that the G-string originates back to ancient Greece and men wearing them in sporting events. It was done so that there is no restriction to their movements, nothing to get caught on in fights and they liked looking at the male form and muscles in action -- or so the TV show said.
 
Tamas:
There was a show on this on Discovery or TLC, cannot remember which, that the G-string originates back to ancient Greece and men wearing them in sporting events. It was done so that there is no restriction to their movements, nothing to get caught on in fights and they liked looking at the male form and muscles in action -- or so the TV show said.


AND I MISSED IT!!!
 
ScubaFishee:
Which trend?

The divers exploring the river, the making of pottery, or the rather buff gladiator wielding a whip and wearing nothing but a G-string?

I think he was referring to this:

Near the site of the pottery shard, Hutchinson and Middlemass also found a copper razor handle, dating to approximately the same period. The handle was modeled into the shape of a Roman soldier leg and foot, the two-inch-high foot wearing a heavy wool sock stuffed into a sandal.

Now we know to thank the Romans for that trend. It's interesting to think the Romans may have started the sock and sandal trend nearly 2000 years ago and people still do it today. Regrettable, yes, but interesting to anthropologists all the same. :D
 
Any idea when that show will be re-broadcasted?
 
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