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How does he go from picking her up to being in bed together?


Talk about a SUSPENSION of DISBELIEF!! Thats ridiculous!!! Thought he was just giving her a ride across town? Was that beer he gave her LOADED with something? ALSO, she looked like a TEEN, and he was obviously in his late 40s... I guess age really IS just a number huh?

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Even without the mustache, Tom Atkins can bed a total stranger in 20 minutes or less! Keep in mind that it probably took him 15 minutes to drive her to his place and run her inside, so really, that's like getting in it in 5 minutes, tops.

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It was 1980, no need to suspend anything. That's how it was back then.

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The good old days, when hot young girls hitchhiked alone at night. Now I have to find my victims elsewhere...


We got a job.
What kind?
...The Forever Kind.

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LOL, I know that was so stupid. It would've made more sense if she was a highway hooker.

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I always wondered if she was prostituting herself..
Whilst they are laying in bed, looking at her drawings, and he asks how much the drawing is, she says whilst giving him a certain look, "the drawing is for free." As if to say, the sex isn't. They didn't even know each others name until after the deed was done.

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Exactly the opposite. Giving money for the drawing would have been a discrete way to pay her for having had sex with him. She made clear that she was not a prostitute.

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I disagree, but that’s ok. Always nice to hear others interpretations. Such a great film!

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He's Tom Atkins.

Also, maybe she was just in the right mood?

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I didn't find it unbelievable at all. The story takes place in the pre-AIDs era of 1979. He picks her up; they 'click,' and she wants some luvin; so does he. I'm not saying it's a good idea to have sex with someone after knowing 'em for less than an hour; I'm just saying it's not unbelievable in the least.

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So he tapped that ass?

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I'm sure you would like to know.

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Back in that time it was common for people to hitchhike for sex.

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