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World's Oldest Profession Falls on Hard Times
Feed Your ADHD ^ | 12/9/2008 | Dr. Dave

Posted on 12/09/2008 3:56:59 AM PST by bloodmeridian

Despite the adage that vice is recession-proof, even ladies of the evening are falling on hard times these days.

This once proud profession has seen earnings decline for most of 2008. Instead of patronizing many popular establishments, men are reportedly staying home and playing Grand Theft Auto, which features brothels and unsavory night clubs.

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TOPICS: Humor; Music/Entertainment; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 2008recession; prostitutiondecline; satire
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1 posted on 12/09/2008 3:57:00 AM PST by bloodmeridian
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To: bloodmeridian

related:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145413/posts


2 posted on 12/09/2008 3:59:18 AM PST by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: bloodmeridian

Perhaps “Hard Times” isn’t the proper phrase here.


3 posted on 12/09/2008 4:04:27 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: bloodmeridian
men are reportedly staying home and playing Grand Theft Auto, which features brothels and unsavory night clubs.

And, if you kill the hooker, you get your money back.

4 posted on 12/09/2008 4:06:51 AM PST by Future Snake Eater ("Get out of the boat and walk on the water with us!”--Sen. Joe Biden)
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To: xcamel

Girls now are too expensive.....


5 posted on 12/09/2008 4:08:35 AM PST by Dissident Cons Democrat
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To: bloodmeridian

Sometimes it squats.


6 posted on 12/09/2008 4:13:24 AM PST by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: bloodmeridian
This once proud profession has seen

Yea right, proud....

7 posted on 12/09/2008 4:14:09 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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To: bloodmeridian

The Great 0 will restore pay and pride to prostitution!


8 posted on 12/09/2008 4:21:20 AM PST by whatshotandwhatsnot
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To: bloodmeridian

It’s hard to sell something that so many are willing to give away for free.


9 posted on 12/09/2008 4:23:28 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
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Don’t worry...politics will bounce back.


10 posted on 12/09/2008 4:29:15 AM PST by PBRSTREETGANG
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Wait a minute....didn’t all the whores move to DC?


11 posted on 12/09/2008 4:33:08 AM PST by rightwingextremist1776
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To: bloodmeridian
If only Governor Spitzer had waited, think of all the money he could have saved the taxpayers of New York...
12 posted on 12/09/2008 4:48:43 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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It has bounced back! Eliot Spitzer got off scott free(Former NY Gov)


13 posted on 12/09/2008 4:49:43 AM PST by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: bloodmeridian
I thought begging was the world's oldest profession, because, well, didn't someone have to ask?
14 posted on 12/09/2008 4:52:09 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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Contestant: "I'll take Paul Lynde to block"
Peter Marshall: "Paul....We all know what the worlds oldest profession is,
........................What is the worlds second oldest profession?"
Paul Lynde: "Knowing what to pay the worlds oldest profession"
15 posted on 12/09/2008 5:01:23 AM PST by laotzu
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To: bloodmeridian

I smell a bail-out!

Regards,


16 posted on 12/09/2008 5:21:05 AM PST by alexander_busek
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“Mustang Ranch recently laid off 30% of its staff, citing a decline in high-spending clients”

Imagine standing in the unemployment line: “What was your previous employment? What skills do you have? Ha!


17 posted on 12/09/2008 5:29:41 AM PST by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else" Lucius Septimus Severus)
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Yeah the only thing they will be qualified to do is be a politician.


18 posted on 12/09/2008 5:54:26 AM PST by Delta 21 ( MKC USCG - ret)
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Given what has been going on, I suspect that common criminals could do a better job than that crowd of white collar jerks in DC.


19 posted on 12/09/2008 5:57:38 AM PST by SMARTY ("Stay together, pay the soldiers and forget everything else" Lucius Septimus Severus)
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To: Fresh Wind

A prostitute sells her product, and she gets to keep it. What a business.


20 posted on 12/09/2008 8:20:12 AM PST by billhilly (Sayonara Detroit)
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