Did you ever moon someone...

[Cooper]

... and think you could find yourself in court?

 

In yesterday's Washington Post there was a story about a man who exposed his buttocks during an argument and was brought to trial.

Mooning deemed "disgusting" but legal in Md.

 

WASHINGTON: Acquitting a Germantown man who exposed his buttocks during an argument with a neighbor, a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge ruled yesterday that mooning, while distasteful, is not illegal in Maryland.

 

"If exposure of half of the buttock constituted indecent exposure, any woman wearing a thong at the beach at Ocean City would be guilty," Judge John W. Debelius III said after the bench trial, reversing a ruling of a District Court judge.

 

Debelius made clear his disdain for the defendant, calling the alleged act "disgusting" and "demeaning". The outcome could have been different, he suggested, if the man had been on trial for "being a jerk".

 

The case arose from a June 7th argument between the defendant, Raymond Hugh McNealy, 44, and a neighbor, Nanette Vonfeldt. Vondeldt pressed charges against McNealy after he allegedly yelled and , according to Vonfeldt, threatened to "blow up my building" as she and her 8 year old daughter walked out of their Germantown apartment.

 

"Then, for whatever reason, in full view of my daughter, he mooned us," Vonfeldt wrote in a court document. The two had a long standing feud over issues before their homeowners association, which held a heated meeting the night before. McNealy's attorney said, McNealy wanted Vonfeldt off the association's board.

 

The case went to trial on Sept. 12 and the judge ruled against the defendant. Indecent exposure in Maryland is punishable by as much as three years in prison and a $1,000 fine.

 

"Victory for beachgoers and plumbers"...McNealy's attorney appealed the verdict, arguing that indecent exposure in Maryland constitutes the willful public display of a person's "private parts", which, they argued do not include a person's buttocks.

 

The paper is taking a poll seeing how it's readers feel.

[+ Lucky]

It's a popular pastime, to be encouraged among young males!

 

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[Cooper]

My most memorable mooning encounter would have to have been during my high school days.

 

The school I attended had this traditional policy of separate buses for boys and girls. So, whenever we attend a school outing or sporting event, it was separate buses for the sexes.

 

Usually returning from late afternoon sporting events would put us smack in the middle of rush hour and the traffic on the LIE was bumper to bumper... So, whenever the buses pulled up next to each other, both groups would lower their pants, put their butts up to the open windows, and moon the other. This went on for quite some time. Funny thing, our "H.S.senior" chaperones never said a word. :+