Another Iowa Man tells Florida Man to hold his beer while he pleasures himself at a public library

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Yeah, Iowa Man is trying to out Florida Florida Man.

What do you say when a fellow library patron turns a corner and spots you, penis in hand, furiously wanking away?

“Oh, hi,” is what Leroy McFarland, accused public masturbator, came up with Friday afternoon when his illicit pleasure session at a Sioux City Public Library branch was interrupted.

McFarland, 44, “looked surprised” and sought to cover himself with his sweatshirt when the female witness spotted him, according to a criminal complaint charging him with indecent exposure.

A cop working at the library subsequently approached McFarland, who apparently kept touching himself after initially being spotted.

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1. I am somewhat amazed that a town the size of Sioux City

would have need for a policeman on duty at the library.

In all seriousness it looks like Mr. McFarland needs some help. My understanding in Iowa is that mental health for the poor is a hard to get quantity.

[marble falls]

2. Different strokes for different folks.

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3. Weird but not uncommon, unfortunately, especially

in Main municipal libraries.
I'm a retired public librarian, but worked in the branches of a large library system, so I wasn't present for such incidents.
But stories of what goes on in Main Libraries of large cities is well-known to those employed there.

A new movie, "The Public", filmed in the downtown library of the Cincinnati system, tells the story of a homeless population taking over the building. The film has just been released in the last month or two.

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4. Ah, the smell of bound books in a public library IS an aphrodisiac to many! n/t.