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Turning tricks for less
AFP via Singapore Strait Times ^
| May 30, 2009
Posted on 05/31/2009 8:00:17 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
AMSTERDAM - As the credit crunch keeps away sightseers and business travellers, owners of brothels, escort agencies and sex shops grumble that visitors who still do indulge in the pleasures of the flesh are increasingly tight-fisted.
'Things are bad,' said Mr Dave Doeve, who owns Casa Rosso sex shop in Amsterdam's red-light district where neon-lit prostitutes' windows normally draw hoards of tourists.
'There are no people, as you can see. And those who come buy small things, condoms, cheap things.' Brothel owner Willy van der Sloot, herself a former prostitute, said she had never seen the sex market so depressed.
'Some days there are just no people,' she sighed.
(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: prostitute; prostitution; recession
To: Oldeconomybuyer
visitors who still do indulge in the pleasures of the flesh are increasingly tight-fisted.
LOL I'll bet.
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posted on
05/31/2009 8:05:26 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Willy van der Sloot, herself a former prostituteWhat a great name for a hooker.
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posted on
05/31/2009 8:17:49 AM PDT
by
lafroste
(gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
To: Oldeconomybuyer
[cue Cheech Marin as the strip show barker in “From Dusk Till Dawn”]
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posted on
05/31/2009 8:23:02 AM PDT
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: cripplecreek
That’s one way to handle it.
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posted on
05/31/2009 8:24:03 AM PDT
by
Let's Roll
(Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
To: Let's Roll
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posted on
05/31/2009 8:25:44 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
As the credit crunch keeps away sightseers and business travellers, owners of brothels, escort agencies and sex shops grumble that visitors who still do indulge in the pleasures of the flesh are increasingly tight-fisted. I thought the pros charged more for that.
To: cripplecreek
In these tough times I predict renewed interest in DIY projects.
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posted on
05/31/2009 8:28:42 AM PDT
by
Let's Roll
(Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
We have 536 of the same inside the DC beltway.
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posted on
05/31/2009 9:12:47 AM PDT
by
VRWC For Truth
(Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bail out)
To: VRWC For Truth
“We have 536 of the same inside the DC beltway”
It’s the same except the pat about doing it for less!
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Things are tough all over! But I thought in bad times people still bought ice cream, chocolate and other comfort items......
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posted on
05/31/2009 10:15:14 AM PDT
by
Rummyfan
(Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
where neon-lit prostitutes' windows normally draw hoards of tourists If they'd start hoarding their tourists they'd have a long-term captive audience and then there would be hordes of Euros coming in.
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posted on
05/31/2009 1:38:07 PM PDT
by
pa_dweller
(Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves:... Isa 1:23)
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