Naked carpenter: I wanted to stay clean
Working in the nude may be OK for telecommuting
-- but, for remodeling? I don't think so.
His business partner
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.
Honniball was caught working naked in Berkeley three times in the last six years and put on probation for violating a city ordinance. Honniball said he doesn’t plan to do work in his birthday suit again.
I know contractors in Santa Fe who would hire this guy!
Posted: Sun - April 23, 2006 at 07:31 AM