August 26, 2011

Just Say No Speedo

Ah, summer …

Did you hear the one about the 61-year-old lifeguard in New York who was fired from his job because he refused to wear a Speedo swimsuit for a swim test?

Roy Lester sued the state, saying the requirement to wear a form-hugging Speedo suit was age discrimination and aimed at ridding the beaches of aging lifeguards.

“I wore a Speedo when I was in my 20s,” Lester was quoted as saying in a story in the New York Daily News. “But come on. There should be a law…

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