Phelps 'Hiding Out' in Strip Clubs?

If your job was to count the good decisions Michael Phelps has made since he was wearing that American flag swimming cap on his head in Beijing, your days have probably been fairly uneventful.

Phelps dated this girl, then ripped the Bong Hit Heard 'Round The World (after losing money playing beer pong) and now is trying his hardest to avoid any trouble. So where is the best place for Phelps to avoid trouble? Yes, Pacman, "strip clubs" would be the correct answer.

A source told Page Six that Phelps has been "hiding out at strip clubs," since it is one of the few places cameras aren't allowed. Strip clubs. Strip clubs. Phelps, who got himself in a heap of trouble by "letting our youth down by smoking pot" has decided that the best possible decision he could make is to go to strip clubs because people can't photograph you.

You know where paparazzi can photo you? Walking into a strip club. Or leaving one.

Trust me, as a person who may ~~or may not~~ have spent some solid hours in random strip clubs around the nation, I have no problem visiting these places. I just think if you are trying to restore your image, you might want to avoid something like this for at least a month or so, until your image is at least somewhat repaired.

Michael Phelps Snapshots

EDITORS, PHOTO EDITORS, LIBRARIANS - DELETE FROM YOUR SYSTEMS, AND DO NOT PUBLISH, AP PHOTO NY162 OF FEB. 5, SHOWING MICHAEL PHELPS HOLDING A BOX OF KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES. PHELPS HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED SMOKING MARIJUANA OR INHALING FROM A MARIJUANA PIPE

EDITORS, PHOTO EDITORS, LIBRARIANS - DELETE FROM YOUR SYSTEMS, AND DO NOT PUBLISH, AP PHOTO NY160 OF FEB. 5, SHOWING MICHAEL PHELPS ON THE COVER OF A BOX OF KELLOGG'S CORN FLAKES. PHELPS HAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED SMOKING MARIJUANA OR INHALING FROM A MARIJUANA PIPE ** NO SALES **

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, front, and Olympic medal winner Katie Hoff, rear, train at the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps trains at the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps takes a break while training at the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)

Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps trains at the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Rob Carr)