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Look Out Mandy, You Might Get Wet!

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So I'm walking down Van Ness in San Francisco and spot this ancient looking piece of "trash" on the sidewalk. My heart pounded as I reached to pick it up only to find that I'd just scooped up a Victorian era steroview card that had at one time titillated our great great grandparents from coin operated 3-D viewing machines back in the day. I can't figure out what's going on in this scene - a man wearing black socks (sexxxaay) and pajamas appears to be humping a matronly woman as she holds a basin up to a oddly positioned water spigot in the wall. The caption says "Ring three times for hot water - look out Mandy, you might get wet!"

October 29, 2008 in Urban Ephemera & Artifacts |

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So deliciously random!

Is this old-school porn?

Posted by: jerms | October 30, 2008 at 04:45 PM

Of course you would find this one. Like Froggie said (below) "it always shows up when you stop searching for it."

And there goes your peaceful solitude, and Froggie's, and ours, i suppose ...

you might get wet!

Posted by: Knox Bronson | October 31, 2008 at 11:51 PM

Aw, he's not humping her. Putting the smooth moves on her, sure--but other than that, no. Hell, he's even turning on the water for her.

Posted by: | November 18, 2008 at 10:31 AM

Too bad I'm not living in the Bay area anymore! Believe it or not, I actually own a stereopticon viewer that was my grandmother's. I'll bet that slide would fit the machine perfectly... you could've seen it in 3D!

Bring it to LA with you next time you're around!

Posted by: lynnster | December 05, 2008 at 11:09 PM

if you can crossfuse the image, you can see the depth in it... worked for me!

Posted by: amanda | December 16, 2008 at 02:17 PM

Crossing my eyes worked for me, too!

Posted by: j | January 21, 2009 at 07:06 PM

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