Turning Tricks

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“For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread.”
-- Proverbs 6:26

Last month I was in Venice for a Shabbat.

That Friday evening I ate dinner with the Chabad. This is a savvy organization comprised of traditional, black-hat-sportin’ Orthodox Jews, who try to appeal to 20-something non-Orthodox Jews. They also serve whiskey!
L’chayim!

While I was there I chatted with a fellow “non-Ortho” guy named Scott who was from Seattle. Scott informed me that he was globe-trotting and just came from Spain.
While in Spain he encountered numerous prostitutes!
L’chayim again!
Scott said that Espagna is teeming with women of ill repute, particularly in Barcelona.
(Lonely Planet… not in Barcelona, apparently)
The women would just walk up to him, put one hand on his groin and say a number.
“You mean, they ranked you, like 3 out of 4 stars?” I asked.

No, he said, they’d say a price.

“Oh, like a contractor gives you an estimate.”


Um, I guess, he said.

“In Spanish?”

Of course.

“Well… as long as the price was between 1 and 10, I would understand.”

Thank you, Sesame Street.

Speaking of which, you didn’t see many hookers strutting down Sesame Street.

“Hey sailor, that sure is a big… bird.”
i also think “C” would not be for “cookie.”
Good enough for me.
(Bert and Ernie? Something tells me they’re not interested).

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