In Ghana, fifty or more prostitutes drank, cried, and danced at the funeral of an 11-year-old boy, causing considerable public confusion. Why were these poor (and by poor we mean, Ghana-poverty-stricken poor) women in such an uproar?
Some of them who were virtually drunk would occasionally take to the
floor and dance for a while, and then move to a canopy where a picture
of the deceased was, look at the image and talk to it as if they could
be heard by the picture.
DAILY GUIDE learnt that the deceased used to run errands for the call girls as they lived close to his house.
Mr.
Bob Atua, a farmer and an uncle to Moses, told DAILY GUIDE that he was
grabbed by an unknown woman when he went out to urinate and when he
enquired from her why she had held on to him, she responded by asking
him what he was doing near her room when he had not come to solicit her
services.
Meanwhile, as Scanner Nicole reported earlier, American hookers are going through a crisis of their own: the Bush economy.
The first 100 customers who show up with their tax rebate checks
receive twice the "services" for the price of one. "We always give our
customers the most bang for the buck," he says. "You bring your $600
check in, and we give you the $1,200 George Bush party--three girls and
a bottle of champagne." That's one way to stimulate the, um, economy.
Gray's Papaya would argue their "recession special" is a better deal, but this one's way more entertaining.
Seriously, though, Newsweek is reporting huge decreases in income for Vegas-area prostitutes, mainly thanks to the spike in gas prices. The average cost of diesel in the West is now
$4.87 per gallon. That means
truckers could easily spend $1,000 to fill up their tanks, leaving them
with little extra cash and less likely to take a detour. Yet, even brothels located in the south, closer to tourist-populated places like Las Vegas, are not faring much better.
Casino gambling revenue fell from $614.9 million in December to $517.5
million in March... Many
brothels consider gambling direct competition for a tourist's
discretionary dollars...
You know when the desperate are too desperate to gamble, the country is really headed in the wrong direction. Bring back Ron Paul, we say! He'll legalize everything, including genocide and Special K without a prescription, and everything will be like it is on Star Trek! Sorry, we don't know where that little rant came from...
More on the latest hookergate that doesn't involve politicians. Yet. Via Newsweek.
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