Clothing Removal Advice

Near our house are a couple of used clothing donation bins. Here's a photo of one of them:

I had seen these many times, but I only recently noticed the sticker warning people to not enter the donation bin. 

Sometimes you just have to shake your head and wonder what the heck people are doing out there to necessitate this kind of notification. Has anyone actually climbed into one of these, getting in via some sort of reverse Houdini act? If so, what for? Let's hope they weren't wishing to donate their bodies for science. They would have been wholly rejected on the brains part alone. 

Warning: If you're foolish enough to try this, then we don't want any part of you.

Maybe someone accidentally threw a brand new Armani suit in there and said, "Holy crap! I've got to crawl in there and get that back." Or it may be that they didn't realize you must first take your clothes off before donating them. Perhaps someone was walking by on a cold winter day after having taken a picture of themselves for photo ID, and decided they had better get in there to find some warm clothing to wear.

That latter supposition may not make sense to you right now, but read on.

Here's an odd news item from UPI:

The Georgia Department of Driver Services issued an unusual reminder for residents taking advantage of the state's new digital driver's licenses and IDs: "Please take pictures with your clothes on."

The department said in a Facebook post that residents are being asked to ensure they are "keeping things classy" when snapping selfies for their digital licenses and IDs, which allow Apple Wallet users to leave their physical copies in their wallet when passing through TSA checkpoints.

"Attention, lovely people of the digital era," the post reads. "Please take pictures with your clothes on when submitting them for your Digital Driver's License and IDs."

It was unclear whether the reminder was prompted by some residents failing to follow the advice.

"Let's raise our virtual glasses and toast to the future," DDS officials wrote. "Cheers to technology and keeping things classy!"

Instead of raising your glasses, just raise your glances — to the face, that is. But is that even necessary?

Why would anyone submit a picture of anything but their head and face for ID purposes? Never have I had a photo ID that included any other part of my body. That's not to say I don't have some unique identifying birthmarks in areas that usually don't see the sun, as I'm sure we all do. Thankfully I'm generally recognized and identified by my face, and not by some blemish on my tushie. 

Even if some Georgianite, uh Georgianian, I mean Georgianer, that is to say a resident of Georgia were to submit a photo of themself completely unclad from head to toe, wouldn't the good folks from the Department of Driver Services just flat out reject it anyway? All they could possibly want or need is a pic of your noggin. (Just to be clear, "noggin" is slang for "head" and not any other body part that I'm aware of.)

However, I'm all for freedom, and anyone should feel free to strip down to their birthday suits in order to take a picture of themselves for submission to any government agency. As long as they first crop the photo and restrict it to the face alone, then it shouldn't be an issue. Of course, the size of the grin in the face-only photo would be directly proportional to the lack of clothing worn by the applicant.  

In which photo would you imagine 

that I'm not wearing any pants?

(And please don't imagine it)

It seems apparent that some people just get off on exposing themselves to a camera and sending images of their naughty bawdy bodies to whomever. If they're sending them to government agencies, I can't imagine who else they're sending them to. And just an alert to those folks; if you send some nude or seminude photos of yourselves to us here at Snow Shoveling In Canada, we won't accept them either. Although in a few cases, some intense scrutiny may be employed before they are ultimately discarded.

Keep in mind that if you feel a great need to disrobe, then please do so when and where appropriate. For example, it is highly recommended to peel off all your garments when you take a bath or shower. Showering or bathing in your clothes is a terribly soggy, unsatisfying experience. 

When changing into your pajamas at night, you should shed a few layers first and refrain from putting your PJs on over your clothes, for your own comfort. And take your shoes off too.

When shopping for new pants, go into that private little change room and take your trousers right off. If you don't, you'll have to try and find a pair that will fit over what you're wearing. And if you buy those, you will always have to wear them over the old ones, or else you'll find you've just bought yourself a pair of dreadfully baggy britches. Be sure to put your pants back on before exiting the change room. 

Remember as well to always to remove any clothes that you wish to donate to charity.

Anyone who suffers badly from what we shall call Georgia Driver's License ID Exhibitionist Syndrome, who feels an uncontrollable urge to be naked, can easily adopt my attitude that I've discussed in a previous post. Just remind yourself that you're always nude under your clothes. Such a liberating thought!

By the way, I was wearing pants in both photos. I swear I was. At least I'm pretty sure I was. 

Or was one of those taken on that day I made a clothing donation?