Nah, not exactly.

It's just girls walking around in very skimpy clothing. They don't actually get their baps out.

The only one outside the US is in Nottingham, for some godforsaken reason.

simmo wrote:
I don't wish to sound like a whiney liberal, but Hooters pretty much represents everything I detest in this world.

i think there are more important things in the world to be worried about than a chain restaurant where the staff are wearing vest tops...

ya massive billy

simmo wrote:I have to go to Hooters later for works drinks.

Christ, where (i.e. with whom) do you work, Simmo? Organised crime? The army? Grizzled mercenaries? Presumably it's a male-only workplace.

gjhardwick wrote:

simmo wrote:
I don't wish to sound like a whiney liberal, but Hooters pretty much represents everything I detest in this world.

i think there are more important things in the world to be worried about than a chain restaurant where the staff are wearing vest tops...

ya massive billy

I'd like to second this sentiment and add that after a few drinks I'm sure you'll see things differently.

Nowt wrong with baps and beer.

From the company website - this made me laugh a lot (especially the bit were they say "there's nothing wrong with our girls - they all wear bras! - they ain't dirty or noth'n":

Hooters Guy wrote:The "nearly world famous" Hooters Girls are the cornerstone of the Hooters concept, and as part of their job, these all-American cheerleaders make promotional and charitable appearances in their respective communities. Hooters hires women who best fit the image of a Hooters Girl to work in this capacity... The Hooters Girl uniform consists of orange shorts and a white tank top, short-sleeve or long-sleeve T-shirt. Pantyhose and bras are required.

Claims that Hooters exploits attractive women are as ridiculous as saying the NFL exploits men who are big and fast. Hooters Girls have the same right to use their natural female sex appeal to earn a living as do super models Cindy Crawford and Naomi Campbell. To Hooters, the women's rights movement is important because it guarantees women have the right to choose their own careers, be it a Supreme Court Justice or Hooters Girl...

The chain acknowledges that many consider "Hooters" a slang term for a portion of the female anatomy.

Simmo - not liking Hooters is that same as saying Supreme Court Justices have no rights! Man you need stop being so negative about it all!

*slugs beer* *high fives the Hooters dude next to him*

Dudley wrote:

simmo wrote:I have to go to Hooters later for works drinks.

Christ, where (i.e. with whom) do you work, Simmo? Organised crime? The army? Grizzled mercenaries? Presumably it's a male-only workplace.

Well, I'm going out for someone's leaving do with the people I used to work with actually - Nottingham City Council's Highway and Street Lighting department. Basically, a bunch of blokes whose backgrounds are in construction. Fulfill the cliche of that role. There were female employees there, but it was a very masculine environment - plenty of talk of beer and football and tits. A lot of alright people there, but the overall atmosphere wasn't exactly one of enlightenment. And most of the women have no problem with going to Hooters at all.

Rimbaud III wrote:

gjhardwick wrote:

simmo wrote:
I don't wish to sound like a whiney liberal, but Hooters pretty much represents everything I detest in this world.

i think there are more important things in the world to be worried about than a chain restaurant where the staff are wearing vest tops...

ya massive billy

I'd like to second this sentiment and add that after a few drinks I'm sure you'll see things differently.

Nowt wrong with baps and beer.

Well, y'all is quite right about there being worse things, of course. It's hardly like I'm going for work drinks in Camp X-ray. It's more just what Hooters is emblematic of, if you see what I mean... I find it very depressing. Everything from the frankly very ugly girls on parade who are supposed to be attractive, to the trashy American decor, to the shit beer, to the oogling men making shitty dick jokes.... not my scene. Again, there are bigger fish to fry, you're right, but I don't feel too great being in this schoool of small fish either...

don't go then?!?

I feel obliged!

And I'll probably have a good time once I get there.

I'm just exercising my inalienable right to moan, alright?!!!

gjhardwick wrote:don't go then?!?

Or do go, but buy a dog-eared copy of 'The Female Eunuch' from a charity shop en route. When you get to 'Hooters', place the book pointedly upon the table and spend the evening catching the attention of the waitresses, casting your eyes to heaven and tapping the book with your finger...

Champion Rabbit wrote:

gjhardwick wrote:don't go then?!?

Or do go, but buy a dog-eared copy of 'The Female Eunuch' from a charity shop en route. When you get to 'Hooters', place the book pointedly upon the table and spend the evening catching the attention of the waitresses, casting your eyes to heaven and tapping the book with your finger...

I like this idea, except I may replace "The Female Eunuch" with "Fisting and Felching" magazine.