Posted on 12/19/2005 9:43:18 PM PST by Sarajevo
Most likely you are surprised that such a thing exists. You are not alone.
When I discovered Playboy in Braille years ago, it was in a box in an abandoned building. I found myself in a state of disbelief. The kind you feel when you're being chased by a leprechaun with a crossbow.
It's normal to not want Playboy in Braille to exist. Because it's weird. It raises too many questions. Questions like: Why is the government printing Playboy in Braille? And: How do you explain a naked woman to a pubescent, visually impaired teen?
"Elka leans against a wall, wearing only a carpenter's tool belt. She's hot. Believe me."
"Katsumi arches unnaturally over a coffee table. You can see the whole thing."
"Anja's Mediterranean skin is a warm brown, like the craft paper Playboy you're reading with your finger."
Playboy in Braille makes you think. It's exciting but uncomfortable at the same time. Like Courtney Love fixing your stove.
Run your fingers over the pages, never really knowing if you're touching a gorgeous blonde or an essay by Tom Clancy. Was that Cindy Crawford's bum, or an interview with Gore Vidal? Frankly, it's whatever you want it to be.
That's the glory of Playboy in Braille. November 1995.Volume XLII, No. 11.
It's number 2 in a 4 part series. I don't know where the other parts are, but you'd only miss them if you could read Braille. And you can't, because you're reading this.
This would be a terrible gift for the visually impaired, because you don't give the visually impaired one quarter of a decade-old Playboy as a gift.
But for you? Put it out on the coffee table like I did. Owning Playboy in Braille is like having a Day-Glo orange monkey that can curse in Farsi. It gets attention. People talk.
You want Playboy in Braille. Playboy in Braille wants you.
At least that's what I think it says.
[In a fit of irony, eBay removed the listing, citing it as being for "Mature Audiences."]
Posted in eBay by Brian Sack
Always wondered what a topless bar for the blind would be like?
Sick joke, I`m sorry, but makes a fellow think for a minute
A friend of mine actually owns a few of these.
They are real.
He has them on the coffee table in his office.
At least there's no risk of going blind.
LOL ping
Pics?
Hold it...
Umm...
Never mind...
Excellent comment.
LOL
I just buy it for the articles.
If it takes two hands to read Braille, lots of guys are gonna miss out on the extra-curricular activity that goes with reading Playboy, aren't they?
Probably but that's what the wife is for... to get meh beer.
May I point out that blind people also have sex lives too? (husband of a legally blind woman here)
Yeah, but will a blind person be able to read Braille after growing hair on their palms?
No need to point out that blind people have sex lives. I'm aware of that. It doesn't take sight to feel.
My apologies for the offense you took in my comment.
Then allow me to ask an honest question; Has your wife ever used the drive-thru braille menu at McDonalds?
No. She hates McDonald's.
You are just NOT normal! ;o)
MM
But let's not forget that Ian Fleming's Bond novels were serialized in Playboy during the 60s and I will never forget the illustration for "You Only Live Twice."
You ever been in a cockpit before?
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