cNutgroist

There is a hub of Laundromats two blocks south of me, i think 5 within 5 minutes walk of eachother and absolutely none anywhere else for miles*. The one I use to use was near a great cafe that I recently had this conversation in.

"Have you met the Troll yet?"

-excuse me?

"Have you met the Troll? The crazy old man who lives underneath the laundromat... He's an old Italian man, very tall, white haired, comes up from the basement and steals womens' underwear. He's been busted twice but the landlady can't get rid of him"

-no, i haven't. that's nasty.... er, does he only steal womens'?

"Why? Have you lost clothes?"

-every time

"Nice underwear, yes? He takes it. To wear"


So there it is, an old italian pervert walking round a basement sniffing dirty knickers whilst wearing mine.

I hope. The reverse is more frightening.


*Except I've finally found one, only a few minutes' walk away in the heart of Koreatown. I can't decide whether to use "laundrette" or "Laundromat" to use. I think i prefer "Laundromat". It's more American and it's probably more politically correct. "Laundrette" is clearly a feminised noun that implies it's womens' work. I suppose Laundromat is in its own way just as sexist since it sounds so masculine (But it's reverse sexism, you see, so that's alright. Well it is whilst we men continue to be in charge. The more apparent concessions we give to the little ladies, the further we solidify our manly power. Sssh).


Speaking of old Italian perverts, here's one of the greatest tunes ever to come out of that strange land. Adriano Celentano's brilliant pisstake of the English language, Prisencolinensinainciusol and one of the funniest videos ever made on Youtube
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