Though only a charter member of the “Lady’s International Bathroom Flock Society” myself, I’m certain I’ll have a comeback for the next man and there’s always one, who comments that women in public “always” go to the restroom in flocks - (or herds, depending upon the quality and tact of your escorts).One lady announces she needs to powder her nose, and each in turn states that she too will come along. In some places, it’s self protection, in other cases, Where else are we going to talk about you?
I can tell you one thing I’ve never witnessed in many a flock meeting, the name Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) comes to mind. Somehow those in the know were aware that the Minneapolis-St. Paul international Airport was THE happenin’ place to go for some senatorial action. Craig discovered it quite a bit after the plainclothes police did. By this time of his arrival on June 11, they’d had a bit of practice recognizing the signals, and arresting some unmarried and married men “on the down low”. Senator Craig would fit into the married segment, or was at the time.
Let this be a lesson. Craig’s downfall could educate others, as Sgt.Dave Karsnia who was the plainclothes officer on that fateful day, has shared some of the signals to watch for. In fact, Karsnia was sitting in a stall when Craig entered, and selected his stall (of all others) to stand in front of, lingering, fidgeting, and repeatedly trying to look through the cracks. Craig then entered the next stall and placed his roller bag against the front of the stall door, which undercover police say is one giveaway signal to block outside view. From this point, there seems to be a proscribed ritual as an invitation to lewd conduct, involving foot tapping, which Craig commenced with the officer. Eventually moving his foot closer to the officer’s, the officer then tapped his foot up and down slowly. Is anyone else having flashes of WildKingdom mating rituals? The bathroom was busy, but didn’t deter Craig, as he sidled his foot over so it touched the officer’s. The moment of revelation approaches. Craig swept his hand under the divider several times, to which the officer responded with holding his police ID down on the floor so Craig could see it.
After the inevitable “No!” a couple of times, Craig was arrested and taken to the AirportPoliceOperationsCenter to be interviewed. According to the police report. At one point during the interview, Craig handed the plainclothes sergeant who arrested him a business card that identified him as a U.S. Senator and said,“What do you think about that?” Sadly, the report did not volunteer what they thought of that, though I have a few thoughts. Amnesia is rampant in politics this year, and in the recorded interview after his arrest, Craig “either disagreed with me or “didn’t recall” the events as they happened said Karsnia.He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, and informed the Spokane Spokesman Review that the charge as completely ridiculous saying the allegations had “no basis in fact.” Methinks he protests too much, but he does have our good old fashioned family values to protect. .click here for more details Rollcall.com
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