GORE VIDAL REVIEWS SOME UNDERPANTS
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Hi Gore, Thanks again for
shopping with us! We’ve noticed that you haven’t left a review for your
purchase of 5-pack Hipster Briefs (Medium), which you ordered from us on 6/5/25.
Please take a moment to answer a few questions about your buying experience. Your
feedback is important to us!
Was the item as
described? The item (items?) was (were?) described as a five-pack
of hipster briefs. It (they?) proved, on receipt, to be nothing less (also,
alas, nothing more) than a five-pack of hipster briefs. To double-check this eerie
coincidence, I have counted the briefs again. Again, I find that the tally comes
to five. Astoundingly, not a single pair appears to have seized its chance to
escape, during transit, the surly bonds of the pre-paid satchel. Nor did the entire
five-pack metamorphose, en route, into some entirely different object (a soccer
ball? some soil? an actual hipster?). Item as described? Oui, as Bouvard
might have said to Pécuchet. But does this feat really call for written comment
(unpaid) from me, not to mention the awarding of multiple stars? Apparently, as
the sun sets on the age of American efficiency, the answer is yes.
While
it’s still fresh on your mind, how would you rate your overall buying
experience?
This question is not at all bad, except as prose ...
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