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baldguy

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15. In college I worked in the customer service department at Harlequin Books.

Reply to mrmpa (Original post)

Sat Jul 2, 2016, 07:42 PM

Jul 2016

There was always a certain percentage of the calls from old ladies complaining about the racy nature of the books.

Then there was a similar number of old ladies complaining that they weren't racy enough.

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Just disallowed my 86 year old mom from reading a book..... [View all] mrmpa Jun 2016 OP

She's already downloaded it again. ret5hd Jun 2016 #1

Ha my mom is 68 and she keeps recommending dirty books to me. dilby Jun 2016 #2

That is too............. mrmpa Jun 2016 #3

prom store -- hee hee The Second Stone Jun 2016 #4

Oh, child. malthaussen Jul 2016 #7

LOL, they forget we were young once. Fla Dem Jul 2016 #9

It's the same for every generation, though. malthaussen Jul 2016 #10

I know! Some young-uns think we were 66 fifty years ago and watched Lawrence Welk! WinkyDink Jul 2016 #24

Bwahahaha. progressoid Jul 2016 #19

Hey, a little smut never hurt anyone. nt Laffy Kat Jul 2016 #5

Mom has a defibrillator.......... mrmpa Jul 2016 #11

Lol OriginalGeek Jul 2016 #6

She might have found it interesting. In_The_Wind Jul 2016 #8

I'll never forget how shocked I was when I discovered that my Aristus Jul 2016 #28

she'll just sneak it when you're not around rurallib Jul 2016 #12

you want I should kick your censoring ass, mrmpa? Skittles Jul 2016 #13

No........... mrmpa Jul 2016 #14

In college I worked in the customer service department at Harlequin Books. baldguy Jul 2016 #15

At 86, she's certainly encountered plenty of tongues and nipples mainer Jul 2016 #16

You actually got away with telling your mother she couldn't read what she wanted? jrandom421 Jul 2016 #17

Yes, I did............. mrmpa Jul 2016 #18

Mine too. cwydro Jul 2016 #21

I remember watching Risky Business with my Grandmother on TV. progressoid Jul 2016 #20

the last movie my grandma ever went to in a theater was E.T. OriginalGeek Jul 2016 #23

ET? Racy? progressoid Jul 2016 #29

Grandma was not much for salty talk OriginalGeek Jul 2016 #30

I've known a few late 60s+ women who were very frisky Kaleva Jul 2016 #22

Shakespeare is dirtier than that lame54 Jul 2016 #25

pfft 68 is nothing now let me tell you about when my mother was in her 80's hollysmom Jul 2016 #26

Don't let her read the Bible Kaleva Jul 2016 #27