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You better be careful when you cut your sausage

Friday, July 25th, 2008

It’s blazing hot in New York right now, so in an effort to cool down some of the city’s summer diners have joined the OCD - that’s the Optional Clothing Diners club.The group even has the best motto ever: “No Hot Soup”, and boasts a membership of 50 people from all walks of life. The group regularly attend restaurants in the city for healthy, clothes free meals.

“We’re just more comfortable nude,” said John Ordover, who rents city eateries for dinner parties with a strict dress code - no clothes allowed.

“We’re not out to shock or put on a public spectacle. We want only to do things that other people do in the way that we are most comfortable doing them. That, for us, is without clothes,” he said.

“We’ve never had a restaurant say no to us, and the waiters think nothing of it,” said Ordover, 46, who by day works as a -fully clothed - Web marketer.

“If you work in a restaurant in New York City, the chances are you’ve seen a lot more shocking things than a room full of naked diners,” he added.

Like any nudist club the OCD has its fair share of eccentric members. A naked stand-up comic and naturist yoga teacher are among the regular diners.