(Fwd) of Adam Thornton Msg, Re: Harper Valley PTA Report
Henry M
gravity at nicom.com
Sun Jan 26 08:45:30 CST 1997
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From: "Adam J. Thornton" <adam at phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Subject: Re: Harper Valley PTA Report
To: gravity at nicom.com (Henry M)
Date: Sun, 26 Jan 1997 01:39:13 -0500 (EST)
Argh.
If you haven't yet deleted it--as I stupidly have--would you mind
bouncing that last reply to you (the one with the list of possible
masturbatory stimuli) to the P-list?
I hate it when I get so involved in writing a response (and, as you
can imagine, that response was particularly exciting to conjure up)
that I forget to check the headers.
Sorry to trouble you.
Adam
--
Yeah, Adam, I've done the same, sometimes just sending to myself.
Which, now that I think of it, is relevant to this discussion.
<smirk>
So here 'tis, including a quote from me to which you responded.
--
> Any guy who can't jerk-off without a photograph in front of him
> needs help. <semi-smirk>
Sometimes it's nice for a change, though, to have grainy "I think you
can see her *kidneys*" photographs, for those times when a) _Delta of
Venus_ b) _Opus Pistorum_ c) _Justine_ d) _Gravity's Rainbow_ e)
Dali's _Leda Atomica_ f) Von Bayrosian sketches of Scorpia
Mossmoonesque women g) a pair of the Lust Objects' recently-worn and
unwashed panties h) an active imagination i) tekka maki j) _Crash!_ k)
_The 1812 Overture_ l) Tori Amos's _Icicle_ m) A recording of the 1959
Grand Prix at Seagrave n) _Client-Server Programming For Dummies_ o)
Aretino's Sonnets p) _Macho Sluts_ q) an alpaca-fur rug r) _Fanny
Hill_ s) _Lady Chatterly's Lover_ t) _My Secret Life_ u) detailed
tactical maps of the Battle of the Bulge v) _At The Mountains of
Madness_ w) the cloying meretricious hothouse perfumed stench of
decaying orchids x) White Castle cheeseburgers y) Krispy Kreme
doughnuts
-or-
z) _Love Is A Dog From Hell_
all prove to be not quite enough. Different strokes for, er,
different strokes. De gustibus non est disputandum. I'll be quite
upset if Henry--or anyone--purports to tell me which of the above
items I may or may not appropriately consider an erotic stimulus.
Adam
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