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intaglio

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9. In the fantasy world of Ankh-Morpork

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Fri Jan 10, 2014, 04:25 AM

Jan 2014

Needlewomen earn more money than seamstresses and Mrs Palm would contact the Assassins Guild about 2 dirtbags like your interlocutors. But Ankh Morpork is a fantasy world where seamstresses are never coerced or ill treated and strong, powerful women abound; real life and real humans are not fantasies.

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A weird thing happened to me tonight [View all] BainsBane Jan 2014 OP

Hmmm. "I live on Cedar". Is Cedar Street "that kind of street"? NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #1

Not that I'm aware of BainsBane Jan 2014 #2

These guys, who are they? NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #3

Both were white BainsBane Jan 2014 #4

He could be a termite. Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #8

That's somewhat hilarious. SheilaT Jan 2014 #5

By assets BainsBane Jan 2014 #6

I'm having fun imagining SheilaT Jan 2014 #7

In the fantasy world of Ankh-Morpork intaglio Jan 2014 #9

In 19th century France, seamstresses were believed to be prostitutes BainsBane Jan 2014 #10

Ooops - I should have made that clear intaglio Jan 2014 #11

That is very weird. I am usually one to be totally clueless when a guy says something suggestive to seaglass Jan 2014 #12

OMG, me too. MadrasT Jan 2014 #16

I'm definitely on the clueless side BainsBane Jan 2014 #18

He was an asshole ismnotwasm Jan 2014 #13

I feel like I should have told him to fuck off BainsBane Jan 2014 #14

He's probably just a creep, but he could be an unbalanced creep. CrispyQ Jan 2014 #17

I had that happen to me, but it was a random guy and he said, "Wanna make some quick cash." Dash87 Jan 2014 #15