Does anyone know why so many personals in the LRB are in German (and a couple of issues ago they all were)? Is this some kind of in-joke, and are they as funny as the English ones?
"I had the quickest mind in the country, now I can't even find my pen. Wait -- here it is! Pens and offers of sex please to a pensioner professor."
"More Grand Moff Tarkin than Darth Vader, not nefarious enough, but working on it. M, 35, would like to find F up to 40 with whom I can pronounce e-ve-ry syl-la-ble as we sail through outer space on gondolas. Look for me in my Deathstar for a couple of canapés, frightening silence, and the perfect demeanor."
"Mimi, 64, would like to meet a man whose name consists only of Roman-numeral letters. You should moreover possess a degree in higher mathematics and be very well endowed."
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Date: 2005-01-08 04:28 pm (UTC)Thanks anyway. I suspected something like this.
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Date: 2005-01-08 04:34 pm (UTC)If anyone else wants to play.
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Date: 2005-01-08 05:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-08 05:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-01-08 10:18 pm (UTC)"I had the quickest mind in the country, now I can't even find my pen. Wait -- here it is! Pens and offers of sex please to a pensioner professor."
"More Grand Moff Tarkin than Darth Vader, not nefarious enough, but working on it. M, 35, would like to find F up to 40 with whom I can pronounce e-ve-ry syl-la-ble as we sail through outer space on gondolas. Look for me in my Deathstar for a couple of canapés, frightening silence, and the perfect demeanor."
"Mimi, 64, would like to meet a man whose name consists only of Roman-numeral letters. You should moreover possess a degree in higher mathematics and be very well endowed."
Gosh, this is fun.