NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/soc/singles/37485

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From: [e-mail] (Ramon Dominguez)
Subject: Re: Living alone and liking it
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 15:48:17 GMT
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In article <[e-mail]> Graydon <[e-mail]> writes:
=>Seems this fellow had a couple of peculiarities; he was gay, of
=>the variety sometimes refered to as 'flaming mariposa', and he
=>was blind.  Which meant that he left all his interesting erotic
  ^^^^^^^^^
=>appliances out on the tops of shelves, etc. so he could find specific
=>ones readily.  (Presumably braile labels for the things aren't
=>readily available, making rumaging through a drawer a tedious process).
=>
=>This lead to some attacks of sudden tidying when the acquaintances'
=>fiance's parents were coming over to vist; this also lead to some
=>acrimonious sesions of 'the purple one with the two d cell batteries
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
=>goes over there; the *orange* one goes on this bookshelf..)
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
=>
=>Definately an agregate argument for living alone... :]
=>
=>Graydon
=>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
=>saundrsg@               "Praise then Darkness and Creation unfinished"
=>   qucdn.queensu.ca                   - U. K. LeGuin

So, would you care to explain how the blind guy even knows what color these
things are, and why a blind man would refer to things by their color?
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