Lady Godiva and the Coinstar machine

I wish I could say that Lady Godiva was the person tipping a five-gallon Ozarka bottle of coins into the Coinstar change machine at Tom Thumb this evening. It was an impressive feat even for the guy wearing clothes. Not sure how full the bottle was when he started dumping the pennies, but he still had a long way to go when I left the store with the hamburger buns and baby carrots. Ka-chinga-chinga-chinga-chinga.

No, Lady Godiva was the gal running across Knox Street on the Katy Trail as I was leaving work. Don't get confused here. Lady Godiva was never in a remake of "A Star is Born." She rode a horse in the buff to protest taxation, or some such back in the 1300s.

My dear friend Felicia was famous for convincing a college dean to let her portray Godiva and ride a horse around the campus  promoting a Medieval Faire. She had to design sufficiently concealing attire to gain permission while also creating the historically-accurate revealing illusion. Everything required more effort and creativity in the 70s! I miss Felicia so often!

The Ms. Godiva jogging across Knox wore spandex top and bottom all of a pale dusky peach color.  Apparently she could easily purchase this traffic-stopping medieval look at Nordstroms. But WHY?


Really. ...At least in the 70s Godiva was clothed and the streakers were naked. Plus, how much would a five-gallon bottle of pennies weigh?


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