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Fashion Faux Pas

“What’s wrong, officer? I live right there, and I was going to get some pants right now. I was coming home from the beach and I realized I had lost my pants over there. So I was coming home to get a fresh pair,” said Robert Allen Sweeney, 56, answering his own question. The officer said Sweeney appeared to be intoxicated, an appearance no doubt assisted by what was in his hand: an open 24-ounce can of beer. Sweeney was stopped by police in Boynton Beach, Fla., and charged with indecent exposure and an alcohol violation after being observed walking down the road in a white shirt, white jacket, white shoes — and nothing else. (RC/Palm Beach Post) ...It’s OK: it was after Memorial Day.
Original Publication Date: 14 June 2015
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 21.

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