Toledo Tales

(Toledo, OH) A wet T-shirt contest evolved into a topless contest during a Mardi Gras celebration at a Toledo music bar Tuesday, and bar patrons and neighbors expressed anger to Toledo Tales reporters.

During the onstage promotion at Bootleggers a dozen women competing for a $100 prize stepped in into a plastic pool to have water poured over their white T-shirts. Most of the women removed their shirts, while others removed all of their clothing.

"It was one thing when the girls stripped, but then a bunch of guys started going topless," said Mandy Jamieson of Sylvania. "Some things just shouldn't be seen, you know?"

Among the chief complaints was the presence of many pairs of "man-boobs," according to a witness.



"Some of the fat dudes had bigger hooters than than the 38-DD winning woman," said Jacob Nelson of Toledo. "Waves of nausea instantaneously passed over me, and I hurled all over the floor."

Bar manager John Kwiatkowski said that he didn't see any man-boobs during the promotion.

"If I saw that, I would have stopped that immediately," he said. "That's just wrong. Guys with man-boobs need to keep that shit covered up, OK? We don't run that kind of establishment."

The city of Toledo has filed a injunction to get a hearing on a zoning complaint against the club. Acting city law director John Madigan said the complaint focuses on community decency standards.

"Ugly man-boobs are an affront to all decent Toledoans, and the city is prepared to do everything within its power to protect the citizenry," he said. "We will also enforce these standards atr local beaches. Do you really want your children to have to look at the hairy man-boobs of the fat guy on the blanket next to you? I think not."