Banana-costumed Port Angeles man suspected of exposing self, brandishing gun

The News Tribune (Tacoma WA) ^ | 8/18/2010

[llevrok]

PORT ANGELES, Wash. – A man in a banana costume is accused of exposing himself and brandishing a shotgun while riding around with a bunch of friends in Port Angeles.

The Clallam County sheriff's office says the 21-year-old was arrested Tuesday evening for investigation of indecent exposure and reckless endangerment.

The Peninsula Daily News reports police first received a report of the costumed man exposing himself at a restaurant.

Sheriff's Sgt. Randy Pieper says they also drove through a neighborhood where the man got out brandishing the gun.

After his arrest, the man couldn't explain why he was costumed. The other man also was arrested, but an 18-year-old woman in the car was allowed to split.

The banana costume was seized as evidence

[llevrok]

Is that a gun in your pants or......

[Nervous Tick]

>> A man in a banana costume is accused of exposing himself

Everything was fun and games until he peeled off his costume.

[StarfireIV]

"Peanut butter jelly, peanut butter jelly, peanut butter jelly with a baseball----"
>THWACK<
"ungh... bat?"

[Michael.SF.]

So the banana exposed his........... banana?

[jiggyboy]

an 18-year-old woman in the car was allowed to split.

Starting to look a little bogus here...

[Nervous Tick]

>> So the banana exposed his........... banana?

It wasn’t a Chiquita, then.

Probably Del Monte.

Ol’ Del always *was* a bit strange.

[Grut]

Ah, college days....

[TigersEye]

Sheriff's Sgt. Randy Pieper says they also drove through a neighborhood where the man banana got out brandishing the gun.

That'd make me peel out.

[GQuagmire]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8MDNFaGfT4

[GSWarrior]

Where to start?

I bet the perp was on the dole.

[dynachrome]

Carmen Miranda was called in to consult.

[Keith in Iowa]

http://www.absurdintellectual.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/bananaflasherbig-499x358.jpg

[Yardstick]

He’s a bad apple.

[Izzy Dunne]

This is my weapon
This is my gun
One is for shootin’
The other’s for fun

[mathurine]

Is he running for office? Which one, where, why? If he’s running in Minnesota and has some good lawyers he can probably win. Some states are more amenable to being represented by clowns than others.

[divine_moment_of_facts]

That’s the first thing I thought of, too.. No excuse for why he was dressed in the banana costume? He should have said because it’s “Peanut Butter Jelly Time.. “

[vox_freedom]

Doesn’t sound very appealing.
the banana, I mean. Just sayin’

[Clay Moore]

This is my rifle,
This is my gun...

[Clay Moore]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piWCBOsJr-w

[Slings and Arrows]

This story has a lot of a-peal.