No More Brothels for You

Broadsheet, Salon.com

How's your office bracing for the recession? Switching to generic creamer? Scaling back on those swanky holiday parties? In Germany, one bank is taking drastic measures. According to a recent article in the Independent:

"Deutsche Bank, Germany's largest, has been hit by the global credit crunch so badly that it has issued a memorandum to senior executives telling them that brothel visits and adult channels in hotel rooms cannot be claimed on expenses."

What? You expect these poor executives to pay for their own hookers and porn? Next you're gonna tell them that Anal Intruder isn't tax deductible! Wow, I guess some companies are tightening the belt literally. It's bad enough that people were rioting in Haiti. But having to shell out for your own happy-ending massage? Now that's a global crisis. As one employee groused:

"In the good old days, you could pass off a trip to a knocking-shop as a restaurant if the name wasn't too obvious. But we're in an uptight, locked-down new Puritanism now."

Oh, the injustice.

Sex is Illegal in Muleshoe Texas

Sex is Illegal in Muleshoe Texas

The common excuse for eccentricity is being kicked in the head by a horse. I imagine being struck by a mule shoe would have a similar effect.
Once, I bought a Stetson in Alvin Texas. Driving East I didn't see a horse until I crossed the Louisiana border. Cows were rare until I got to Florida.
The steak was Okay, but the hamburger lacked fingerprints.
If no one had made love to a hamburger, why would I want to eat it? My traveling companion at the time bore many fingerprints. She didn't come from Muleshoe.