Tabletop Tango

Collected by Beth Labick (Beth.A.Labick@Vanderbilt.edu)

Summary: This tale involves one guy on a study abroad program who had sex with every girl in the program.

Text: This guy from an unnamed University took part in a study abroad program the semester before. While there, he managed to get no studying accomplished, but did manage to remain in a constant state of drunkeness or highness. Apparently, he had a really good time there, as he managed to convince every girl there last semester into having sex with him at some point during the semester. He almost always had them on the library tables for the first time, laughing at the fact that most of the people had class on those tables the next day, without them being wiped down.

Notes: Many of the other people who also studied there during my semester had heard tales of this guy's prowess the semester
before from their classmates who had taken part in the program during the fall. These other tales related only secondhand personal stories, and did not go into the extent of his sexual success. Yet, when all the individual stories are put together, the informant's version (secondhand telling from the guy's version itself) gains plausibility. While the story seemed unlikely to the informant at first, through further discussion with others lead her to believe in the validity of the story.

Context:
A. This tale involves one guy on a study abroad program who had sex with every girl in the program.
B. Tale types and motifs: sex in the same public place with multiple partners at different times, mixing sexual acts with substance abuse.
C. Comments on tale: I heard this last semester during my study abroad program last semester. The guy in question went to the same program during the Fall semester. Apparently, everyone from the guy's school had heard of his exploits, and how much fun the program could be.
D. Approximate date imformant first heard tale: January of '98
E. Relationshop of informant with the individual from whom the informant heard the tale: classmates
F. Circumstances when tale was first heard: at school, when the informant asked how the program was in preparation for her own
semester of study there.
G. Information on informant:
Age: 21
Sex: Female
Place of Birth: Cincinnati, Ohio
Ethnic group: Caucasian
Languages spoken: English, italian, french
Religion: Roman Catholic
Year in School: Senior
Extracurricular jobs: None
Date collected: 06/11/98