CHOICE; A Bum Deal!When you spend most of your time coining it in wearing a Lycra gym- suit, you need somewhere to keep your loose change. That's why top telly fitness trainer Mr Motivator is rarely seen without a bum bag strapped round his waist. Mr M - Derrick Evans Derrick Errol Evans (born 1952), better known as "Mr Motivator", is a Jamaican exercise instructor most famous for his appearances on the UK breakfast television show GMTV in the early 1990s. to those who knew him before he found small-screen success - even wears them when his outfit HAS pockets! He says: "Bum bags are an essential piece of kit for me. "I hardly go out the door without one and I have one to suit every occasion, from smart to casual." So who better than the GMTV GMTV Good Morning Television (UK) star to make sure Sunday Mail readers don't get the bum's rush bum's rush n. Forcible ejection from a place. when they next choose a bum bag. We picked out five bags from sports shops and high street stores and asked Derrick derrick: see crane. Derrick famous hangman; eponym of modern hoisting apparatus. [Br. Hist.: Espy, 170] See : Execution to mark them on quality, practicality and value for money. He also looked at colour and design. Mr M says: "I generally go for lots of compartments so that I have enough places to keep things. "As a rule, it depends on what I'm going to be wearing the bum bag with, but I do need something neat that fits flat against the body. "When I'm doing morning workouts on the show, I wear something that's very slim so that I can move around easily. The colour is also critical since it must tone in with the unitard I'm wearing," he explained. "I even have a little leather bum bag that I wear when I'm out at night with my leather jacket (Zool.) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis). See also: Leather Leather on. It blends in and doesn't look out of place," he said. `'Then when I'm out running, I need yet another bum bag that will take my personal stereo personal stereo Noun Chiefly Brit a small portable audio cassette player used with lightweight headphones personal stereo n → walkman ® m ." Unfortunately, Derrick felt that most of the bum bags he tested were too big and bulky. "You wouldn't see me wearing many of these, except on the beach or on holiday. "They're already too heavy without anything in them," he laughed. "So I dread to think what they'd be like filled with my passport, keys, money and pens. "Maybe I could use them as weights in my get-fit routines!" LITTLEWOODS Baggage bum bag pounds 3.99 THIS one is my favourite by far... although it is a bit bulky and cumbersome. The colour is fabulous and there are loads of little pockets and zips. Ideal for the beach. MARK: 8 out of 10 GULLIVERS Bum bag pounds 4.00 THE material is thick and waterproof and the bag itself looks as though it might last for a long time. However, I like bags that sit flat against the body and this one certainly doesn't do that. MARK: 7 out of 10 J.D.SPORTS Nike bum bag pounds 7.99 GOOD design, but there's only one compartment on the front. Colour-wise, it's a bit bland. However, the fabric is of a high quality and is durable. A bit on the expensive side, too. MARK: 5 out of 10 GREAVES greaves cracklings, an edible raw fat from the meat trade. The skimmings from the preparation of this fat are also called greaves. They represent a low grade of meat meal. Nordica pounds 11.99 SOFT, fluffy fluff·y adj. fluff·i·er, fluff·i·est 1. a. Of, relating to, or resembling fluff. b. Covered with fluff. 2. Light and airy; soft: fluffy curls; a fluffy soufflé. material isn't very rigid or practical. The design is awful since it only has one zip pocket. It's a wonderful colour, but loses marks because it's not waterproof. It's pricey Pricey Term used for an unrealistically low bid price or unrealistically high offer price. pricey Of, relating to, or being an unrealistically high offer. An offer to sell a security at $50 when the current market price is $47 is pricey. , too. MARK: 3 out of 10 WARNER BROS Acme (company, jargon) ACME - /ak'mee/ 1. A Company that Makes Everything. The canonical imaginary business. Possibly also derived from the word "acme" meaning "highest point". 2. A program for MS-DOS. bag pounds 9.00 THIS doesn't resemble a bum bag at all and the weight of the logo makes it fall the wrong way. It would be easier to wear it upside down. Certainly not for me! MARK: 2 out of 10 |
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