Posted on 09/09/2010 7:06:08 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
HOUSTON (AP) -- Suzi Hanks reads Playboy magazine for the articles. And the jokes. And the letters and cartoons.
And yes, for the pictures.
Each week, for an hour, Hanks snuggles close to a microphone in a tiny soundproof closet, reading - and describing in great detail - portions of the latest Playboy issue for the blind.
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While a text-only Braille edition of Playboy has been available for decades, Playboy spokesman Steve Mazeika said he wasn't aware of another service featuring the magazine like the one in Houston.
Bob Bartlett, 67, of Houston, was a regular Playboy reader for years before he became legally blind in 1981. He signed up for the radio service three years later.
Pictures?
A good reason to play with the “knobs” on the radio.
Stop that or you’ll go... Oh. Too late.
The church ladies used to say that would happen.
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