# Happy Naked Day **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 11, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657 "2013-03-11T21:27:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/1 "2013-03-11T21:27:49Z")
It’s 311. A ‘three-eleven’ is California – or at least L.A. – police code for indecent exposure. Also in Omaha, apparently, as that’s where the band 311 is from and how they got their name. ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/2 "2013-03-11T21:46:50Z")
If it is Naked Day, it should be warmer. I’m waiting for the first of May. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/3 "2013-03-11T21:54:17Z")
> [@Mrs.Cake](#): > > If it is Naked Day, it should be warmer. I’m waiting for the first of May. Beltane is quite definitely Naked Day. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/4 "2013-03-11T21:56:05Z")
311 is also the American Psychiatric Association’s code for an unspecified depressive disorder. Which is what you’d get if you went outside naked in the middle of March around here. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2013, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/5 "2013-03-11T23:00:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > It’s 311. > > A ‘three-eleven’ is California – or at least L.A. – police code for indecent exposure. Also in Omaha, apparently, as that’s where the band 311 is from and how they got their name. sort of like how someone decided to title a show _Detroit 1-8-7_ even though the Michigan penal code for murder is 750.316. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/6 "2013-03-12T00:54:56Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > sort of like how someone decided to title a show _Detroit 1-8-7_ even though the Michigan penal code for murder is 750.316. [SoCalization](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoCalization) (warning: TV Tropes link) ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/7 "2013-03-12T01:07:22Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [SoCalization](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoCalization) (warning: TV Tropes link) That trope is the reason why on American TV a character is automatically jailbait if they’re under 18, regardless of the law of the state the show’s set in. **Law & Order** being a notable exception; being filmed in NYS they use the state’s real age of consent & even use the right name for the different courts. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/8 "2013-03-12T13:57:27Z")
OK, I’ll play. Right now, underneath my clothes, I’m completely naked! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/9 "2013-03-12T14:14:07Z")
We’re having a heatwave, so going naked is probably happening all around me. Within closed doors, though, because it would be insanity to go outdoors and have your skin char and flake off your body. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/10 "2013-03-12T15:42:00Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > **Happy Naked Day** OK, I’ve done my part, but let me tell you, it did not go down well at my office. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/11 "2013-03-12T17:02:31Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > OK, I’ll play. Right now, underneath my clothes, I’m completely naked! I’m jealous of you. I’ve never had the guts to do that. Underneath, I’m fully dressed. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/12 "2013-03-12T17:38:05Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > OK, I’ll play. Right now, underneath my clothes, I’m completely naked! I went one further, I took off all of my clothes…& stepped in the shower. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/13 "2013-03-12T19:49:37Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > I’m jealous of you. I’ve never had the guts to do that. Underneath, I’m fully dressed. OK, I’ll fess up. Underneath my pants, I have another, much much shorter, pair of pants. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/14 "2013-03-12T20:58:16Z")
Section 311 is in the California Penal Code. Though not having anything to do with the law professionally, I own a 1931 copy of the PC which I picked up at a library discard sale. The California PC was enacted in 1872 and is still in effect, as amended. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2013, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-naked-day/652657/15 "2013-03-15T00:12:54Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > [SoCalization](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoCalization) (warning: TV Tropes link) yet another reason why I utterly despise the state of California. Especially southern California.