I love the South, don’t get me wrong.

And a few of us even managed to vote for Obama this last time round.   Nevertheless, “Tennessee” and “Nudist Colony” have not been terms I would have connected, heretofore.

Rock Haven Lodge is a nudist colony not too far from Knoxville, and it’s no longer under wraps as of this morning’s edition of the Knox News Sentinel (which publishers, apparently, had to read it in Nashville’s The Tennessean first, before they believed it either.)

All I can say is, those folks had better watch out for the crazy ants. Raspberry crazy ants, that is, which were discovered a few years ago in Houston and are coming to get us.  (hat tip Bill for the warning) Those of the nekkid persuasion should note that these ants are proven omnivores.

Sigh.  Do I have to spell it all out for you, people? 

The scientific name for the little beasts is Paratrenicha species near pubens.  Which, while I can’t speak for everyone, would certainly be enough to persuade me to grab a pair of shorts.