Damn! Haven't they heard of the internet? Plenty of whack material on it for everybody! No archives needed!
--- On Fri, 2/13/09, I am the eternal <l.shad...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: I am the eternal <l.shad...@gmail.com> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Dutch City Fears Loss Of Porn Archive > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Friday, February 13, 2009, 6:34 PM > http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_ODD_NETHERLANDS_PURLOINED_PORN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2009-02-12-12-28-57 > > http://tinyurl.com/at47ld > > Feb 12, 1:22 PM EST > > Dutch city fears loss of pornography archive > > By TOBY STERLING > Associated Press Writer > AMSTERDAM (AP) -- The municipal pornography archive in the > Dutch city > of Leeuwarden is missing and officials fear it may be gone > for good. > > Spokesman Erik Krikke of the city's historical center > said the archive > - which contained photos, drawings and erotic texts with a > connection > to the city - may have been taken home > "accidentally" by an employee > or visitor. > > "We're hoping that someone will say 'Hey, I > have that in my attic' and > bring it back," he said Thursday. "No questions > asked." > > Krikke said the collection was small enough to have fit in > a moving box. > > Mayor Ferd Crone of Leeuwarden, 87 miles (140 kilometers) > north of > Amsterdam, told local media he had been unaware of the > collection's > existence and was surprised it was gone. > > Krikke said the bulk of the archive had been assembled by a > "fanatic" > curator at the historical center, mostly during the 1960s > and '70s. > Items such as pictures by local photographers and artists > would be > difficult or impossible to replace. > > The collection included a copy of the rare February 1998 > edition of > Dutch Playboy, Krikke said. It featured girls from each of > 11 Dutch > cities along the route of the country's most beloved > ice skating race, > the Elfstedentocht. One of those girls was from Leeuwarden. > > Asked whether he thought it was unusual for the town to > have a > pornography collection, Krikke said "yes" - and > that made the loss > greater. > > "Actually, we don't have one anymore," he > said. > > (c) 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This > material may > not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. > Learn more > about our Privacy Policy. > > > ------------------------------------ > > To subscribe, send a message to: > fairfieldlife-subscr...@yahoogroups.com > > Or go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
