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Monday Morning Distractions
So back in 2002, Florida passed a law banning public nudity - i.e., women can’t hang out in public with their business hanging out in public. A woman from Ormond Beach (which is up by Daytona Beach) isn’t such a fan of this law, so while at the beach in March 2004, she decided to take up a protest. Elizabeth Book made her protest by pulling her top off and letting her breasts fly free. She was promptly arrested for violating this law, of course, and smacked with a $253 fine. Ever the vigilant warrior, Book took this to the courts, and god bless the Seventh Judicial Circuit Court of Appeals, which agreed with a lower court ruling - Book is allowed to go topless in protest of the law because it’s a legitimate political protest. See, just when there are so many stories of stupidity flowing out of Florida that you begin to think about carving it away from the rest of the country, you get something like this that reminds us why it’s worth still having in the Union.
Ok people, seriously - please, for the love of god, do not go to court with your meth pipe in your bag, especially if you’re going to court, in the first place, for drug charges. It’s just not smart.
The Law School Dean Hotties contest is running in full swing over at Above the Law, and on the female side of things QuizLaw’s own Dean O’Rourke is in the running. Sadly, she’s at the bottom of the pile, getting absolutely smoked by a cute little Texas blonde and another cute little Yalie.
[A note from Dustin: QuizLaw’s Pinup Gal is running second to last, and it’s a travesty, y’all. A freakin’ travesty. In fact, I think there might be some voting irregularities. David Lat is running a goddamn sham. Please, get over there and vote … a nice piece of ass like Dean O’Rourke shouldn’t be ignored (oh man – I’m so not getting invited to the alumni golf outing this year).]
A Kansas legislator is in trouble with the law after allegedly attacking a protestor, who was dressed up as a cockroach, and tearing off the cockroach head.
And finally, if we’ve told you once, we’ve told you a thousand times - fruitcakes are nothing but trouble. Seriously. Just like you shouldn’t take meth pipes to court, you shouldn’t be mailing fruitcakes out to folks on the holidays. Not just because fruitcakes are lousy, but because you may end up having to sue the post office after they accuse you of being a terrorist, like this 88-year-old granny.
