Beach date FAIL
AdvertisementAn all-too-short survey this time from goo Ranking, looking at what people don’t want to see from their partner on the beach or at the pool, for both women discussing their men and men discussing their women.
Demographics
Between the 22nd and 24th of June 2009 1,180 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.6% of the sample were female, 10.3% were in their teens, 22.9% in their twenties, 31.5% in their thirties, 19.2% in their forties, 9.6% in their fifties, and 6.4% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
My brother recently posted a photo of himself to his blog which broke the vast majority of the rules, but to save you the anguish of having to witness that snap, instead here’s an extremely naff advert for extremely naff beachwear that appears far too often on Japanese television:
The music is by mihimaru GT, singing “Wake up and take my hand, you could have sentimental chickens”, or something like that. The person with the big hair is a professional idiot who goes by the stage name of Suzanne, and has a sister called Margarine.
Oh, and I guess the “strange sun-tanning” refers to getting a strapless tan.
Ranking result
Q: What don’t you want to see from your partner on the beach or at the pool? (Sample size=691, women)
Rank Score 1 Gut hanging out over their trunks 100 2 Getting scolded by the lifeguard 85.1 3 Ogling at other girls in bikinis 78.7 4 Wearing a suit made for competitive swimming 75.5 5 Pasty-white skin 74.7 6 Ill-fitting trunks (too loose, too tight) 73.5 7 Staying in the shade all the time 72.3 8 Looking cold (blue lips, goose-pimples) 70.7 9 Being plastered in sun-block 59.0 10 Looking scared on the diving board 57.4 Q: What don’t you want to see from your partner on the beach or at the pool? (Sample size=489, men)
Rank Score 1 Extraneous body hair 100 2 Gut hanging out over their bottoms 86.6 3 Squint padding 60.3 4 Ill-fitting swimsuit (too loose, too tight) 57.5 5 Ogling at other guys in trunks 57.0 6 Non-waterproof make-up 38.5 7= Looking cold (blue lips, goose-pimples) 38.0 7= Strange sun-tanning 38.0 9 Having a more muscular form than me 36.3 10 Swimsuit exposing too much skin 34.1
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Squint padding?
I hate Suzannu and her DAM channel so much.
I agree though, ‘squint padding’?
Oops, that’s actually Yukie Kinoshita, not Suzanne. They’re both pro idiots though and I’m sure they hang out together.
feitclub, yes, after I posted and checked the related videos on YouTube I noticed others for Kinoshita… Ah well, as you say, they’re both pro idiots and hang out together on Hexagon quiz show/soap opera/singing school.
CogDis and Robbie, that’s having a bra pad poking out from the costume.
hehe even after your explanation I wasn’t sure what “squint padding” was – then I realised that I just haven’t heard/used squint in that way for a while. Need to get back home to Scotland!
Thanks, Ken.
I was interviewed by the fake Suzanne for some race between her and some other contestants on their game show because my real name is Suzanne. She contacted my manager (I am an English teacher at GEOS) and ambushed me after work. I had only been in Japan for about 5 months and had no clue who the Hell she was and when I saw her I thought she looked like a crazy person or someone I didn’t recognize from my gym. I guess she had waited for me with her crew for about 3 or 4 hours. It was the end of the day and I was pretty tired- not so much in the mood for whatever was happening. I guess she was hoping I’d know who she was and that there’d be some tearful reunion or something. It didn’t go according to her plan, but I thought she was a very nice girl anyway.
I asked some of my adult students about her afterwards and when they said she was an idiot who didn’t know basic info (like that Obama was President of the US) I was, of course, even more embarrassed about being on her show.
Overall VERY strange experience!
PS- Love the site!
squint = non-parallel / crooked?
Anyway, interesting how strict the women are in this survey, compared to the men.