Streaking

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Streaking is the act of taking off one''s clothes and running naked through a public place. It is a light-hearted form of Public nudity intended to shock or amuse. On 5 July 1799, a Friday evening at 7 o''clock, a naked man was arrested at the Mansion House, London, and sent to the Poultry Compter. He confirmed that he had accepted a wager of 10 guineas (2009: Pds. 710 ) to run naked from Cornhill to Cheapside. The first recorded incident of streaking by a college student in the United States occurred in 1804 at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) when senior George William Crump was arrested for running nude through Lexington, Virginia, where the university is located. Robert E. Lee later sanctioned streaking as a rite of passage for young Washington and Lee gentlemen. Crump was suspended for the academic session, but would later go on to become a U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to Chile.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Streaking is the act of taking off one's clothes and running naked through a public place. It is a light-hearted form of Public nudity intended to shock or amuse. On 5 July 1799, a Friday evening at 7 o'clock, a naked man was arrested at the Mansion House, London, and sent to the Poultry Compter. He confirmed that he had accepted a wager of 10 guineas (2009: £710 ) to run naked from Cornhill to Cheapside. The first recorded incident of streaking by a college student in the United States occurred in 1804 at Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) when senior George William Crump was arrested for running nude through Lexington, Virginia, where the university is located. Robert E. Lee later sanctioned streaking as a rite of passage for young Washington and Lee gentlemen. Crump was suspended for the academic session, but would later go on to become a U.S. Congressman and Ambassador to Chile.