[Conspiracy Guy]

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Shag carpet n evrthang, that's very nice. (Where'd you steal it?)

[OESY]

The King Rocks

We loved the Jungle Room, with its green shag carpets --floor, walls and ceiling, and outsize gargoyle-enhanced furniture. (The guy who sold it to Elvis "Doing Business in a Flash" Presley closed up shop in a flash immediately after the sale, and left with his $30,000 in cash for parts unknown.)

Also, we loved the Maria-Theresa lamp made right there in Memphis, his six-book library and 14-telyvisions, and the story about how Lisa Marie sneaked Elvis' favorite concert piano out of the house for two months while it was being gold-leafed. The tour seemed surreal, like a parody on a house tour with one guide per room delivering three sentences.

I won our party's contest to find the tackiest souvenir. Although others found pop-up books and pink Cadillac clocks, I chose a small basket with a face towel and a bar soap bearing Elvis' likeness so that, while showering, you could be close to The King as you rubbed his face against your body. The trip was worth a deviation.