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Related: About this forumIt's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's The Thong Cape Scooter Man Of Madison, WI!
A 56-year-old Madison man who likes to ride around town on a scooter wearing a thong, a helmet and a black cape with red trim might be a disturbing sight to schoolchildren and teachers, but hes not breaking any laws.
Police were called May 16 by staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School after the man police call Thong Cape Scooter Man rode by when students were walking to a bus after school.
He didnt do anything more than ride by, according to a Madison police news release. But parents and teachers were disturbed.
A police sergeant went to the mans house to have a brief talk with him.
He said he exercised poor judgment by going by the school at that time of day, it was unintentional and he just happened to be traveling through the area, police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/thong-cape-scooter-man-is-a-sight-but-he-s/article_b1207bb2-03e5-5f28-9939-9c04f9f10c6b.html
Police were called May 16 by staff at John F. Kennedy Elementary School after the man police call Thong Cape Scooter Man rode by when students were walking to a bus after school.
He didnt do anything more than ride by, according to a Madison police news release. But parents and teachers were disturbed.
A police sergeant went to the mans house to have a brief talk with him.
He said he exercised poor judgment by going by the school at that time of day, it was unintentional and he just happened to be traveling through the area, police spokesman Joel DeSpain said.
http://host.madison.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/thong-cape-scooter-man-is-a-sight-but-he-s/article_b1207bb2-03e5-5f28-9939-9c04f9f10c6b.html
OK I know we have a lot of DUers from Wisconsin, who is it?
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It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's The Thong Cape Scooter Man Of Madison, WI! (Original Post)
Initech
May 2013
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ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)1. Why would anyone call the police on him? nt
MADem
(135,425 posts)5. Maybe they didn't like the display of his business in a revealing thong, and characterized
his clothing as lewd and lascivious to the police?
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)2. "A police sargeant went to the man's house to have a brief talk with him."
Initech
(99,915 posts)3. Define brief.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)4. It's Wisconsin
I can't imagine this is a problem for more than a few months a year.
MADem
(135,425 posts)6. Yes--the cold does have a way of solving that problem... nt
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)7. That video's a riot. "We're gonna get him"
Makes me remember what I love about Midwestern sensibilities. Those people are a hoot.
MADem
(135,425 posts)8. He made the news, too--no law concerning questionable taste!!!