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Oh the irony... I should proudly display my numismatic tendencies
Longacre
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Something happened today that I found pretty ironic. I needed to travel to Atlanta to work, so this afternoon I catch a flight from La Guardia to Atlanta. Surprisingly, the flight was not too full, and some guy, probably in his 20's, was sitting at the window and I was on the aisle. With no embarassment, he whips out the most recent issue of Playboy magazine (yes, that's Playboy magazine), takes it out of its plastic wrapper, and proceeds to read it out in the open during the flight. Although I was quite startled, I expected nothing less from a New Yorker 
(and it also made it difficult for me to concentrate on my Alexander Hamilton biography that I was reading).
Fast forward about 3 hours, and I am now in Atlanta. Because American didn't even bother to serve a stale cracker on the flight, I quickly found a Famous Dave's BBQ restaurant down the street from my hotel. At the restaurant, I whipped out the most recent issue of Coin World, and proceed to read it out in the open. With just my luck, I happen to get a very attractive, young waitress, who has a penchant for calling me "hon." Needless to say, I was quite embarassed to be reading Coin World like a nerd out in the open, and quickly shoved it back in my bag.
I found the out-in-the-open Playboy reading and my embarassment to be reading Coin World in public to be quite ironic. Perhaps one day I will proudly display my numismatic tendencies.
(and it also made it difficult for me to concentrate on my Alexander Hamilton biography that I was reading).Fast forward about 3 hours, and I am now in Atlanta. Because American didn't even bother to serve a stale cracker on the flight, I quickly found a Famous Dave's BBQ restaurant down the street from my hotel. At the restaurant, I whipped out the most recent issue of Coin World, and proceed to read it out in the open. With just my luck, I happen to get a very attractive, young waitress, who has a penchant for calling me "hon." Needless to say, I was quite embarassed to be reading Coin World like a nerd out in the open, and quickly shoved it back in my bag.
I found the out-in-the-open Playboy reading and my embarassment to be reading Coin World in public to be quite ironic. Perhaps one day I will proudly display my numismatic tendencies.
Always took candy from strangers
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
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Apropos of the coin posse/aka caca: "The longer he spoke of his honor, the tighter I held to my purse."
-David
In the first, a teenager with a lustful glance eyes a copy of Playboy carefully tucked into a copy of Mad Magazine. In the second, the magazines are reversed.
There is another story too - they did a writeup on the 1933 $20 in Playboy, and a well known numismatic figure was interviewed for the article. I talked to this guy at a convention and he was somewhat proud of the fact that he had "appeared" in Playboy.
Collecting:
Conder tokens
19th & 20th Century coins from Great Britain and the Realm
When the other guy whipped out his Playboy, did he show any of the above?
I'm always hiding the coin magazine on the plane because I don't want to be robbed, not because I'm concerned about being labeled a nerd!
Rex
<< <i>When you whipped out your magazine, you show knowledge, wealth, and pride.
When the other guy whipped out his Playboy, did he show any of the above? >>
That is not why you read Playboy, tmot.
Ray
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<< <i>When you whipped out your magazine, you show knowledge, wealth, and pride.
When the other guy whipped out his Playboy, did he show any of the above? >>
That is not why you read Playboy, tmot.
Ray >>
I was going to say something about whipping something else out, but didn't feel that the thread would stay around.
<< <i>I was sure that the irony was that you recognized the waitress from the Playboy.
Or did the waitress tell you about the whizzed coins she received from a 2-page spread in Coin World which called them "select BU"?
All of the sudden like a blast I hear this guy screaming the weather report high of 26 degrees here in New Jersey this Monday morning. Woke up fell outta bed dragged a comb across my head found my way down stairs and had a cup and looking up I noticed I was late. Found my coat and grabbed my hat made the bus in seconds flat..............The End