“Athens-Clarke police have arrested a woman who they say started mooning motorists after she received a ticket for jaywalking. An officer stopped the 23-year-old woman and a friend about 1:10 a.m. Saturday after they walked diagonally across the intersection in downtown Athens. Police said both women had been drinking and were upset and disorderly as the officer began writing them tickets for not crossing in a crosswalk. Police said after getting the citation, the Covington woman walked across Clayton Street and lifted her skirt, then walked to the middle of Jackson Street and did it again, walking around while shaking her buttocks in front of oncoming traffic. The officer noted in his report that the woman used the crosswalks while crossing the street to expose herself. She was arrested for misdemeanor public indecency.” — WSBTV (US)

(Thanks to “Chris Finch” for the link.)

Not long ago in Maryland, a judge decided that mooning is “disgusting but legal.” That seems like an especially sane approach to the matter. After all, everybody has an ass. What should be so shocking about the sight of one? So long as it’s not blowing gas or spewing shit in your direction, you can always free yourself of a mooner’s ass by looking away.

Many asses may even be a joy to behold. Was that the case with the inebriated 23-year-old jaywalker (er, moonwalker?)? So far no amount of googling could turn up her name, let alone a picture of her face or posterior. Let’s assume that she and her friend were out on a bar crawl. She’s in the bloom of life. She’s got some sass to her. Probably her ass wasn’t so disgusting, even if it was illegal in Georgia. (Too bad she didn’t run away from the arresting cop. Would they have put her ass on a Most Wanted poster?)

If there is a moral to the story, it has less to do with mooning per se than with showing up a police officer. If you get stopped for jaywalking, odds are you’re dealing with a persnickety cop. It’s such a minor offense, or at least it is here in New York, that the arresting officer will likely be glad to write you up for anything else he can think of. Don’t mouth off, don’t flip him the bird, and by all means don’t shake your buttocks in front of him — unless you happen to be in Maryland.

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