harlowcampbell@gmail.com wrote:

OAKLAND, California (AP) -- A carpenter who keeps his clothes clean
by working in the nude was arrested after a client returned home
early and found him building bookcases in the buff.

Percy Honniball, 50, was charged with misdemeanor indecent exposure
this week for the October incident.

He told officers he stripped before crawling under the client's house
to do electrical work because he didn't want to soil his clothes,
police said.

Honniball said Thursday that working in the nude gave him a better
range of motion and that a skilled craftsman can work clothing -- and
injury -- free.

"In certain situations such as demolitions where you are smashing
rock you want to be clothed and protected because this rock can harm
you," he said.

Honniball was caught working naked in Berkeley three times in the
last six years and put on probation for violating a city ordinance.
Honniball said he doesn't plan to do work in his birthday suit again.

Police said he apologized to the startled homeowner, but was fired.
The homeowner paid Honniball for the finished work, but deducted
$200.

"He kept out that amount to change his locks," Oakland Police Officer
Jesse Grant said.

I think it's a bit strange that the homeowner called the police.