Doing it in the nude

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Doing it in the nude

Written by Cindy-Lou Dale

Sunday, 05 August 2007 19:00

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There's something quite liberating in nudity. I couldn't sleep so I crept downstairs, butt-naked to come check my emails and work a little more on the article I'm writing about NYC, then watched a bit of telly with a fresh coffee. A bright light sparked to life in a dark corner of my mind and instantly I recalled with startling clarity that tomorrow is trash day and the truck rolls up at 06h00. Naturally I slipped on my son's size 12 trainers (abandoned at the back doors) and dragged our two trash-cans out onto the curb… still butt naked. I stood around for a while and wondered if any of my neighbours were peering at me through their curtains. I think it's time that I keep record of all the things I've done in the nude, other than the obvious, I regularly iron in the nude, I sleep in the nude, once I even cooked in the nude but don't recommend frying bacon… once I even dived in the nude and I often write in the nude (my cats don't mind) and now I do the trash in the nude.

Something I've always wanted to do is drive a car naked. I'm leaving for Germany on a cool assignment on Wednesday and wonder what my editor's view would be if I included a sidebar promoting driving in the nude. I'd better give that some consideration.

My daughter's trampoline is outside, and I've always wanted to… no I better not, I could do myself an injury. (Sigh)