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Jacksonville by Neighborhood => Downtown => Topic started by: subro on January 16, 2009, 11:57:13 AM

Title: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: subro on January 16, 2009, 11:57:13 AM
I don't know why he left Times Square to come to Jax but the Naked Cowboy is in front of the Wachovia building across from the Landing.

(http://i439.photobucket.com/albums/qq113/mgeary77/untitled.jpg)

I didn't get any closer but I am sure that others will have photos.
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: Jason on January 16, 2009, 12:14:43 PM
What's he all about?  Never heard of him.
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: Joe on January 16, 2009, 12:32:25 PM
Quote from: subro on January 16, 2009, 11:57:13 AM
I don't know why he left Times Square to come to Jax

It's -10 degrees in Times Sqaure! :) He'd be the Frostbite Cowboy.

He's basically a Times Square icon at this point. It makes sense that he would go south for the winter though.
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: subro on January 16, 2009, 12:35:34 PM
From Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Cowboy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked_Cowboy)
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: Shwaz on January 16, 2009, 12:45:39 PM
From NY NY to the Jacksonville landing  ???

My gf took a pic with him last time we were in NYC... guy didn't even have strings on his guitar.

$20 says cops don't recognize him as an NYC icon and arrest him for indecent exposure  :D
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: copperfiend on January 16, 2009, 01:53:57 PM
Maybe he's on a world tour.
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: fsujax on January 16, 2009, 01:56:35 PM
This is funny. I remember hearing about him in Times Square. It seems someone was trying to sue him or something like that.
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: BridgeTroll on January 16, 2009, 02:28:19 PM
Maybe he is protesting the parking meters...
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: Doctor_K on January 16, 2009, 03:21:25 PM
^  Now wouldn't *that* make quite the statement, hmm??
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: jandar on January 16, 2009, 04:32:18 PM
Well, where else would he keep the change?
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: ProjectMaximus on January 16, 2009, 09:37:07 PM
LOL...i think I've seen him the last three or four times I went to NYC. I feel bad for any tourists who went to Times Square find him...he is quite the iconic attraction. Someone should talk to him and see what he thinks.
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: Charles Hunter on January 16, 2009, 10:15:28 PM
He's been here before - in the winter.  As long as he's not really naked, and wearing that - whatever it is - he's not "indecent" - just strange.
Title: Re: The Naked Cowboy
Post by: urbanlibertarian on January 16, 2009, 11:17:57 PM
One word. Shrinkage.