Monday, January 23, 2006

Burning Down the House Porn Shop

For a minute there, I thought the Boston Herald's Laurel Sweet was writing from personal experience.

For the second time in less than a week, an Amazing porn shop north of Boston has burned to ashes, too hot for even firefighters to handle.


Had to give that one a second read.

And, check out the priceless disclaimer answer given by Peabody Deputy Fire Chief James Coughlin when asked if fire crews were able to recover any of the porn shop's merchandise.

"I was never a customer, so I don’t know what would have been worth salvaging. But, there was nothing left. Everything was incinerated."


I wonder what kind of answer they were expecting to get out of him.

"Yeah, it was a pretty bad fire, and most of the store was engulfed by the time my men arrived on the scene. It seems the imported Venezuelan Beaver Lube they kept in the box under the table next to the Linda Lovelace poster in little back room off to the left there was really feeding the flames. But, my guys were able to save a couple boxes of King Kong Double Dongs from behind the counter and some back issues of Midget Felchers magazine I had on layaway."