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jsw said:
You certainly don't want to order a stiff drink.... ;)
Yes I would. And there's a brew from the Wairarapa that's called a Square Ale and that's got a huge head too. Seriously, really, true, oh well don't believe me

Grey Beard
 
clayj said:
It's funny how certain laws in Europe operate with respect to prostitutes...

For example, in Germany, your unemployment benefits can be cut off if a job is available but you refuse to take it. Since prostitution is now legal there, some unemployed German women have been informed that they must accept the job of prostitute (since they haven't found any other job) or lose their benefits.

I don't know about you, but I think that's really messed up.

That story has been debunked, most notably by Snopes.
 
clayj said:
Here's just one of many articles on the subject... Google on "Germany prostitute unemployment" for more.
Oh, the Telegraph, that famously pro-European newspaper. Wasn't it also the source for the "bananas must be straight" story?
 
You know that saying, how "beauty is only a light switch away"??? Well, I don't think that will even work in this instance. I've never liked French women, or guys, or anything from France, but this... This makes me want to turn a-sexual! ECK!
 
Bag for here is right. Could you imagine picker her up at a bar while mostly beer-eyed, taking her home, waking up with her in your bed, then finding out you owe her money too!!!
 
kiwi-in-uk said:
"The government had considered making brothels an exception on moral grounds, but decided that it would be too difficult to distinguish them from bars."
You know what? I reckon I can tell them apart. The absence of people ****ing in any of the rooms is a pretty good sign.
 
sprstu said:
Bag for here is right. Could you imagine picker her up at a bar while mostly beer-eyed, taking her home, waking up with her in your bed, then finding out you owe her money too!!!
I have never been that drunk.
 
clayj said:
It's funny how certain laws in Europe operate with respect to prostitutes...

For example, in Germany, your unemployment benefits can be cut off if a job is available but you refuse to take it. Since prostitution is now legal there, some unemployed German women have been informed that they must accept the job of prostitute (since they haven't found any other job) or lose their benefits.

I don't know about you, but I think that's really messed up.

sorry, but that's so stupid.

i mean it's so stupid to believe that in the first place. and then on top of it even posting it as true.

it's not true. nothing more to say.
 
andiwm2003 said:
sorry, but that's so stupid.

i mean it's so stupid to believe that in the first place. and then on top of it even posting it as true.

it's not true. nothing more to say.
Well, I disagree that it's stupid to believe that something like that could happen... stranger things have happened. And I didn't know until today that it was not actually true... when you see it mentioned in MAJOR newspapers, you tend to think that they know what they're reporting.

So, sorry I spread the "misinformation" further... but now we all know better.
 
Onizuka said:
You know that saying, how "beauty is only a light switch away"??? Well, I don't think that will even work in this instance. I've never liked French women, or guys, or anything from France, but this... This makes me want to turn a-sexual! ECK!

Well, I met a chick the other day, and she was French. And HOT.

This one... jesus h. christ, even a bag wouldn't recify her. PAY her? She'd have to pay ME if she wants any! And it'd have to be enough to make me richer than Bill Gates for me to even consider it!

*BARF*
 
clayj said:
Well, I disagree that it's stupid to believe that something like that could happen... stranger things have happened. And I didn't know until today that it was not actually true... when you see it mentioned in MAJOR newspapers, you tend to think that they know what they're reporting.

So, sorry I spread the "misinformation" further... but now we all know better.

well i agree that we have lots of really stupid laws in germany. and probably you're right, from a distance one could even believe that.

but i've given up on believing major newspapers. a friend of mine worked as a reporter at one of them. she told me that investigating a story meant maximum 2 telephone calls. then it gets printed. seems these days i trust blogs more than major newspapers.
 
kiwi-in-uk said:
"The government had considered making brothels an exception on moral grounds, but decided that it would be too difficult to distinguish them from bars."

Really?

Translation: "All the girls who hang out in German bars look like prostitutes."
 
What is going on over there. I think we need some censorship over there. Across the pond that is.

Maybe just for starters an age cutoff!?!?
 
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