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Mooning festival
« on: July 19, 2009, 03:33:04 pm »

...The biggest event of the year in Laguna Niguel , Calif. , is coming up on Saturday July 10, but Mayor Robert Ming has a message for those planning to attend: Keep your pants on.
For 30 years, the town has played host to an affair dubbed "Moon Over Amtrak." Crowds line Camino Capistrano, a road that runs along the railroad tracks, and pass the day dropping their trousers every time a train rolls by. Some regulars compare it to Mardi Gras, others to Woodstock . Moon Amtrak once was so small the bar whose patrons thought it up gave free beer to everyone who took part. Last year, between 8,000 and 10,000 people showed up.

This year, the city, on the busy Orange County corridor between Los Angeles and San Diego , is planning a crackdown. "Avoid the area this year," the city advises on its home page. In a cheeky Twitter feed, it added, the city is "saying 'NO' to crack."...


http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124718939724920855.html