as an american, i was amazed when i watched a news documentary on BBC regarding "tea" parlors in which men would go to and "dress up" as women and have mid-day tea parties in drag. afterwards they get dressed back normally and return to their everyday life. is this where the term "tea bag" came from?
2007-06-06 11:49:32 · 14 answers · asked by ὀκτάπους 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
No it`s not where tea bag comes from. You are correct about the tea parlors though. Over the last year the cross dressing tea party has become a bit of sensation in the UK and has spread from humble beginnings in Soho right across the country. The May bank holiday "cross over party" in Liverpool`s stadium of light attracted over 25,000. The increasing popularity of these parties has led littlewoods clothing catalogue to introduce a new section to the women's section for "ladies of stature". The only part of the UK where this new craze has failed to find a foothold is Scotland where they wear dresses in the form of kilts anyway.
2007-06-06 12:02:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I am sure that they exist in certain circles remembering britains' weird social divides and classes hang ups.What is wrong with that dress up fun ...it's just theatrical sex ?
I know some dutch swingers and they are absolutely great people socially. Or should everyone just go missionary with ONE fat getting fatter woman for years on end? How sickly ! BBC documentaries by the way are some of britains best comedies. Remember,.... the brits glued to screens night after night really get off on peering into the lives of interesting ordinary healthy and worldly adventurous people. Who needs a TV when you have these kinds of people as real friends ?
2007-06-06 12:20:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Bathing fell into disrepute in Western Europe as the infrastructure of the old Western Roman Empire fell into ruins, including the public baths. In Rome, the baths were indeed places of recreation and relaxation, as well as where one often went "to see and be seen," (no pun intended) much like the theater during the Restoration period in Britain. They were social centers and some of the most opulent of the baths included eateries and shops, and nearly all bath houses, even the most common, had prostitutes (both female and male) to cater to one's tastes, whatever they might have been. Naturally, such places were roundly condemned by the church to such an extent that they "threw the baby out with the bath water" (sorry--that one was a bit intentional) and made a virtue of being dirty. I believe it was Jerome who heaped high praise on the Roman lady Paula for the fact that she was "squalid with dirt," indicating that she not only didn't patronize the public baths, she didn't even bathe (or, apparently, even wash) in the privacy of her own home. Public baths did continue into the Middle Ages, but had a reputation as being little better than brothels. Of course one paid to utiilize them, and most folk just didn't have the money to do so. In sum, the standards of personal hygiene sank to such a low among Westerners that it's said that, in the Middle East prior to and during the crusades, the Muslims (who put a high priority on personal cleanliness) used to say that "you can smell a Frank long before you see him"--"Franks" being the generic word for Europeans.
2016-05-18 06:39:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are more people becomming weird, or what? It
seems people want to be what they are not. Why
don't they get real, grow up, and quit the goofyness.
We all need more normal, hard-working, family loving
good citizens, not a world of dumb-witted pawns
that don't have enough sense to come in out of the
rain during a hurricane.
2007-06-06 12:00:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Probably.We also have women going out not only dressed as men.But with false moustache ,false morning after stubble etc.
2007-06-06 11:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by Butt 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You know a lot more than me and yes we do have public bathhouses I used one recently when my own bathroom was out of commission
2007-06-06 11:54:50 · answer #6 · answered by Scouse 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have never heard this but it sounds hilarious! It could very well be where the term originated.
2007-06-06 11:56:15 · answer #7 · answered by Erinyes 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the english are a wee bit strange in their habits
disnae surprise me
2007-06-06 14:25:07 · answer #8 · answered by Jezabel 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol...why is this in the politics section? post this in polls and surveys they have a good sense of humor over there.
2007-06-06 11:53:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
do americans still chew tobacco, and do your houses still have spitoons in the parlour?
2007-06-06 12:12:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