Sunday, October 23, 2016

Clowns vs. Streakers

         
           I'm not sure where the clown fad came from, or why. It took me by surprise. One day I woke up and everything had turned to clowns. There were clowns on social media, pictures of people dressed like clowns, videos of clowns, lots of clowns.
           When I was a kid the fad was streaking. There were naked people running in their white tube socks and tennis shoes through the streets. No gas station, grocery store, college campus, sporting event, was safe from the sight of balls flopping, and titties jiggling. It was great.
            Once when I was a kid, I was watching the Academy Awards on television, when from out of nowhere, a man who looked like Burt Reynolds streaked across the stage at the Dorthey Chandler Pavillion. I couldn't believe my eyes. It happened so quick the censors had no defense for it.
            I'd like to get into the mindset of a streaker. One minute you're enjoying the ball game, and the next minute you're running stark naked onto a field, trying to avoid being tackled by security.
            Times have changed some. Not many people running naked as a jaybird in public these days. No balls, no flopping.