For the last week or so I have been having a lot of fun participating in Yahoo Answers. What it is, is a place to ask a question and the community Answers the questions. Some of the questions people ask are good, a lot of them are dumb (I call those “Duh” questions), and some are just off the wall. It is interesting seeing what people do not know.

That being said, one of the recent questions asked was “What is skinny dipping?” You know I had to answer that one, and just with “Swimming in the nude.” Here is the response I came up with and understand that Yahoo censors the Answers for vulgarity:

Skinny Dipping is an ancient and liberating traditional pastime. What it is precisely is that a person approaching an open body of water will remove all garments before entering the liquid. The body of water can be a lake, river, ocean, pool, Jacuzzi, bath tub, etc… just as long as it is water. I have even heard that is can be a bowl of water, but what fun can that be? (Well, come to think about it, a lot of fun if there are two people participating.)

Now traditionally the participants will want to do a traditional approach. The traditional approach is one where you are stripped of all clothing and run up to the water with all your parts bouncing in the air, flapping about, for all to see.

Now this particular tradition is much better when shared. Many will say there is liberation in a group of people all the same gender skinny dipping, that it build fraternal bonds. I would agree with that.

Then there is the mixed skinny dipping ritual (usually performed by teens) in which the whole thing can become a learning experience. In this case pairs of teens tend to meet in the liquid and explore anatomical differences. This could of course lead to many other activities, such as hugging, kissing, mating, and of course marriage when mating is successful. Some times it can lead to larger group activities, but those are too numerous to mention here.

Skinny dipping is not limited to teens. Skinny dipping is common activity of very young children and those who are divorced looking to share activities like the teens. It has even been part of senior activity, but the benefit at that point is lost on me.

Now it was suggested that fat people could not skinny dip. Well, that was completely missing the point. In fact the very name skinny dipping comes from the idea that fat people can become skinny by performing this activity enough. Thus fat people are the reason we call it skinny dipping in the first place.

So, if you have the opportunity to partake in skinny dipping, that wonderful naked bathing and frolicking, I recommend that you grab the opportunity, along with your friend’s anatomical parts. It is so much fun!