Speedo Alert!

Those repressed Brits are getting all hot and bothered about the apparent return of the Speedo this summer. The danger signs were reported by price comparison website Ciao, which says it has seen a 400% rise in the number of searches for "Speedo" in the past six months, compared to the same period last year.

The venerable Daily Telegraph says "Speedos, the skimpy trunks favoured by middle-aged men on the Continent, are on their way back to British beaches," preying on the fear the Brits have of more liberated French, Germans, and Italians. Particularly the penchant of older chaps with expansive bellies to strut their stuff regardless.

Pictured, a non-European non-fatty, Michael Phelps. Possibly all those chubby Euros think they look like this while the Brits wish they did.