Re: Left Behind

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Second "hand" porno is a bit squicky, no?


Posted by: John Emerson | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 6:54 AM
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Say again, John? The Valium was just kicking in and, huh. Yeah, comments.


Posted by: Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 7:14 AM
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When I moved into my apartment in Cleveland, someone had left (as I recently told some here) a book of "historical erotica"--stories about doctors curing women of hysteria with special devices, etc. Made for good semi-public readings.

I took it as a good sign that someone left in my current apartment two issues of the French journal Dix-huitième Siècle.


Posted by: A White Bear | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 7:19 AM
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"Full-service broker" is a euphemism for "pimp", or ought to be.

John -- second-hand porn magazines are sold by sidewalk vendors of used books on the upper west side of Manhattan, or were recently. (Some of the used book vendors up there are serious and have pretty meaningful selections of literature, others are bumming around and have mostly used copies of Penthouse.)


Posted by: Clownaesthesiologist | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 7:31 AM
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We've found lots of crazy stuff after people have moved out of apartments. People leave behind lots of porn. There must be a play it foward attitude.


Posted by: will | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 7:34 AM
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We have a huge 20+ year old microwave that weighs 50 pounds if it weighs an ounce. The SO was given it by a neighbor years (decades) ago. I like to call it the Radiation King. When we moved last year, she wanted to leave it, making up all these excuses about how the new tenants would be able to use it and would be thankful for it. I pointed out that the likelihood of anyone being thankful that we left a crappy, old, massive, heavy microwave to take up most of the decent counter space in the kitchen was exceedingly small. It's now sitting in our garage, along with half a dozen air conditioners that the former owners of our house left there.


Posted by: JL | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 7:52 AM
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I suppose if the pages aren't stuck together it's probably OK.


Posted by: John Emerson | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 7:53 AM
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I can't decide what's more astonishing -- that Ogged had a $2 million apartment, or that he left any porn behind in it.


Posted by: Anderson | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 9:03 AM
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Found in my closet upon move-in: a porn dvd celebrating (ahem) multicultural diversity, and a two-foot glass bong. Previous tenant was a Tulane frat boy, you'll be shocked to learn.


Posted by: susan | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 10:33 AM
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An article from the Real Estate section is not a "Styles piece."


Posted by: Mr. F | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 12:31 PM
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Wow, those bongs aren't cheap.


Posted by: neil | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 12:34 PM
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10 - If it walks like a Styles piece and reads like a Styles piece...

Really, the whole NYT is being taken over by Styles.


Posted by: Becks | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 1:43 PM
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9: Scored to "It's A Small World After All."


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 1:47 PM
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I once had the pleasure of sharing the backseat of a law enforcement ranger's car with his 12-inch stack of porn. Guess there isn't much to enforce in the Smokies.


Posted by: ptm | Link to this comment | 05-16-07 2:38 PM
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