Bathroom stall with Larry Craig's phone number acquired by Smithsonian

By Bea Loughnee
Washington Reporter

MINNEAPOLIS -- A Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport bathroom stall with Sen. Larry Craig's cell phone number scrawled on one wall has been purchased by the Smithsonian Institution for an undisclosed sum.

The hand-scrawled message reads: "For a smokin' good time, call Larry" and is followed by the senator's personal cell phone number. When a reporter dialed the number, a male voice answered, "Larry's lounge of lust. How may I service you?" The reporter involuntarily hung up in disgust, and several return calls were not answered.

"This is an outstanding find," said Smithsonian curator Fin Derskeepers. "It will be a featured exhibit in the American History Museum, for sure. We'll probably sandwich it between Harding's little black book and Chester Arthur's extensive collection of ladies' footwear."

Derskeepers said it is unknown at this time whether the stall was the same one in which Sen. Craig, R-Idaho, was arrested June 11.

"But it really doesn't matter," Derskeepers said. "We're the freakin' Smithsonian. If we say that's the stall, then that's the stall."

Comments

[Anon]

Republican humor, I bet.