Last night, between a house party and an Irish bar, I ran into someone from Colorado, who told me of their plight. It turns out the great city of Boulder, Colorado, ground zero for drunk people, was putting the clampdown on an event that everyone enjoys: the naked pumpkin run.
For those of you unaware of what the naked pumpkin run is, the instructions are as follows:
1. Get a pumpkin.
2. Get naked.
3. Wear pumpkin on head.
4. Run.
Pretty simple. The pumpkin can be real, or fake, it doesn’t really matter. The most important part of the naked pumpkin run is that you are, indeed, naked. This, however, is not going over well with the Boulder authorities, who are ashamed of their bodies and cover them up in embarrassing uniforms. Also, they’ve been cracking down on the run, which has been taking place for nearly a decade. A decade. For 10 years, people have been streaking down the Colorado streets, amazingly unmolested, except by uniformed police officers. However, it’s not illegal to be naked and outside in Boulder, Colorado. Just really, really cold.
Over a hundred people were ticketed last year for indecent exposure. The mayor has no problem with the run. Blame the 5-Ohs. If running around naked is illegal, Hollywood should be closed on Halloween.
Comments
Kevin
November 2nd, 2009 - 10:39:34 AM
what's the point of a pagan holiday if you can't run around naked for a little while? just doesn't make sense.
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