[Rhodes22-list] Buck Naked - In the beginning...

[Jay Friedland]

Face it, it's a New England thing-

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060828/NEWS/ 
608280368/1003/NEWS02

especially the nude hula hoop contests.... stoic New Englanders?

J



On Jul 19, 2007, at 3:04 PM, Robert Skinner wrote:

> Brad -
>
> Odd that you should bring up that story.
>
> (Has everyone got a fresh beer? ...  OK, I'll continue.)
>
> It calls to mind an incident from 40 years ago.  I made a
> bet with a young lady about some unforgotten issue as we
> were driving south from Bangor on the Maine turnpike.  The
> stakes were not defined, and when the issue was resolved,
> I had won both the bet and the option to call the stakes.
>
> Being somewhat brash and a bit randy, I said, "You lose
> -- take off all your clothes."
>
> (Note that then, as now, there are periodic tool booths
> along the Maine turnpike, not the take a ticket - pay as
> you exit scheme used in other areas.)
>
> The lady in question, being a game sort of person,
> proceeded to do as I had requested... just as signs for
> a toll plaza hove into view.  No time to reverse the
> process, and my companion stated that the situation was
> my problem -- she had no intention of getting dressed.
>
> Nothing for it but to brazen it out.  I drove on.
>
> The person in the toll booth did not turn a hair as I
> handed over my 50 cents, and asked if I wanted a receipt.
>
> That's one more reason why I love Maine.  There is
> something about the summer air that cries,
>
>               "Clothing Optional!"
>
> /Robert
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Brad Haslett wrote:
>>
>> So Robert, is this what people in Maine do for entertainment?  The  
>> lady's
>> name is Buck, how appropriate.  Brad
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> *Naked Motoring Buys Trouble in Maine*
>>
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>>
>> Jul 17, 4:06 PM (ET)
>>
>>  FRYEBURG, Maine (AP) - Both a naked motorist and her passenger face
>> drunken-driving charges following an incident that began with a  
>> traffic stop
>> for speeding and ended with the passenger behind the wheel during a
>> seven-mile chase.
>>
>> The episode unfolded Sunday night when a police officer stopped a  
>> Volvo for
>> speeding and discovered that the driver was wearing no clothes.
>>
>> Because the motorist said she needed to use the bathroom, the officer
>> allowed her to follow his cruiser to a campground. Instead, her  
>> passenger
>> took the wheel and led police on a chase that ended on Main Street in
>> Fryeburg, police said.
>>
>> Douglas H. Litchfield, 59, and Patricia Buck, 61, both of  
>> Harrison, were
>> charged with drunken driving and driving to endanger, police said.
>>
>> The pair said they had been in the woods and Buck's clothes had  
>> washed away
>> in a stream, according to Fryeburg police administrator Ann Perante.
>>
>> The vehicle was registered in Virginia. Although Litchfield had a  
>> suspended
>> Maine license, he possessed a valid Virginia license, police said.
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