Meanwhile, in Italy:-
Senator Andrea Guglieri, the mayor of Diano Marina, a small family resort west of Genoa, and his council drew up a plan in 2000 to ban fat and ugly women from walking around in two-piece costumes.
Traffic wardens were to be entrusted with the task of stopping and examining women to ensure that they passed eight out of ten requirements, ranging from the size of their bust to the firmness of their buttocks.
New applicants flooded the predominantly male traffic warden force, and sexual harassment suits were expected to follow.
Signor Guglieri also said there was no reason why bare-torsoed men sporting tight or daringly cut trunks should not be made to pass a similar set of requirements.
A local newspaper cast aspersions on Signore Guglieri's own looks - and called for all ugly mayors to be sacked!