Max what did you actually snap in the men's room? Was it that
'personal-personal' so only for private circulation?? We need to know P
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Sent: 02 October 2013 08:35
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Subject: Fwd: 'My Selfie'
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> My Selfie
>
> In the elegant cafe
> our lunch companion said
> 'Check out the men's room,
> it's even more elegant.'
>
> I went, I saw, I admired.
> Took out my iPhone
> and snapped it: mirror -
> inelegant me - and all.
>
> Back at the table, they said:
> 'Max, that's a selfie!
> Is that your first?'
> It was.
>
> How narcissistic am I?! -
> no more than all the rest
> snapping their selfies
> and publishing them.
>
> The world's mirrors
> are crowded, iPhones
> near universal.
> I'm writing this on one -
>
> for private circulation.
> Maybe I won't look my age
> if it doesn't show my face.
> Does it make me look OK?
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