Don’t try this at your local Bass Pro Shop, kids. | Midjourney

Jan. 10, 2024

While I don’t necessarily advocate for doing anything that could get you arrested, I do have an affinity for a good prank or someone who has the “testicular fortitude” to do something innocuous that might get them arrested — as long as it isn’t me. 

In my opinion, this next scene in Alabama is rather harmless (other than the public nakedness) and gave me a little chuckle upon reading the headline. You know those large aquariums inside Bass Pro Shops … yeah, a man did a naked cannonball into one. According to the brief description, the man jumped in, stood under a waterfall, and then got out to yell at some officers before jumping back in. What I want to know is, in this day and age of everyone having their phone out, how is there no video of this? Or a mid-flight picture. Something. 

The man faces charges of public lewdness, disorderly conduct and criminal mischief. Nothing a handful of hours of community service can’t eventually expunge from your record... 

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Shawn McFarland 

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