In my opinion i would rather my son wear a small earing than a ridiculous sideways facing cap and a pair of "i've just sh*t myself look pants/jeans" trying to look like a idiot gangster rapper while swallowing power drink like it's going out off fashion.
Yes, we were astonished by the number of earrings on boys when we first came to this green and pleasant land. Got used to it now, but it isn't a good look IMHO. it truly is the land that taste forgot.
I'm all for people expressing themselves, but surely a 3 year old hasn't told his parents that he really wants his lugholes pierced?
I have seen middle aged men wear ear rings similar to this attached image. Is it a gang thing? East side west side? I don't want to be involved in any turf war so any info would be appreciated
"Sen. Gary Siplin, a Democrat, has said the fashion statement has a back-story -- it was made popular by rap artists after first appearing among prison inmates as a signal they were looking for sex"
According to this website (chapter "Die Bettler ins Paradies"), the earings are a tradition from the first half of the 19th century, when some regions prospered for the first time. They were made of gold and sometimes had the shape of cream spoons.
That's the first time I read this claim. I was told it is an act of solidarity for arrested gang members that don't have belts and shoe laces because of the suicide risk.
This is what I heard too, which makes it look even more ridiculous on the kids here when they have belted jeans halfway down their ar$es. I was walking behind one group of testosterone/Redbull fuelled adolescents on the railway platform at the ZH main train station who had to slow down every few steps to hoist up their trousers.
It just finished off the whole comedy image for me with their constant patter of Swiss-german peppered with a liberal serving of English swear-words. Priceless.
What is it with the fake Balkan accents, too?? Talk about a crisis of identity!
I had the swagger demonstrated to me which involves a sequence of long lolloping strides 1-2-dip left shoulder-4-5-dip right shoulder and continue. Quite effective and features in many a rap video.
'Tis indeed increasingly difficult these days to separate the well-groomed metrosexuals from those with whom a girl would stand absolutely no chance....