Tough times in the hutch for the old master of silicon, air brush touch-up's and soft porn.
Posted on 09/26/2008 8:12:39 AM PDT by Zakeet
Tycoon Hugh Hefner has been advised to cut back on staff at his multi-million dollar glamour empire as it struggles to cope during the global economic turmoil.
The 83-year-old has been told to lay off some of his staff at his Los Angeles and New York offices as soon as this month or go bankrupt.
The company has recently seen shares fall from £6.20 to £1.55.
An insider at the company told the Daily Star that bosses had been aware of the worsening situation for "a while".
"Only the top brass has known for a while how bad things have been for Hef recently."
Spokeswoman Elizabeth Austin would not confirm the sackings, saying: "It is our policy not to comment on corporate matters such as employee issues."
The news will be another blow to Hefner who recently discovered that two of his "bunnies" may have been cheating on him.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Tough times in the hutch for the old master of silicon, air brush touch-up's and soft porn.
Sacking playboy bunnies sounds like the best plan ever.
Oh - you mean firing them?
Hugh Hefner to sack Playboy bunnies....
Been doing it for 5 decades now.
Is this yet another sign of the Poncification of Western Civilization — the collapse of the Playboy Empire?
Never thought I’d live to see the day.
Bailout!!!!!!!!!!NOW!!!!!!!!!...............
HH has been losing his shirt since the Internet started giving away the stuff that he was trying to sell.
“I’m gonna get laid? Okay. No big deal. What? Laid off? hee-hee! I don’t think I’ve ever done that before! Sounds like fun. What is it?”
Man..., all those fake breasts. The good news is that if any of those 3 women are driving and get into a car accident they won’t need the air bag to deploy....
I’m more concerned about the effects of long-term peroxide exposure on these young (ahem) ladies.
LMAO!You just can't make this stuff up.Playboy has been going under since the internet boom.Paper copies are passe' these days.
Six.
The problem is that the articles we all used to buy PLAYBOY mag to read, are now free to read on the Internet.
No. it's simply "laying them" off.
Exactly. As if his “empire” wasn’t already in trouble.
I’m a man. A straight man. Yet, these women don’t do anything for me.
They just look... fake. Fake and dead.
Playboy used to have semi-normal looking women. I know - for a fact - they did.
What happened?
Ugh, can’t stand that silicone. Although might need a closer look at the one in red. She might be natural.
The alpha pimp needs to get more talent in his stable.
Chicago is the only town, barring SF, where an over the top prostitution ring could win kudos from the government.
Hugh the pimp has been going broke for decades. Putting his girls out on cable has generated much needed revenue to keep his lifestyle afloat.
Hugh the pimp’s girls caught CHEATING!! That is the very definition of an oxymoron.
Bleach blond plastic boobied Barbie dolls are expensive.
Some may call the girls to Hef’s left “twins”, I’d call them quadruplets...
I think the picture rule applies.
So where are the bunny pics?
I knew Playboy was in trouble since they sold their “Big Bunny” jet, and didn’t buy a new one.
“Hefner who recently discovered that two of his “bunnies” may have been cheating on him.”
Jill “Pneumatic” Brown and Jacqueline “Jack” Smith.
Hef wasn’t sure whether to lay Jill or Jack off?
I suggest an Adopt-a-Bunny program. Invite a bunny into your home, provide shelter, food and comfort. No need for clothing.
The news will be another blow to Hefner who recently discovered that two of his "bunnies" may have been cheating on him.
Hmmm. If you're paying young women to have sex with you, the young women are hookers (hookers with a television show are still hookers). Is it meaningful to speak of hookers cheating on you? In Hefner's case, it's probably more correct to say that the hookers are breaking their contractual agreements to have sex only with him.
OMG! What will us over 60s ever do?
Bring on the Viagra Hugh!!!
Bring in those investors!
The Man is a Silly OLD BORE...
He stands for nothing....He thinks his Playboy Empire is his legacy for the betterment of humanity...(NOT) you would think at 83 he would show what he does for his CHILDREN! that he no longer would want to be the CENTER of his own world...He is a legend in his own mind....
He stands with giddy girls and looks like a letch! while they think dyed Platinum hair and Big Kahunas are KEYS to the American Dream..Money FAME..Conceit.
Our life on this earth is just a Dress REhersal for our eternal one...And when GOD asks what did you do for me while you were on earth..Hef and his Posse will Stand there like deers facing a headlight...
I volunteer to oversee the Bail Out and make sure those bunnies are given good homes!
I can take 5 or 6 even though we only have the one Bed but I can cope!
He could always do Viagra ads!
My thought too. Ugh.
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Hefner is disgusting. He’s still a ten year old boy.
And being a hetero guy I must say that those bunnies don’t do a thing for me at all. I have a number of Christian female friends who, if placed in front of Hefner (in conservative dress), would elicit this response from most of the guyson this board:
“What bunnies?”
But seriously.
The Brits get rid of their nannies and Hugh gets rid of his bunnies.
Forget construction as an economic indicator.
Read the rich!
I thought they all had the hots for Hef?
Seriously, I hope Hef lives to be 95 and tottering around on a walking frame like that old guy that Anna Nicole married (coz she "loved him"), so the world can see the complete falseness, fakery and emptiness of all this. Nothing would expose the Playboy farce more than a decrepit 95 yr old man with a 24 yr old bimbo on his arm cooing, "ohhhh, Hef is soooo sexy!!"
How many of these gold diggers would be hanging out with Hef if he was just an average Joe, living from paycheck to paycheck? A number not unadjacent to zero, is what I'm thinking. They're nothing more than highly paid whores.
LOL, I figured someone would post rabbit pics, but that is over the top.
Tooo funny.
Hef likes to live beyond his means. He was driving Playboy to the ground years ago and his daughter rescued the company, forcing him to lay off some of his more expensive indulgences. History repeats.
LOL! Now that right there is funny! I don’t care who you are! Thanks for a bright spot in the day.
I thoght this posting was pulled earlier. ??? Unsuitable for FR or sumpin??
So Playboy stock is plunging. Sounds like a good opportunity to “naked short” some Bunnies.
Not a good time for Bunny Futures.
So Playboy stock is plunging. Sounds like a good opportunity to “naked short” some Bunnies.
Not a good time for Bunny Futures.
So sad to think of all the soon-to-be homeless Bunnies. “Excuse me Miss, your sign says you will do what for food?”
I hear the “Bunny Ranch” is still hiring.
Poncification of Western Civilization.
Unable to find it at Dictionary.com
Regards
Bonehead
> Unable to find it at Dictionary.com
(grin!) That’s because you need an Australasian dictionary. I’ll break the word down for you, tho’ — that might help.
Poncification: the process of Poncifying
Poncifying, Poncify: to turn into a Ponce
Ponce (q.v.)
I don’t know if there is an exact American equivalent to a Ponce. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince comes close, tho’ he’s more properly a Fop. In addition to being a Fop, to be a Ponce implies homosexual tendencies or other strange sexual peccadillos.
Ah! Thanks.
A fop formerly named Prince. Snark!
Have a great weekend!
Not even if you put on a bunny suit like John F'n Kerry. (Did you know he served in Vietnam?)
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