yet another reason to avoid France.

That will work as well as their smoking ban.

When will people learn that criminalization only leads to bigger problems?

Illegalizing prostitution is stupid. I liked the way France had the laws set up before where pimping was illegal but prostitution was not. It's even dumber considering that the French can just cross the border into Germany or the Netherlands or Spain where they can get legal hookers anyway.

I wonder if this will lead to a black market for sex where criminal elements battle for supremacy of the now lucrative blow-job-behind-a-pastry-shop trade?

"Again"?

You pay them to go away after sex.

You always end up paying for it, one way or another.

"I am so sorry, cherie. I would like- no, I would love- to give you this bracelet. The gold, it matches your hair, the turquoise, your eyes- yet, cherie, c'est impossible- the law is the law."

When did the Christians get to France?

cynicalbastard: "I am so sorry, cherie. I would like- no, I would love- to give you this bracelet. The gold, it matches your hair, the turquoise, your eyes- yet, cherie, c'est impossible- the law is the law."

You have it backwards. The way it would go (already goes) is, "I'd love to fark your brains out to show my appreciation for this lovely and very expensive bracelet, but the law is the law. But we can still be friends, right?"

Again, France surrenders.

fta Prostitution has been thrown into the spotlight in France in recent weeks as media devoted widespread coverage to the case of eight leading members of Lille society charged with operating a ring that provided sex workers to clients including, allegedly, to Strauss-Kahn.

Ah. So it's just a bunch of politicians being knee-jerk reactionaries to the latest tabloid scandal. That's nothing new. But what is new, is that this time it will work. You watch. After this, prostitution will cease to exist in France. Book it. Done.

FunkOut: Just_a_Bear: yet another reason to avoid France.

I think the part where their international airport in Paris thinks it's no big deal not to have seats on toilets or doors on the stalls would be a big reason.

There are many bad things I could say about Charles de Gaulle, but this is not one of them. (Actually it was one of the nicer foreign airports I've been to, if rather... sparse.)

I thought being married was its own guarantee of never getting laid again.

FunkOut: Gaumond: FunkOut: Just_a_Bear: yet another reason to avoid France.

I think the part where their international airport in Paris thinks it's no big deal not to have seats on toilets or doors on the stalls would be a big reason.

Which airport were you at...?

Not me, someone I know. They also said they were at a restaurant in Lyon and the bathroom was just a hole in the cement floor.

It depends where you are. The "hole in the floor" isn't quite so common here as it was 12 years ago when I lived in France, however pay toilets are now more common.

\My french wife never uses the toilet seat so in the least I never get biatched at for leaving the seat up
\\However the shape of the toilet bowl leaves less water in the bowl resulting in me having to clean it every other time I sh*t

Will you still be able to barter for sex in France?

I've done the math....

Hookers would be significantly cheaper than my wife. This is true for most men I know personally. And I'm just talking about normal middle-class guys. It's doubly true for successful men and their trophy wives.

I'm in Ireland now, where it is legal. 50 euro for 30 minutes with a very attractive girl who will do anything you can imagine....is a lot cheaper than dating girls and occasionally getting laid. A night at a bar/club/pub can easily be that much without any guarantee of getting anything. And lord knows, for all the equal rights/equality stuff I hear - it's pretty rare that the guy doesn't pay for the majority of costs, particularly early in the dating/courting phase of a relationship.

Does Fark no longer do the "what a .... might look like" thing? Because I am awfully curious what a french hooker might look like.

The LIBERALS made it illegal here in Norway..... something about human trafficking (since all the sex workers appeared to be African). Prior to that, it pimping was illegal, but prostitution legal--- seems they wanted the women to be free from exploitation.

The entire discussion becomes quite interesting once morality is removed from the equation.

Subtrul: FunkOut: Gaumond: FunkOut: Just_a_Bear: yet another reason to avoid France.

I think the part where their international airport in Paris thinks it's no big deal not to have seats on toilets or doors on the stalls would be a big reason.

Which airport were you at...?

Not me, someone I know. They also said they were at a restaurant in Lyon and the bathroom was just a hole in the cement floor.

It depends where you are. The "hole in the floor" isn't quite so common here as it was 12 years ago when I lived in France, however pay toilets are now more common.

