In the Feb. issue of Marie Claire, they conduct a sociological experiment where a couple is sent out to the wilderness of New York to make out in public places until they are asked to stop. They time how much smooching they are able to fit in. The longest they were able to last was 37 minutes in a hotel bar, but the Rose Reading Room at NYPL was the runner up for longest undisturbed PDA at 15 minutes:
“We realize we… were being systematically ignored. The people stacking the books wheel right by. The academics keep reading. The security guards couldn’t care less. For God’s sake, librarians barely blink. I’ve gotten into more trouble in a library for chewing gum.“
6:29 pm on January 4th, 2004 1
Yeah, but chewing gum can harm books. Making out can’t.
6:41 pm on January 4th, 2004 2
i love it.
well, just ’cause we secretly wanna make out in the library too…:)
12:19 am on January 5th, 2004 3
As long as they don’t make out ON the books, they probably won’t damage anything.
Actually one of my favorite parts of Party Girl was when Parker Posey and the Falafel guy got in on in the library : )