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Wednesday, December 20, 2006 12:00 AM

Advertisements for myself

A hilarious collection of self-deprecating personals from the London Review of Books illustrates the gulf between high-minded Brits and Americans looking for love.
By Buzzy Jackson

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  • Wednesday, December 20, 2006 08:24 AM

    In the early days . . .

    . . . of personals, at least in the relatively small place where I grew up, our local newspaper decided to be adventurous and began to offer them. One of the first read, "Man with short nails and umbrella seeks commander." Both my elderly mother and I can still recite it from memory. And there's obviously a reason.

    —K. M. Parsons

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