Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Lawnwork in the buff

I read this article about a guy doing lawnwork in his backyard naked getting a class c misdemeanor citation from a fort worth deputy. The guy was 71 years old. He was in his backyard. Naked. Doing lawn work. Wow. I would say that was fine except that the guy had a chainlink fence around his backyard that didn't have privacy slats. Oh and he lives across the street from a park and that street is heavily travelled.
The cop did a background check to make sure the guy wasn't a sex offender and the guy was clean so he just got a ticket. I gotta say I think getting a ticket is the last thing on my list of deterrents of working with sharp blades naked. Moreover I think this is a good exaample of a trend that I've noticed. Old people get away with just about everything.
Honestly I can't say that I know what would happen to me if I attempted something like this but then again the tought had never crossed my mind before now anyway. I can see why people wouldn't want their children seeing that but everyone else should just grow up. Every man who has ever been to a locker room at a gym has had that unfortunate sight before, and just about every woman will have to see a naked old man some day.
Sometimes I wish that this country hadn't been founded by puritans...

1 comment:

  1. I wish I got to hear more about our country and its "puritan" values. Compared to Europe and some other places in the world, America is the more censored and "puritan" country. Why is this? What other areas of mass communications does this effect? Advertisements are one.

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