Thursday, June 18, 2009

Sin city?

Move over, Las Vegas.

It sounds like Brooksville, Fla., is now the wildest spot in America. Or the most pathetic.

The city council down there had to pass a law requiring city employees to use deodorant and swear off the foul language. They also have to wear underwear — and if they do, it can’t be exposed.

Can it get crazier? Yes. The one dissenting vote on the council came from … the mayor! He said the new rules “take away freedom of choice.”

Ah, yes. He must be referring to Catch 22 of the City Charter, which allows employees to be “rude, crude or lewd” as they see fit.

Basically, this is not a good sign for ol’ Brooksville.

You don’t put this sort of thing on the Chamber of Commerce brochures, unless you have deodorant factories. You don’t change the city limit signs to say things like, “Welcome to Brooksville. Our employees now wear skivvies.”

I guess it could be worse. The proposal could have failed before the City Council, and then Brooksville would be stuck with city employees who look like bikers on a road trip.

Sort of like the city employees in (INSERT THE NAME OF YOUR LEAST FAVORITE TOWN HERE).

1 comment:

Anne said...

And the official city song could go like this:
Tire tracks on our skivvies
Told a tale on me-ee.
Under arm air sirens
Blowing to the sea-ee
Ain't you glad we bathed?
Ain't it just so fine?
Don'tcha wish we'd done that
When we came here last time?
(full apologies to the old lipstick on my collar song)