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nolabear

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8. I actually found a copy of The Story of O in a ditch while walking home from school.
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 12:34 PM
Jul 2012

Must have been 9th grade. Let me tell you, it gave me something to contemplate for YEARS.

I was in 2nd grade when I found my dad's stash of porn.... Scuba Jul 2012 #1
Psychopathia Sexualis Baitball Blogger Jul 2012 #2
Probably 8 years old Xyzse Jul 2012 #3
"Referencing the rooster"? nolabear Jul 2012 #9
Why thank you. Xyzse Jul 2012 #11
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) MicaelS Jul 2012 #4
Just tell people it was the 1999 version you read LynneSin Jul 2012 #5
But that would mean .. MicaelS Jul 2012 #6
You could say you were a political prodigy.... LynneSin Jul 2012 #13
Absolutely... MicaelS Jul 2012 #18
Me, too. LWolf Jul 2012 #71
Something Harold Robbins, I'm sure! pink-o Jul 2012 #7
I forgot about 'Goodbye Jeannette' LynneSin Jul 2012 #10
That is so cool! Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #84
I actually found a copy of The Story of O in a ditch while walking home from school. nolabear Jul 2012 #8
Oh wow Xyzse Jul 2012 #35
79 Park Avenue. Iggo Jul 2012 #12
Probably Dr. No or Thunderball. hifiguy Jul 2012 #14
Penthouse Letters Taverner Jul 2012 #15
I was going to say "Penthouse Forum" OmahaBlueDog Jul 2012 #27
Lady Chatterly's Lover Bertha Venation Jul 2012 #16
Totally forgot about my grandmother's 'The Love Machine' LynneSin Jul 2012 #17
Me too. Think I was 9 or 10 when I read it. Had to have a dictionary handy. sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 #30
Me too, also. RebelOne Jul 2012 #34
Yup. Just started high school when I got my sweaty little paws on that one. sarge43 Jul 2012 #69
Flowers in the Attic. Brickbat Jul 2012 #19
I read that in 8th grade but never thought it of 'naughty' LynneSin Jul 2012 #21
Does "Summer of 42" count? Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2012 #20
: ohiosmith Jul 2012 #22
Yep yep yep solara Jul 2012 #26
Bingo--that's the one panader0 Jul 2012 #28
The Harrad Experiment bluedigger Jul 2012 #23
Nudist magazines kwassa Jul 2012 #24
Actually, I've never read a "naughty book"... Denninmi Jul 2012 #25
I think you might have had Hustler. Playboy was always pretty tame. nolabear Jul 2012 #29
My God, I'm practically dead. Denninmi Jul 2012 #41
*whew!* Good to know I'm not despoiling America's youth! nolabear Jul 2012 #56
"The Happy Hooker" ismnotwasm Jul 2012 #31
The Bible. Sodomy, incest, bestality. It's got everything covered. Kaleva Jul 2012 #32
Fourteen, I think, and the book was pipi_k Jul 2012 #33
“The Washington Fringe Benefit” Va Lefty Jul 2012 #36
I actually still have that on my bookshelf Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #83
"Clan of the Cave Bear", while babysitting. 9th grade. GreenPartyVoter Jul 2012 #37
"A Stone For Danny Fischer."....Whew..n/t monmouth Jul 2012 #38
Lady Chatterley's Lover In_The_Wind Jul 2012 #39
The Happy Hooker by Xaviera Hollander. RiffRandell Jul 2012 #40
My first too. n/t Inspired Jul 2012 #72
Peyton Place trof Jul 2012 #42
That was mine, too. femmocrat Jul 2012 #58
It was passed around at school. The 'good' parts were dog-eared. trof Jul 2012 #62
In my day, it was "The Exorcist" and "The Godfather" passed around with the "good" parts dog-eared. Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #85
The Meese Commission Report on Pornography, Vol. 2 jberryhill Jul 2012 #43
I read Valley of the Dolls in the summer of 68. kcass1954 Jul 2012 #44
Portnoy's Complaint grntuscarora Jul 2012 #45
I inherited MiddleFingerMomTom's bedroom when he went off to college and one day... MiddleFingerMom Jul 2012 #46
Tijuana "Bibles" hunter Jul 2012 #48
I'll be in my bunkbed. MiddleFingerMom Jul 2012 #51
Oh dear...I'm about to waste an entire afternoon. nolabear Jul 2012 #60
I remember finding my dad's "Archie" Tijuana Bible Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #86
It was some Judy Blume book, I am sure. alarimer Jul 2012 #47
An issue of Hustler. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #49
Well, my dad kept his "Playboys" pretty openly available kimi Jul 2012 #50
God's Little Acre. zeemike Jul 2012 #52
It was a surprisingly good movie too sharp_stick Jul 2012 #67
I never saw the movie. zeemike Jul 2012 #68
Turner Classic Movies has been showing it sharp_stick Jul 2012 #70
When I was a kid, my parents had all the Caldwell paperbacks with the lurid covers Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #74
I sure agree that he was a great writer. zeemike Jul 2012 #79
There are several theories as too what later happened with Caldwell: Tom Ripley Jul 2012 #82
I did not know that about Caldwell zeemike Jul 2012 #87
Honey. by Lenny Bruces gf wife whatever she was. alphafemale Jul 2012 #53
25th anniversary Playboy. GaYellowDawg Jul 2012 #54
The unusual childhood of Hunter. I should write a book. hunter Jul 2012 #55
Can't remember for sure. Either "The Perfumed Garden" or "The Story of O" dimbear Jul 2012 #57
Love is a Dog from Hell iconoclastic cat Jul 2012 #59
"Perfumed and Powdered." Still Blue in PDX Jul 2012 #61
A James Bond book. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2012 #63
Of course, I knew where both the old man and my older brother kept their stashes of Penthouse... TheMightyFavog Jul 2012 #64
I don't remember exactly what they were called. texanwitch Jul 2012 #65
Epic of Gilgamesh One_Life_To_Give Jul 2012 #66
Going to date myself here, but I believe it was called Candy. I can see the pink and white striped likesmountains 52 Jul 2012 #73
Naughty books Polly Hennessey Jul 2012 #75
i was really young, barbtries Jul 2012 #76
Probably by Lovelace's standard JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #77
'Venus In Lace' lastlib Jul 2012 #78
James Bond films. linux80386 Jul 2012 #80
Some titty magazine. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #81
Fear of Flying by Erica Jong annonymous Jul 2012 #88
Get outta my fucking head! Odin2005 Jul 2012 #89
If we're talking books (vs. magazines) it must have been one by Blakely St. James deutsey Jul 2012 #90
Fun with Dick and Jane Lint Head Jul 2012 #91
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