Follies of the Madmen #251

Is that patchwork hippo supposed to be sexy? Because it's posed pretty sexily.

No, I don't want to think any more about this....

From Playboy for September 1983

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Comments

I'm glad someone told me that was supposed to be a hippo. Looked more like some purrvurt proto-plushy.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 06/08/15 at 11:25 AM

I remember those type of shoes sold at the time - rugged looking until you wore them in the rain when they promptly came apart at the glued seams or the compressed ground rubber soles disintegrated after the third wearing.

Posted by KDP on 06/08/15 at 11:42 AM

Hey! Is that Jefferson D'Arcy (Ted McGinley) wearing the shoes and painting?

Posted by drewdown on 06/08/15 at 12:42 PM

Paint me like one of your French girls

(Tip: Don't Google that phrase unless you add the word 'cat' after it.)

Posted by Phideaux on 06/08/15 at 04:23 PM

Peter Paul Rubens discovers Anthrocon.

Posted by Eoin on 06/08/15 at 09:40 PM

If you think the hippo is sexy, you are in the right forum, because that is just weird.

Posted by RobK on 06/10/15 at 11:29 AM

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