Well, I took the scheme sheet and I related everything to sex and age. This guy lived in this house with 3 women. He belt-whipped one (her name was the name of the street and her age the break number); he ate another (ditto), and he simply screwed the third old-fashioned (ditto). There were all these fags and one of them (his name was Manfred Ave.) was 33 years old... etc., etc., etc.
I’m sure they wouldn’t have let me into that glass cage if they had known what I was thinking as I looked at all those cards. They all looked like old friends to me.
Still, I got some of my orgies crossed. I threw a 94 the first time.
Ten days later, when I came back, I knew who was doing what to whom.
I threw 100 percent in 5 minutes.
And got a form letter of congratulation from the City Post– master.
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