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Dutch City Fears Loss of Pornography Archive

Posted by samzenpus on from the oh-the-humnaity dept.

The Dutch city of Leeuwarden has lost the municipal pornography archive and officials fear it may be gone forever. A spokesman for the city said the collection may have been taken home "accidentally" by an employee or visitor. "We're hoping that someone will say 'Hey, I have that in my attic' and bring it back," he said Thursday. "No questions asked." Leeuwarden shouldn't be too upset. I've found it a good practice to get rid of your porn archive and rebuild every 6 months or so.

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  1. Sounds like AnonIB... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "HAI GAUYZ I DEL ALL MY PR0N CUZ MY MOM MITE FIND IT CAN U PLZ UPLOAD ALL UR STUFFZ 2 RAPIDSHARE!?!??! asdasdasdasd

  2. In other news... by ptomblin · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news, Dutch cities have their own porn archives!

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    1. Re:In other news... by stephanruby · · Score: 2, Informative

      We do too, if you live in the US. Depending on which State/Country/jurisdiction you live in, porno actors are often registered with our government, certified to be above a certain age, tested for STDs, and must often include samples of their work to make sure that no underage lookalike takes over their identity.

  3. The stuff! by grantek · · Score: 4, Funny

    why oh why couldn't they have learned their lesson about backups and data availability with something silly like credit card information!?

  4. here's an idea... by MoFoQ · · Score: 3, Funny

    they can borrow mine!

  5. !IdleIsPants by Jon.Laslow · · Score: 4, Funny

    After all, this article is about the lack-thereof.

  6. Re:Oh Noez! by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 2, Funny

    She's the Ouroboros who just couldn't quite connect.

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  7. Cloud Computing by ralf1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Taking a page from the major IT thought leaders I have moved my porn to the cloud - all of it is on BitTorrent.

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  8. Times have changed by Locke2005 · · Score: 5, Funny

    In my day, this was referred to as "that stack of skin mags on the coffee table". Now it's called "a municipal pornography archive"?
    Krikke said the bulk of the archive had been assembled by a "fanatic" curator at the historical center.
    I don't know why, but for some reason the phrase "too much time on his hands" comes to mind...

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    1. Re:Times have changed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

      There's bound to be too much something on his hands, but I don't think its just time.

  9. That's not a bad thing by morgauo · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a great thing... An excuse to make a new one!
    Wait right there, I'm grabbing my camera and plane tickets!

  10. It's obvious what happened by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The mayor's mom came in and cleaned under his bed!

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  11. Only one? by jep77 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why on earth would you only have ONE copy of something that important...
    Maybe it just wasn't very good...

    1. Re:Only one? by phoenix321 · · Score: 2, Informative

      If you've ever been to the Netherlands, you'd know by now that there are almost no taboos in PORN there.

      - animals
      - feces
      - families
      - furries
      - adult babies

      To be precise:
      - everything except underage kids
      (this was declared illegal because of international pressure in the 1970s or so)

      So, just let me say: whatever there was in this collection, most people probably would not want to see it even if they were paid to. Really. Dutch sex shops have open windows and are running advertising and sample videos in TVs viewable by anyone. And these videos include all of the aforementioned abominations. I used to call my self tolerant and openminded, but this... EWWWWWWWW

  12. The British response is predictable by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "What a bunch of wankers!"

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  13. Poor quality porn? by Atari400 · · Score: 3, Informative

    As a resident of The Netherlands, I have to remark that it can't have been that good if it's taken 30+ years to go missing.

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  14. Re:This brings up something interesting. by sketerpot · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's valuable for sociologists, if nothing else. See how porn evolved over the years!

  15. Tiny Tove Lost? by Edward+Teach · · Score: 2, Funny

    The humnanity!!!!
    I have some really crappy copies I could rar and password protect for them. A simple, proprietary .exe file will make it viewable.

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  16. Easily Solved by PPH · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just follow the trail of Kleenex and empty hand lotion bottles.

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  17. The spokesman's name by DerPflanz · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The funny thing is that the spokesman is called 'Krikke', which really resembles the Dutch verb 'krikken', which is slang for having sex.

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