M&D linguistic paper

[Tom Stanton]

At 03:00 PM 6/16/97 -0600, Todd Meigs wrote:
> And i'm not about to
>complain about the NY cocktail women sauntering up to my table, managing to
>make their uncracked copy of M&D match not only their socks but lipstick,
>earrings, and stockings, while they start in on "isn't it awful the way the
>poor man is stalked by those nasty reporters?" as I signal for another
>martini...

M&D as a pickup devices, eh? I was naive enough to believe it was
just a novel. So if I go strolling around SoHo with a well-read copy
will women glide up & chat?