publication date: Saturday, March 6, 2010 (part of Round XLII)

category: Fads

clue: Some people have started a new job in New York with only the clothes on their backs, but this guy didn't even have that much.

explanation: Burck was a New York street musician known as the "Naked Cowboy" for wearing only underwear and a cowboy hat. more…

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Denise Sawicki, Joanna Woods, Mike Rothstein, Steve Dunn, Amy Austin, Mike Eberhart, Aaron Shurtleff, Ryan Dunn, Sarah Kyle, Melissa Anderson, and Sara Nelson


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