LOUIS BURKE | Culture | CONTACT
A French Quarter share house has elevated itself from the likes of other grungey, rat-infested wank dens by debuting a map of the world in their living room, to remind guests of the tenants’ intellectual status.
The tenants of the share house, nicknamed The Symposium, erected the map on Wednesday afternoon after one of them found it for two dollars at the op shop, realising it would be the perfect way to remind guests that they know a thing or two.
“I mean it doesn’t have South Sudan but I think it gets the point across pretty well,” smiled tenant Nathaniel Boulderville.
“I think it shows that we’re sort of worldly people but guys that you wouldn’t mind have a beer with. From a glass of course.”
Early reviews of the living rooms new decor are mixed, with one critic stating that while the map does add a sort of decency, it is ultimately undercut by the clinically unvacuumed floor and dust caked TV in the corner that isn’t even plugged into anything.
All five tenants have defended their interior choices, stating the map ties the living room together and makes it a space they might actually want to hang out in if they ever get tired of watching Netflix on their laptops in their separate bedrooms.
“The map says who we are. How else are people going to know that we are medicine, engineering and music students if we don’t have clever things on the wall?” mused tenant Horton Windsor as he twirled his goatee.
Reports from neighbours state that classical music from a record player can be heard through all hours of the evening at The Symposium. Tenants of the sharehouse have released a statement saying ‘they apologise for trying to educate their neighbours.’
