THE INSIDER: Liar, liar pants on fire/rinse/awol
A naked man grasps the ‘alternative facts’ concept with a long story about how his pants 'ran way'
A man from Florida in the US has given the most creative excuse – aka alternative fact – for being found naked in a public place. According to the Huffington Post, Pensacola police arrested a 52-year-old after getting a call about a man standing around in a car wash parking lot – possibly waiting for the rinse cycle – without any pants on and with music blaring from his vehicle. When pressed by police as to why he was there without any clothes on, he replied that his pants "took off running by themselves without me". The Insider can only assume with the music blasting from the man’s car, his pants decided to get their groove on or, in this case, off. The man was fined; his pants are still on the run. That’s a big marble in your pocket An American basketball player who plays for a New Zealand team says he is "doing pretty well, all things considered" after his eye popped out in the middle of a game. Akil Mitchell, who plays for the New Zealand Breakers, was in Auckland for an Austral...
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