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A 28-year-old industrial engineer was fired from his job in Cookeville, Tennessee, after a November incident in which he was charged with indecent exposure (a charge that was later dropped). He was apprehended outdoors at a mall, stark naked. His explanation was that his car had broken down and that, despite a driving rainstorm, he needed to get underneath the car to see what was wrong. He was afraid of muddying the seat covers, so he took off his clothes–including underwear and socks–and laid them across the seat.
A contest drawing for a 1983 Pontiac Firebird at a store in Sherman, Texas, in February was thrown out after it was discovered that the winner’s name appeared on 2,000 of the 2,200 ballots. Suspicion was aroused when the winner also received the second, third, and fourth prizes.
An 18-year-old man was treated for a knife wound at a Salt Lake City hospital in February after he boasted to a friend about his new bulletproof vest and invited the friend to take a stab at him.
Seeds of Our Destruction
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Shawn Belschwender.
