BS: Summer Solstice

Subject: RE: BS: Summer Solstice
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 23 Jun 10 - 03:49 AM

Let me worship like the dru-ids
Drinking strange exotic flu-ids
Running naked thru the woo-ids
It's good enough for me

Maybe she was just an enthusiastic celebrant

WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah - A woman was undergoing a mental evaluation Tuesday after police say she stole two vehicles, including a police cruiser, and led officers on a chase through two Salt Lake City suburbs — all while naked.

Police Capt. Tom McLachlan said doctors do not believe drugs or alcohol led to the woman's erratic behavior, which also included running through sage brush.

The chase finally ended when she was subdued with a stun gun after climbing a chain-link fence.

"It appears there may be mental issues involved," McLachlan said.

He said the woman is in her early 30s, but her name was not being released. He said doctors need to finish a medical assessment before police decide whether to pursue charges.

The chase started in West Jordan when the already unclothed woman left her car, climbed into another car that was running and drove away, McLachlan said.

He said she wrecked that car, then ran off — still naked — into some sagebrush. A police officer spotted her and called for backup, not knowing what to expect from the woman.

When another officer arrived, the woman charged them both, slipped through their grasp and took off in one of their cruisers, ramming it through a large gate, McLachlan said.

That ride ended in nearby West Valley City when the woman failed to make a sharp left turn and the cruiser ramped off a berm and traveled about 50 feet before crashing to the ground hard enough to bend the vehicle's frame, McLachlan said.

"That car that she took is a total loss," he said. "I think there's a hubcap that's still usable."



Is somebody going to write the song?

John

Subject: RE: BS: Summer Solstice
From: LadyJean
Date: 24 Jun 10 - 12:24 AM

I cut back my St. John's Wort, which is plotting to take over the world and distributed it for Midsummer.
Driving through Salt Lake City naked takes some nerve. It's a useful reminder that it's never a good idea to leave your car running.

Subject: RE: BS: Summer Solstice
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 Jun 24 - 06:46 PM

It's been a while since there was a Summer Solstice thread;
maybe it's time to refresh this one.
Hope it's a happy one for all concerned.

Subject: RE: BS: Summer Solstice
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 20 Jun 24 - 03:40 AM

The summer solstice is when the tip of the earth's axis is nearest to the sun. Here in the UK that will be at 2150 today. I shall run round the dandelion patch naked waving my golden sycle...

Subject: RE: BS: Summer Solstice
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 20 Jun 24 - 06:42 AM

I shall be in bed… ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Summer Solstice
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 20 Jun 24 - 08:03 AM

sycle - cross between a sickle and a scythe

If you have 2 of them it become a bisycle...

:-D

Subject: RE: BS: Summer Solstice
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Jun 24 - 03:07 PM

It'll be at 3:50pm central time (in less than 2 hours); I'm at the museum now (fiddling while the scanner runs) and looked it up. I've suggested to an archivist friend she might want to streak across the front courtyard (in the 1970s use of the word). She thinks perhaps the management here is too conservative to appreciate the gesture. :)

Enjoy the occasion, however you celebrate solstice!

Subject: RE: BS: Summer Solstice
From: JennieG
Date: 20 Jun 24 - 04:58 PM

Winter solstice happened in my part of Oz seven minutes ago.

Another six months till the summer equivalent.

Subject: RE: BS: Summer Solstice
From: Raggytash
Date: 20 Jun 24 - 07:01 PM

Nights are fair drawing in!