When showing your crack is outlawed, then only outlaws will be showing their crack:
Cajun Town Bans Saggy Pants (NYT, June 13)
DELCAMBRE, La. (AP) — Sag your britches somewhere else, this Cajun-country town has decided. Mayor Carol Broussard said he would sign an ordinance the town council approved this week setting penalties of up to six months in jail and a $500 fine for being caught in pants that show undergarments or certain parts of the body.
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I totally envision a Footloose-type of situation here where a spry young high schooler rolls into town and teaches all the townsfolk that butt cracks can be a perfectly beautiful and natural occurrence.
The downside of this ordinance, of course, is that it will drive all the plumbers out of town. Better get your sink fixed before it goes into effect. Oh, and as long as we’re talking about plumbers, it gives me an excuse to show you this outstanding commercial. That is all.
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Clearly the local government is on crack.
Crack heads leading the way!!!
Sure answers the question about why Ted Frank left and doesn’t want to come back to Louisiana.
On a more serious note maybe this will sufficiently distract the LA Chapter of the ACLU so that the poor people of Slidell can keep their picture of the Russian Jesus in their courthouse.
What do the plumber’s unions have to say about this?
Great commercial.
The sad part is that if the good folks of Delcambre, LA, want to elect representatives who will enact an anti-butt-crack ordinance, why should they come in for criticism? (I acknowledge that some may view exposing their butt-cracks as protected First Amendment expression, but let me reserve that topic for another time.)
More to the point, nobody is forcing anyone to visit or live in Delcambre. Why can’t the folks there govern themselves as they please? The mindset of the commenters above appears to mirror the premise of that show several years back with Paris Hilton and her friend (combined IQ probably sub-100) — was it “The Real World” — where rural and small town America was held up for ridicule.
I actually don’t see a problem with this: it’s simply a clarification or (possibly) slight extension to existing public decency law.
A bit silly, perhaps (don’t know the particulars), but where’s the problem?
Not just the plumbers. The roofers, too.