"Tempest In A 'C' Cup"
There are a lot of boobs in Montana, and a number of them are employed by the Fish, Wildlife, and Parks department, according to this story by Eve Byron:
Talk about busted. About 20 bras recently were cut off a fence between Frank Cooper and Shirley Cleary's property and the Stickney Creek fishing access on the Missouri River, after Fish, Wildlife and Parks employees decided the "bra fence" posed an "attractive nuisance."
These state-employed humorless prudes cut down the bras from Cooper and Cleary's property, then threatened the Cooper/Cleary family with prosecution.
The Cooper/Cleary family didn't take this lightly, and what started as a tempest in a C cup evolved to a First Amendment free speech and property rights issue."With all the freedoms vanishing today and all the government regulations that are part of the Patriot Act, this just seemed like another aggressive move on the part of the government," Cooper said from his Helena home on Friday. "The government is infringing on our freedom of speech."
The flap over the bra fence began in July, when the Cooper/Cleary family decided to host a "Beer, Brat and Bra Bust" party at their Missouri River cabin. They got the idea of a bra fence when they were traveling in New Zealand and saw these colorful tourist attractions, some with up to 1,000 undergarments on them.
ëThey had everything from lingerie to panties to long johns on them," Cooper said. "We decided it would be fun to do that here in Montana."
The idea got a lot of support from their friends, and about 25-30 people showed up, with the women bringing red bras, flowered ones, and little black lacy things. Cooper even had three bras from New Zealand to dress up his barbed-wire fence.
"We're talking people 50 to 83 years old, all respectable citizens, like attorneys, social workers, retired professors," Cooper said. "We drank a little wine, ate a few brats and christened the bra fence.
"When we hung the bras ó we had a friend who was like a town crier ó I said ëHear ye, hear ye, let this be a sister memorial to the Cadrona bra fence on the plains of New Zealand. To all the participants that donated bras, and to their former contents, I would only suggest: Hang in there.'"
photo by Gregg Sutter
Being a Montana neighbor, I would like to assure the so-Cal set that most Montanans are fun loving, crazy partiers. Spend a weekend in Missoula or Whitefish, or party naked down at Jerry Johnsons hot springs, about 25 minutes from the University. (Hint: naked and stoned college crowd...)
There is an annual "testicle festival" in (I swear to God) Clinton Montana where gourmets like our divine hostess may sample old west recipes that deliver the best in scrotal pleasures..
www.testyfesty.com
It ain't sophisticated, but for freak watching, it's hard to beat.
Anyhooo, the one thing most of them detest is government intrusion on their morality...
PS- Amy, thanks for the mammaries.... do they have names?
eric at August 31, 2004 9:08 AM
Nice pic! Wow, you really are angling for a stalker, aren't you?
Frank at August 31, 2004 10:26 AM
Dear Amy,
Your tits are huge.
Love,
Lena
Lena Tiny-Tit at August 31, 2004 7:39 PM
What's with the sweater?
Blogreader at August 31, 2004 9:21 PM