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Old 01-21-2007, 09:01 PM   #6
Perry Winkle
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I'd just like to find a translation that I could read for enjoyment. A friend of mine recommended it to me when I was complaining about romantic travails.

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Originally Posted by wolf View Post
Just as it was becoming cool to admit you were gay, I served as Official Hag to a male friend who had come out to three people that he knew "before".

I recall him being really into the poetry of Gaius Catullus because it was some really steamy gay love poetry or some such.

I continue not to be impressed.
Ah, interesting...Maybe you have to be a gay man or a professional translator to appreciate it.
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