Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:55:37 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Harp, but not the beer, was Re: PhilCon et al?
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

> dicconf at radix.net 11/16/04 11:48:45 PM >>>
>
>On Tue, 16 Nov 2004, Barry L. Newton wrote:
>
>> Interestingly, Ted White said:
>> >Then again, we could advertise free hookers, if all we care
>about is
>> >getting warm bodies off the street.
>>
>> To my *limited* undestanding, "free" and "hooker" are
>> contradictory.  Sounds like a truth in advertising problem to
>me.
>
>Hm.  Better read "The Harp Stateside", in which a cryptofan
>on the hotel
>staff provided ladies from the Negotiable Affection sector for a
>select
>group...

Let's see. . . how many on this list will recognize "The Harp
Stateside"?  Raise your hands.  Ah, I thought so . . .

A quick Google of "Harp stateside" gets a fair number of hits.

mjw

>
>Walt Willis recorded the comment of one of the pros...uh, I
>mean,
>professional writers: "They weren't very pretty, but my ghod,
>_free_?"
>
>-- Dick Eney
>