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CARPETING FOR DUMMIES

BY BYRON BECK
bbeck@wweek.com

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A friend of mine named Mitzi has a problem with work. She doesn't like it.

She's a cute ,straight girl with a trucker's mouth, and she has problems with ladies too. Mitzi thinks her gal pals either hate her or want to "do" her. That's why you'll always find Miss Where's-the-Party with a cocktail in one hand and a gay boy in the other. Over the years this unabashed fag hag (she's been to five circuit parties!) has made several attempts to secure a position in the local service industry: shop girl, serving wench and, as of late, sales representative for a large carpet company.

For that particular job, Miss Thing lugged a huge satchel of nubby fibers to flooring clients all over the Northwest.

Recently, though, Miss Can't-Keep-a-Job ditched her gig; she was plain tired of peddling small patches of fur in places like Pocatello and Tukwila. But that doesn't mean she wasn't proud of what she did. On the contrary. Mitzi loves to tell, to anyone who'll listen, that she once sold the "Armani" of floor covering, what she calls "cum-proof" carpet.

Created by a major manufacturer (Mitzi refuses to divulge her resources due to some hush-hush agreement), "cum-proof" carpeting is most often used (where else?) in bushwhacking, homo-fantasy haunts such as military barracks and college dorms. Both colorfast and soil-resistant, according to Mitzi, the secret to this magic carpet's yarn system is something known as the colloidal emulsive process. Or, in lay carpet terms, it's the same thing that dry cleaners do for clothing--it protects.

And us gay men just love protection, don't we?

For those gay men (and not-so-gay men) who have problems with aim, this foolproof solution is nothing short of a miracle. Just think. No more awkward explanations to friends or 'rents regarding just exactly what that spot is. Just a quick wipe and--voilá!--your carpet is no longer caught with its pants down.

This new process is so hot that when Mitzi retrieved her recently stolen car from Beaver Towing, all her carpet samples had been snatched.

But how does the average Joe Blow get this miracle carpet?

Despite the fact that we walk all over their products every day, carpet stores are dignified home-furnishing ateliers that demand respectful patrons. One doesn't go barreling into a rug store and politely ask for "cum-proof" carpet. To avoid embarrassment when purchasing this unique process, please ask for the type of floor covering with the heavy-duty, Dupont-made stain protector.

They'll know what you mean.

 

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