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Playboy, In Braille
Banterist ^ | December 5, 2005 | Brian Sack.

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


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Books/Literature; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: braille; bump; bumps; playboy
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To: Sarajevo

The Centerfolds are unbelieveable


21 posted on 12/20/2005 7:18:23 AM PST by stocksthatgoup ("It's inexcusable to tell us to 'connect the dots' and not give us the tools to do so." G W Bush)
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To: Maximus of Texas

Ok Max, how about a Braille PlayGIRL magazine...LOL!


22 posted on 12/20/2005 7:22:31 AM PST by EX52D ((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
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To: EX52D
They approached me but the paper wasn't big enough to use the bumps that would be required for certain parts.


23 posted on 12/20/2005 7:30:19 AM PST by Maximus of Texas (Peppermint Patty - Future Dyke)
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To: EX52D
They approached me but the paper wasn't big enough to use the bumps that would be required for certain parts.


24 posted on 12/20/2005 7:30:23 AM PST by Maximus of Texas (Peppermint Patty - Future Dyke)
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To: Maximus of Texas
I guess that beared repeating, eh? Thumbs Up
25 posted on 12/20/2005 7:33:31 AM PST by EX52D ((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
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To: Maximus of Texas

Do you like movies about gladiators?


26 posted on 12/20/2005 7:42:40 AM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: tuffydoodle; LongElegantLegs

Ever been in a Turkish prison?


27 posted on 12/20/2005 7:46:10 AM PST by Maximus of Texas (Peppermint Patty - Future Dyke)
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To: peacebaby

I've read over your comment about a dozen times and I can't figure out why anyone would think you meant that blind people don't have sex lives. Someone just looking to be offended, perhaps?

FWIW, I thought your comment was funny.


28 posted on 12/20/2005 7:48:29 AM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: Maximus of Texas

Ever seen a grown man naked?


29 posted on 12/20/2005 7:48:57 AM PST by tuffydoodle (Shut up voices, or I'll poke you with a Q-Tip again.)
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To: Maximus of Texas
I am Abby Normal

You take the blond,I'll take the one in the turban.

30 posted on 12/20/2005 7:50:13 AM PST by Gay State Conservative
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To: tuffydoodle

yes, I know...and my point was sorely missed, too.

Having a sense of humor is a sign of intelligence. Some of us got it, and some of us don't.

Whatever. Peace.


31 posted on 12/20/2005 7:51:40 AM PST by peacebaby (Good morning heartache, if you're gonna stay, you gotta get a job, I've got bills to pay.)
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To: tuffydoodle
ROTFL
32 posted on 12/20/2005 7:59:43 AM PST by EX52D ((I have shifted to "Christmas Survival Mode"))
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To: DJ MacWoW; Darksheare
"LOL ping"

Oh, be careful!

We're supposed to be on our best behavior now.

On the other hand ... er, um. If this were to be a proper manner of presentation, it should be executed on the skin of a naked girl. I'd buy a subsciption.

33 posted on 12/20/2005 8:01:37 AM PST by NicknamedBob (To all my FRiends on Free Republic, *Merry Christmas*,& to all my Jewish Friends, *Merry Christmas*)
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To: Dashing Dasher; pissant; teenyelliott

I'll bet what pissant really needs is a blind girlfriend.


34 posted on 12/20/2005 8:02:24 AM PST by Argh
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To: peacebaby

In college, I took and passed Anatomy by Braille 101...I got an A+ as a matter of fact.


35 posted on 12/20/2005 8:03:55 AM PST by Snardius (Some women want to walk hand in hand through the park; sing them a song; bite them on the spine...)
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To: tuffydoodle; pissant

You're getting me confused with Pissant.


36 posted on 12/20/2005 8:12:09 AM PST by Maximus of Texas (Peppermint Patty - Future Dyke)
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To: Argh

That would help his chances.


37 posted on 12/20/2005 8:15:51 AM PST by Dashing Dasher (Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.)
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To: tuffydoodle; Maximus of Texas

Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue


38 posted on 12/20/2005 8:17:47 AM PST by Dashing Dasher (Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.)
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To: Dashing Dasher; tuffydoodle

DD, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.


39 posted on 12/20/2005 8:21:32 AM PST by Maximus of Texas (Peppermint Patty - Future Dyke)
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To: Maximus of Texas

No dice, Chicago. I'm giving the orders and we're coming in. I guess the foot's on the other hand now, isn't it Kramer?


40 posted on 12/20/2005 8:25:23 AM PST by Dashing Dasher (Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.)
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