City prosecutors on Wednesday said it was not illegal to perform naked yoga in the city - even at the crowded tourist destination of Fisherman's Wharf.Prosecutors dropped charges against a limber nudist, known locally as the "Naked Yoga Guy", who made a habit of striking yoga poses in the buff in order to promote a book and his lifestyle. The Naked Yoga Guy, whose name is George Monty Davis, had stripped to stretch near Fisherman's Wharf, prompting a public complaint. But prosecutors decided they had a weak public nuisance case against him because local laws do not bar public nudity.
"Simply being naked on the street is not a crime in San Francisco," said Debbie Mesloh, a spokesperson for the district attorney's office.
keeping the streets safe for naked yoga
Tags: perversions, sf
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That's it, I'm definately coming to visit your fine city now.
I clearly do not belong here in the Midwest.
This is...good?
No.. it's not.
Great, now we'll be seeing more Cat poses than usual at the Folsom St Fair this sunday....
"Monty". Heh.
does goatse count as yoga?
I'm too lazy to look it up, but I really hope so.
*cough*
firstly, please, for the children, don't ever look it up.
and to answer the question, uhh, no, it very probably doesn't. For which I am sure the fine people of San Francisco are very grateful.
We can be thankful (for once) that this article did not include a photo.
roll your own
THANKS, DEVON, for derailling a once-productive day!
augh!
Truly, this man has a gift.
and at times we all wish he'd curb his generosity with it!
You, Dev, you will get yours one day. One Day.
I don't know if it's the same guy, but I did shoot this picture when I was visiting San Francisco last weekend.
The funniest part to me was that the cop didn't seem to be trying to get the guy to put clothes on. They just seemed to be hanging out and casually shooting the breeze.
Cop: Sir, what are you doing?
NakedYogaGuy: Just hanging out.
local laws do not bar public nudity
That reminds me — years ago at Gay Pride and the Folsom St Fair cops required females to wear pasties or tape over their nipples but didn't seem to mind or notice genital exposure. What was that about?
genitals are fun perhaps?
Well, yes. But nipples! Who can resist nipples? Oh. Maybe that explains it.