[ATrain]

While I have no idea whether or not he could pass the swimming test (article doesn't mention it), kudos to him for exercising the common sense I wish many more elderly people would show:

Roy Lester is out to prove that no man above the age of 50 has any business wearing a skimpy, form-hugging Speedo.

In 2007, Lester was forced out of the Jones Beach lifeguard job he had held for four decades when he was told he had to squeeze into a Speedo for the annual swim test.

The 61-year-old Long Island man, who preferred his slightly more modest pair of biking shorts, refused and lost his job.

Lester sued the state, claiming age discrimination, arguing the Speedo is for the washboard stomach set, not aging dads like him.

"I wore a Speedo when I was in my 20s," Lester said. "But come on. There should be a law prohibiting anyone over the age of 50 from wearing a Speedo."

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/201 ... do_li.html

[jbock13]

Only in New York does common sense get anyone fired... well, the whole northeast for that matter.

[RubberMallet]

while it may make no sense why you've be required to wear a speedo, it could have to do with keeping everyone on an even playing ground to determine rank.

i don't want to see an old dude in a speedo anymore than the next guy but its for 1 20 minute swim session.

doesn't sound like common sense to me, sounds like retardation.

the guy looks like a dope in his bike shorts anyways.