If I want news about human stupidity, I go to CNN. They definitely have a unique concept of what makes a story newsworthy, but every once in awhile I want something on the lighter side, and this is what I found there today.

A carpenter who keeps his clothes clean by working in the nude was arrested after a client returned home early and found him building bookcases in the buff.

Percy Honniball, 50, was charged with misdemeanor indecent exposure this week for the October incident.

He told officers he stripped before crawling under the client’s house to do electrical work because he didn’t want to soil his clothes, police said.

Honniball said Thursday that working in the nude gave him a better range of motion and that a skilled craftsman can work clothing — and injury — free.

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Although I am not working as a glazier at the moment, I do plan on doing glass work again in the future. Please be reassured that I will not be doing glass work in the buff, ever. Sharp glass and nudity just don’t mix, in my humble opinion. Furthermore, Worker’s Compensation won’t even let us wear shorts, so I imagine that full nudity is at least against the spirit of the WCB rules even if it hasn’t been explicitly stated in them.

Mr. Honniball doesn’t seem to understand that one of the great benefits of clothing is that while it may get dirty, your body can remain clean. Apparently he was still paid for his work, except for a $200 deduction that his customer used to buy new locks. Genius.

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