FRUIT OF THE LOON

A Florida man tried to get a brief delay in his scheduled trip to jail by telling cops he wasn't dressed for the occasion -- because he wasn't wearing any underwear.

Cops arrived to arrest the man, whose name was not released, on an outstanding warrant, and he immediately became argumentative, thinking they were there to turn off his electricity over an unpaid bill. When they informed him it was more serious than that, he grew nervous and began asking if he could go and put on his undies -- a costume change they denied.

It turned out that he was carrying about $20 worth of crack cocaine, which earned him another charge to take up with a judge next