Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Naked Man: Was He Dancing or Jumping?

I smiled, then laughed out loud, at some of the lines in this report in the Stamford Advocate.  First of all, I love the headline: "Stamford man arrested for dancing nude in street."  Then, the text by John Nickerson, with my smiles and LOLs bolded:  

A city man believed by police to be high on a powerful hallucinogenic was arrested after police saw him dancing naked and doing pushups on Washington Boulevard early Wednesday...
When the officer got to the scene he found Green without a stitch of clothes on yelling and carrying on while jumping around in the middle of Washington Boulevard, Connelly said.
The officer approached Green to find out what was going on but Green would not say anything intelligible.
Green then jumped to the ground and performed seven perfectly formed pushups with his two hands. Connelly said.
I assume the great details of "without a stitch of clothes on yelling and carrying on while jumping around" came are from an interview. I absolutely love the way colloquial language made it into the article.  This, people, is how a newspaper should read!    
However, I'm wondering, was he "dancing" as the headline and lede said, or was he only "jumping around" as Connelly said?   I would like to know the answer to this.  
The detail of "seven" - seven!- "perfectly formed pushups with his two hands" also just communicates the absurdity of the situation.  Of course it's not so absurd that the guy had to be tasered to get him into the police car, but... 

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