\My french wife never uses the toilet seat so in the least I never get biatched at for leaving the seat up
\\However the shape of the toilet bowl leaves less water in the bowl resulting in me having to clean it every other time I sh*t

Hole in the floor?

Doesn't use the seat?

What is this I don't even

RancidSorbet: LDM90: Subtrul: FunkOut: Gaumond: FunkOut: Just_a_Bear: yet another reason to avoid France.

I think the part where their international airport in Paris thinks it's no big deal not to have seats on toilets or doors on the stalls would be a big reason.

Which airport were you at...?

Not me, someone I know. They also said they were at a restaurant in Lyon and the bathroom was just a hole in the cement floor.

It depends where you are. The "hole in the floor" isn't quite so common here as it was 12 years ago when I lived in France, however pay toilets are now more common.

\My french wife never uses the toilet seat so in the least I never get biatched at for leaving the seat up
\\However the shape of the toilet bowl leaves less water in the bowl resulting in me having to clean it every other time I sh*t

Hole in the floor?

Doesn't use the seat?

What is this I don't even

Squat toilets. I've only seen one in several trips to France, and that was at an out of the way train station. I found that less irritating than having to pay every time I had to pee.

I feel like you could take a dump on that and the dump would just stay there

RancidSorbet: LDM90: Subtrul: FunkOut: Gaumond: FunkOut: Just_a_Bear: yet another reason to avoid France.

I think the part where their international airport in Paris thinks it's no big deal not to have seats on toilets or doors on the stalls would be a big reason.

Which airport were you at...?

Not me, someone I know. They also said they were at a restaurant in Lyon and the bathroom was just a hole in the cement floor.

It depends where you are. The "hole in the floor" isn't quite so common here as it was 12 years ago when I lived in France, however pay toilets are now more common.

\My french wife never uses the toilet seat so in the least I never get biatched at for leaving the seat up
\\However the shape of the toilet bowl leaves less water in the bowl resulting in me having to clean it every other time I sh*t

Hole in the floor?

Doesn't use the seat?

What is this I don't even

Squat toilets. I've only seen one in several trips to France, and that was at an out of the way train station. I found that less irritating than having to pay every time I had to pee.

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Its uncanny

nicoffeine: You always end up paying for it, one way or another.

No shiat. One look around the country club at all the hotties married to fatties and baldies is proof that prostitution is not illegal in the US, that it is only institutionalized in the form of marriage, and, like everything else, the rules are there for the rich, not us plebes.

1. any word how this will effect dating

2. hmmm i wonder if the bribes to stay in bussiness are to be paid directly to the people that helped pass that law.

RancidSorbet:

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I stayed in Tanzania for several weeks when I was a teenager. I got so used to those squat toilets, I could barely handle "regular" toilets after coming back home. The thought of putting my butt on a seat that anyone else uses grossed me out.

dissent/dysentery: Does Fark no longer do the "what a .... might look like" thing? Because I am awfully curious what a french hooker might look like.

What a French hooker might loook like:

/hot, but not very

Anybody see the link to the right of the article? Features>> The Local's guide to finding a job in France.

Fine... the money is just to make her leave afterwards...

"Hey, good lookin'! Lookiin' for a date? Sure, I'll have sex with you. The price? Oh, the sex is free, of course, but we do ask that you make a small donation to the Ladies of the Evening Benevolent Association. What do you think? Can I put you down for $250?

Well, I like to look on the bright side and hope they actually knew who George Carlin was when thinking of this. Besides, "Why should you have to pay for something that should be free?"

Tyrone Slothrop: dissent/dysentery: Does Fark no longer do the "what a .... might look like" thing? Because I am awfully curious what a french hooker might look like.

What a French hooker might loook like:
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/hot, but not very

Like a transvestite with a cheap boob job, badly bleached hair and too many trips to the tanning salon carrying a particularly hideous Louis Vuitton handbag?

Gordon Bennett: Tyrone Slothrop: dissent/dysentery: Does Fark no longer do the "what a .... might look like" thing? Because I am awfully curious what a french hooker might look like.

What a French hooker might loook like:
[hottiesincleats.com image 300x400]
/hot, but not very

Like a transvestite with a cheap boob job, badly bleached hair and too many trips to the tanning salon carrying a particularly hideous Louis Vuitton handbag?

Don't forget armpit hair and a cig dangling from the side of her mouth.