8/16/2003: Padlocks of love

Undertoad · 08-16-2003, 09:58 AM

It's Pecs, Hungary, and an odd fashion has sprung up. Lovers are secretly clamping PADLOCKS on statues and gates all over the city center -- as symbols of their enduring affection. Apparently the city tried to fight it for a while but the lovers were more persistent.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-16-2003, 10:34 AM

Looks more like an orgy to me.

Angelus · 08-16-2003, 01:17 PM

So what's with the cropping of the shot? I mean, sure, show the locks. But why include the (admittedly interesting to look at) woman on the right? It appears that she has nothing to do with the subject of the picture. Maybe for scale?

Nothing But Net · 08-16-2003, 04:30 PM

Locksmiths are a lot cheaper than a decent divorce lawyer.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-16-2003, 08:33 PM

I'd bet that UT posts 'em like he finds 'em.
Whomever cropped it probably wanted to show this wasn't something quaint Hungarian peasants are doing, but hip urban youth
Oh...and breasts.

wolf · 08-17-2003, 12:35 AM

When I saw the title I thought you were linking to this local news story.

Best quote: "Investigators had planned to raid the apartment last week, but said business was so good that they could not get an appointment for their undercover agent until Wednesday. "

Nothing But Net · 08-17-2003, 06:49 AM

wolf, that story was so juicy I just posted it to FARK with this headline: Business was so good at S/M whorehouse that undercover vice cop had to wait a week for an appointment

Funny as hell, thanks for the link

elSicomoro · 08-17-2003, 10:23 AM

Brian, you had a link to the last bust in Tacony...what about this one?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-17-2003, 01:30 PM

S&M? As if just being in Tacony wasn't painful enough.

I wonder if they really had to wait a week to get an appointment or for them all to try it out?

elSicomoro · 08-17-2003, 02:16 PM

Knowing the Philadelphia police, both.

99 44/100% pure · 08-17-2003, 03:58 PM

I thought I'd really been around, but what's a Transformation Studio?

elSicomoro · 08-17-2003, 04:14 PM

From what I've read, it's a place where crossdressers are made up to look more like they "are," e.g. to make a crossdressing man look more like a female. Don't know if it applies to transgendered types or not...I would suspect so.

99 44/100% pure · 08-17-2003, 04:17 PM

Never mind. (Secondary links are NSFW!)

MaggieL · 08-17-2003, 10:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by sycamore
From what I've read, it's a place where crossdressers are made up to look more like they "are," e.g. to make a crossdressing man look more like a female. Don't know if it applies to transgendered types or not...I would suspect so.

There are a lot of businesses that do makeovers, sell extra-large size clothes and wigs, and help transvestites learn make-up tips and other stuff Mom didn't teach them....kinda like "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy"...but different, and they don't get a new sofa.

They do seem to mostly cater to (or attract, your choice) a transvestite crowd rather than transsexuals. There's a related kind of business that calls themselves "image consultants" that'a a bit more mainstream that TS folk (rich ones, anyhow) might make more use of.

("Transgender" is a synthetic term people use when the're trying to be "inclusive" of TVs, TSs who are post-op, TS's who are pre-op, folks who identify as TS but aren't candidates for surgery, either by choice, or for financial or medical reasons, and other random folks with gender issues of various kinds.)

Especially relevant to this particular case, there's an additional thrill attached for some folks to be "cooerced" into the transformation in some way, like having it happen on orders of a dominatrx. This probably acts to relieve the guilt associatied with wanting something taboo. This whole genre of stuff is called "forced feminization", and is pretty much exclusively a transvestite thing...I suspect that's what was being done on these premises in Tacony.

BrianR · 08-18-2003, 12:06 PM

Although I will preface my comments with the standard warning that I have not ever visited those premises, but I AM familiar with the two women who were running the "business".

I was informed of the story Saturday night by Dagney, who recognised the name. My first comment: "It was inevitable."

She uses a lot of in your face tactics and doesn't seem to care about appearances or what the neighbors think, which has accounted for her (now) three arrests on the same charges. Dumb bitch doesn't learn.

I wonder how the police are going to prosecute this one...same as usual, I expect. Perhaps her lawyers from the last bust (just resolved three months ago) are still available.

She can go to hell, as far as I'm concerned.

Brian

08-16-2003, 09:58 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	8/16/2003: Padlocks of love It's Pecs, Hungary, and an odd fashion has sprung up. Lovers are secretly clamping PADLOCKS on statues and gates all over the city center -- as symbols of their enduring affection. Apparently the city tried to fight it for a while but the lovers were more persistent.

08-16-2003, 10:34 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Looks more like an orgy to me. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-16-2003, 01:17 PM	#3
Angelus What kinda name is that? Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 16	Cropping So what's with the cropping of the shot? I mean, sure, show the locks. But why include the (admittedly interesting to look at) woman on the right? It appears that she has nothing to do with the subject of the picture. Maybe for scale?

08-16-2003, 08:33 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	I'd bet that UT posts 'em like he finds 'em. Whomever cropped it probably wanted to show this wasn't something quaint Hungarian peasants are doing, but hip urban youth Oh...and breasts. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-17-2003, 12:35 AM	#6
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	When I saw the title I thought you were linking to this local news story. Best quote: "Investigators had planned to raid the apartment last week, but said business was so good that they could not get an appointment for their undercover agent until Wednesday. " __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-16-2003, 04:30 PM	#4
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	Locksmiths are a lot cheaper than a decent divorce lawyer.

08-17-2003, 06:49 AM	#7
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	wolf, that story was so juicy I just posted it to FARK with this headline: Business was so good at S/M whorehouse that undercover vice cop had to wait a week for an appointment Funny as hell, thanks for the link

08-17-2003, 10:23 AM	#8
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Brian, you had a link to the last bust in Tacony...what about this one?

08-17-2003, 01:30 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	S&M? As if just being in Tacony wasn't painful enough. I wonder if they really had to wait a week to get an appointment or for them all to try it out? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-17-2003, 02:16 PM	#10
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Knowing the Philadelphia police, both.

08-17-2003, 03:58 PM	#11
99 44/100% pure Infrequently Astonished Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Baltimore metro area Posts: 324	Re the S&M Raid I thought I'd really been around, but what's a Transformation Studio? __________________ Overcompensating for the 0.56% that is irredeemably corrupted.

08-17-2003, 04:14 PM	#12
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	From what I've read, it's a place where crossdressers are made up to look more like they "are," e.g. to make a crossdressing man look more like a female. Don't know if it applies to transgendered types or not...I would suspect so.

08-17-2003, 04:17 PM	#13
99 44/100% pure Infrequently Astonished Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Baltimore metro area Posts: 324	Never mind. (Secondary links are NSFW!) __________________ Overcompensating for the 0.56% that is irredeemably corrupted.

08-18-2003, 12:06 PM	#15
BrianR Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 3,338	Maggie is right Although I will preface my comments with the standard warning that I have not ever visited those premises, but I AM familiar with the two women who were running the "business". I was informed of the story Saturday night by Dagney, who recognised the name. My first comment: "It was inevitable." She uses a lot of in your face tactics and doesn't seem to care about appearances or what the neighbors think, which has accounted for her (now) three arrests on the same charges. Dumb bitch doesn't learn. I wonder how the police are going to prosecute this one...same as usual, I expect. Perhaps her lawyers from the last bust (just resolved three months ago) are still available. She can go to hell, as far as I'm concerned. Brian __________________ Never be afraid to tell the world who you are. -- Anonymous

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