Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/11/26/arrests-made-in-somerset-gimp.html
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We call that Tuesdays where I live.
No further shenanigans have since been reported.
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Was there a Lords of Acid concert in the area?
Are you sure this was Somerset, not Scarfolk?
Was the arrest just part of the plan?
I really didn’t need to know that about you…
Oh it’s not me!! It’s just the neighborhood on Tuesday nights.
Now Harry Potter role play Thursday’s…that’s totally my bag.
Less Lovejoy and more League Of Gentlemen I think…
I guess if someone was really into masochism then being the one guy in lock up wearing a gimp suit could be quite the experience.
“Approaching” is a very menacing word without a clear meaning. Was this person making sexual overtures towards strangers or just walking down the street minding their own full-body-leader-clad business?
See also: South Park
Curious: the word “gimp” is a well known derogatory slang for someone with a physical handicap, how did it become common for this particular fetishist? Not being part of that crowd I first heard it in “Pulp Fiction”, the infamous scene with Zed (underrated actor Peter Greene). Did the film popularize the term, or does the term predate the film?
To answer your question: gimp suit
Gimp is also an ornamental material for trimming dresses.
It is not used to make gimp suits.
Some then speculated the area had been plagued by the gimp for years
That’s some quality urban legend shit, right there.
Yeah, the ambiguity struck me there. There’s a pretty huge difference between those two scenarios - one quite menacing, one just someone who happens to be spotted living their weird life in public.
My old neighborhood had a guy that used to go jogging wearing nothing but skin colored booty shorts. He never made the news, though he was a subject of local gossip. He was pleasant enough to talk to, but weird.
I don’t see anything wrong with that. I see that sort of thing fairly often. I look at someone from down the street, and I’m like, are they naked? Then they get closer and I see that they’re just wearing flesh colored yoga pants. It’s usually young women though.