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ATM nudity sparks new campaign strategies, American Idol futures
Ruben Casas
Issue date: 5/23/08 Section: Diversions
Some people refer to cat-calls as wolf-whistles - that goes in the Things That Are True pile. At least it's true in New Zealand, where Adrain Bathgate reported that an Israeli tourist stripped for a group of road workers who "wolf-whistled" at her.
The woman, who was in line to use an ATM, said that she was "fed up with the wolf-whistles," so she took all her clothes off, withdrew cash, then put her clothes back on, according to the New Zealand Press Association.
After the incident the woman was taken to the police station where she explained that New Zealand men had been pestering her, so she wanted to "show them what [she] had."
Police Sgt. Peter Masters commented that the woman was, in fact, "not an unattractive looking lady," but then admonished her against the behavior, saying that what she did was "inappropriate in New Zealand." However, Masters had nothing to say about making cat-calls/wolf-whistles/whatever at women walking along the street. Presumably that type of behavior is acceptable.
In the Things That Might Be True pile we find a new set of campaign strategies (as if we hadn't seen it all). There is, for example, a corpulent candidate for mayoral office in the Black Sea port of Constanta. People call him "The Elephant," so he got himself an elephant and paraded down the town's main thoroughfare.
"It eats peas," the candidate told reporters of the elephant when the two large creatures stopped to rest.
Another mayoral candidate, this time for the city of Arad, released a poster in which he and 11 of his colleagues sit behind a long table in imitation of the iconic "Last Supper" painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. The message that the portrait is supposed to convey? That he "believes" in his team.
Another candidate for mayor of the city of Bistrita has hung a number of banners around the city that show a finger with a condom wrapped around it. The candidate hopes that the banners will help show how his leadership will serve as a "protection against corruption."
The woman, who was in line to use an ATM, said that she was "fed up with the wolf-whistles," so she took all her clothes off, withdrew cash, then put her clothes back on, according to the New Zealand Press Association.
After the incident the woman was taken to the police station where she explained that New Zealand men had been pestering her, so she wanted to "show them what [she] had."
Police Sgt. Peter Masters commented that the woman was, in fact, "not an unattractive looking lady," but then admonished her against the behavior, saying that what she did was "inappropriate in New Zealand." However, Masters had nothing to say about making cat-calls/wolf-whistles/whatever at women walking along the street. Presumably that type of behavior is acceptable.
In the Things That Might Be True pile we find a new set of campaign strategies (as if we hadn't seen it all). There is, for example, a corpulent candidate for mayoral office in the Black Sea port of Constanta. People call him "The Elephant," so he got himself an elephant and paraded down the town's main thoroughfare.
"It eats peas," the candidate told reporters of the elephant when the two large creatures stopped to rest.
Another mayoral candidate, this time for the city of Arad, released a poster in which he and 11 of his colleagues sit behind a long table in imitation of the iconic "Last Supper" painting by Leonardo Da Vinci. The message that the portrait is supposed to convey? That he "believes" in his team.
Another candidate for mayor of the city of Bistrita has hung a number of banners around the city that show a finger with a condom wrapped around it. The candidate hopes that the banners will help show how his leadership will serve as a "protection against corruption."
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