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Wind Turbines Promote Global Cooling
There was [sic] huge lumps of ice shooting off and landing everywhere
Irish Judge Stops Drink Drive Trial For Urine Steam Inhalation
When he is urinating, he is inhaling vapourised alcohol and there's always steam off it
Dutch Prostitutes Tart Up The Whore Miles
THe Dutch want to control everything:
Prostitutes in the Dutch city of Eindhoven are to be awarded “credits” in return for good behaviour under a new scheme to encourage them to abandon the oldest profession.
The prostitutes will receive so-called “street miles” that they can use to acquire free designer clothes or furniture, provided they take up an offer by the city council to take steps leading to a career change and a safer lifestyle.
“We needed to come up with incentives that these women might latch on to,” said Veronique Beurskens of Eindhoven council, who is leading a drive to rid the city of street prostitution.
Furniture..
Posted: 7th, October 2008 | In: Strange But True, Twitterings | Comment | Follow the Comments on our RSS feed:RSS 2.0
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October 7th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Well, of course!
I myself only graced the oldest profession because I was saving up for another bookcase…
October 7th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
It would be better for the economy if the government made it compulsory for every man to visit professional girls at least twice a month. Think of the tax returns! And anyway, soon everyone’s savings will be as objectively worthless as Charles Saatchi’s latest “it’s art, innit?” purchase, so let people spend their money on fun before the apocalypse sets in.
October 7th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I have just spent a fruitless 10 minutes looking for the video of the last seven minutes of Apocalypse now, which I posted on the Forum a few days ago.
Nobody does the Apocalypse better than the Doors.
Of course, seven minutes is probably a bit too long for the average ho/john exchange…
October 7th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Sevon seconds of banter would be pushing things. Unless the man has the good luck to be visiting an intellectual prostitute. “So, what do you think about Spinoza’s proposition on the objective value of moose-hunting in the post-hunter-gatherer era?”
October 7th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Courtesan, please.
“A shining example of the triumph of vice, when directed with intelligence and redeemed by a little virtue.”
October 7th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
chenier - did you manage to get your bookcase…?
October 7th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Yep; that’s why I can quote Saint-Simon on Ninon De L’Enclos.
Though it would probably be going a bit far to dig Voltaire up and transfer him to my humble abode to grace my literary salon…
October 7th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
7 mins? 7 measly mins? pmsl…..
October 7th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
Fully Secured Bank Funding Pigeon,
We were discussing the markets, as befits these troubled times.
Time is, after all, money, and I’m assuming that those hard working hos desperately trying to save up for new sofa will want to generate as much cash flow as possible, in as short a time as possible.
Though 7 seconds seems to be pushing it…
October 7th, 2008 at 3:02 pm
you can’t make a ho a housewife
October 7th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
Yes you can; all you have to do is add a us wife…
October 7th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
…but you can’t necessarily make a housewife into a ho….
October 8th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Excuse me Fully Secured Bank Funding Pigeon,
But who said u can’t make a ho a housewife?!? Have u tried? I think not!!!
October 8th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
Pintpot3182 Says:
October 8th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Excuse me Fully Secured Bank Funding Pigeon,
But who said u can’t make a ho a housewife?!? Have u tried? I think not!!!
Dr Dre and snoop dogg said so……
October 8th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
A bit overdue on the return of your thesaurus, Fully Secured? You might try reading it rather than the Cliff Notes