A LOCAL larrikin has caused quite the stir on social media, and through the streets of Moree.
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‘Farmer Phil’ put up a status on a Moree buy and sell page on Sunday stating if enough people commented he would strut his stuff down the main street in a ‘mankini’.
“I was probably going to do it anyway to be honest,” Phil said.
“We were trying to convince one of my mates to do it as well.”
There were enough comments and the spectacle took place in Balo Street on Monday night… but it was a solo performance.
So, was his mate smarter or just shy?
“Yeh, not as confident I would say,” he laughed.
The show was filmed by Phil’s mate to upload to his new Facebook page with the sound of Shania Twain’s ‘Man I Feel Like a Woman’ ringing in the background…. ‘I’m going out tonight - I’m feelin’ alright, gonna let it all hang out’…..
And what prompted the bold move?
“Why not? Don’t let fear or common-sense hold you back,” Phil said.
The character has been living in working in the region for about three years but says his family and friends have always questioned his sanity.
“I’ve been like this forever,” he said.
And while he’s always been known as the jokester he’s never taken part in anything as big as this before.
He has posted a few videos on his page, just “being an idiot” and saying whatever pops into his head.
After flaunting it down the ‘mainy’ Farmer Phil hit the streets to pose for a number of photos, including one out the front of the police station.
No arrest for being a public nuisance, indecent exposure or the like?
“Nah, I was a bit quick,” he informed the Champion.
“It did get removed from one of the buy, sell, swap pages but I thought it was a joke because Facebook didn’t actually class it as nudity.”
What does the future hold for Farmer Phil?
‘I’m going to attempt it again at a yet to be determined location,” he said.
“I’m open to suggestions.”
He’s a real crowd pleaser too.
“One lady posted that she had to work and couldn’t make it to the main street so I went to Maccas to see her. There were a few shocked faces.”
Guess what ladies… he’s single!
A MANKINI is a type of sling swimsuit worn by men.
The term is inspired by the word bikini.
It was popularised by Sacha Baron Cohen when he donned one in the film Borat.
The buzz around the film started building during the Cannes Film Festival in May 2006, when Baron Cohen posed in character on the beach in a fluorescent green mankini, alongside four models.
Sling swimsuits first emerged in the early 1990s, and are more popular on the beaches of Europe.