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24. Early 70s we did a road trip to Provincetown

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Wed Apr 3, 2013, 11:55 PM

Apr 2013

I am in college in Rhode Island, a naive kid from the midwest.

We stop in a bar there, get some drinks. I am a guy traveling with my male college roommates.

Out on the floor are all these other young guys doing this amazing synchronized line dance. Someone tells me that it is called "The Hustle".

I go to the bathroom, I really need to take a leak. I stand at a urinal. Plastered on the walls and ceiling all around the urinal are color magazine photos of very naked men in various, uh, stages of excitement.

Oh.

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Touched by cluelessness. Tell us about a time you were completely clueless. I once [View all] applegrove Apr 2013 OP

We used to refer to ours as "Australian tomatoes". I don''t know why - it seemed funny-- MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #1

A friend and I walked into a hole in the wall bar in Scranton one time. bluedigger Apr 2013 #2

In 1977 I was eleven years old. And sheltered, apparently. Chellee Apr 2013 #3

Wasn't at least one of the Village People dudes straight? nomorenomore08 Apr 2013 #7

Really?? Chellee Apr 2013 #9

I have no idea which one it was. But I could've sworn I read an article or two. nomorenomore08 Apr 2013 #10

HA! I was going to say EXACTLY the same thing CrawlingChaos Apr 2013 #19

About 15 years ago, wife and I had just moved to Miami, Florida Kennah Apr 2013 #4

I'm starting to see a common theme in cluelessness here. bluedigger Apr 2013 #5

There was another one, probably a week after the beach Kennah Apr 2013 #13

Both of us 17-year-old rosy-cheeked innocent smalltown Midwestern boys... MiddleFingerMom Apr 2013 #6

Sometimes I think I've been clueless nearly every day of my life. nomorenomore08 Apr 2013 #8

that area in Amarillo Texas Kali Apr 2013 #11

reminds me of a Russian friend of mine, living here with his wife for a few years. Her mother came Flaxbee Apr 2013 #29

For this one, I can claim age, but my parents, not so much. Kennah Apr 2013 #12

I walked in on my parents HipChick Apr 2013 #14

I was driving home from work one night mythology Apr 2013 #15

I was jumping through hoops to get a job as a medical ward clerk when (1975, I was a college junior) Rowdyboy Apr 2013 #16

I joined the Army at 17 because they told me if I did, I'd be guaranteed to go to GERMANY!!!!! cliffordu Apr 2013 #17

I've been clueless since day one. Doc_Technical Apr 2013 #18

Me too! Now that I'm in my 60's I'm FINALLY figuring it out. Well, some of it, anyway. nt raccoon Apr 2013 #21

Age 19. Paragon, College Park, MD. Beer was legal at 18 back then. Halloween night. talkingmime Apr 2013 #20

One More RobinA Apr 2013 #22

I‘m someone who often would eat applegrove Apr 2013 #30

Kindergarten. Paterson NJ. 1957. Didn't speak a word of English. LiberalEsto Apr 2013 #23

Early 70s we did a road trip to Provincetown kwassa Apr 2013 #24

PTown? sir pball Apr 2013 #25

"Whale watching"? bluedigger Apr 2013 #27

I was in Junior High in the 1960s and saw Hayley Mills in Disney's Summer Magic aint_no_life_nowhere Apr 2013 #26

I was pretty clueless thinking that I could go to the Big City Art_from_Ark Apr 2013 #28