{"id":51,"date":"2006-04-27T17:59:48","date_gmt":"2006-04-27T22:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/04\/27\/carpentry-in-the-nude\/"},"modified":"2011-07-25T01:36:08","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T05:36:08","slug":"carpentry-in-the-nude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/04\/27\/carpentry-in-the-nude\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpentry in the Nude"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>A carpenter who keeps his clothes clean by working in the nude was arrested after a client returned home early and found him building bookcases in the buff.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"3290981241\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Percy Honniball, 50, was charged with misdemeanor indecent exposure this week for the October incident in Oakland, California.<\/p>\n<p>He told officers he stripped before crawling under the client\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s house to do electrical work because he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to soil his clothes, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Honniball said Thursday that working in the nude gave him a better range of motion and that a skilled craftsman can work clothing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and injury \u00e2\u20ac\u201d free.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In certain situations such as demolitions where you are smashing rock you want to be clothed and protected because this rock can harm you,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Honniball was caught working naked in Berkeley three times in the last six years and put on probation for violating a city ordinance. Honniball said he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t plan to do work in his birthday suit again.<\/p>\n<p>Police said he apologized to the startled homeowner, but was fired. The homeowner paid Honniball for the finished work, but deducted $200.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He kept out that amount to change his locks,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Oakland Police Officer Jesse Grant said.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>That man must have splinters in the oddest places!<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<br\/>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_underpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8431788844\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br\/>\r\n\r\n<?php if ( is_search() || is_single() || is_page() || is_paged() || is_category() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  ( function() {\r\n    if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; };\r\n    var unit = {\"calltype\":\"async[2]\",\"publisher\":\"dragonden\",\"width\":550,\"height\":250,\"sid\":\"oddplanet\",\"color_site_link\":\"cf4343\",\"color_text\":\"333333\"};\r\n    var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length;\r\n    window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit);\r\n    document.write('<div id=\"chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '\"><\/div>');\r\n}());\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/cdn.chitika.net\/getads.js\" async><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<?php } ?>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<br\/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A carpenter who keeps his clothes clean by working in the nude was arrested after a client returned home early and found him building bookcases in the buff. 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