[lbo-talk] money and s*x

[shag carpet bomb]

At 06:53 AM 4/7/2010, shag carpet bomb wrote:
>At 03:23 AM 4/7/2010, Sandy Harris wrote:
>>On 4/7/10, B. <docile_body at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> >  I actually had no idea anyone still referred to folks as 
>> "courtesans," ....
>> > Call it what you want, "courtesan" or no. Call it "fried chicken." I 
>> don't care.
>>
>>In Chinese, they are called "chickens", and gigilos "ducks".
>
>what are the johns called? I was thinking it'd be funny if they were 
>called pigs based on the story used in scrum software development:
>
>"A pig and a chicken are walking down a road. The chicken looks at the pig 
>and says, "Hey, why don't we open a restaurant?" The pig looks back at the 
>chicken and says, "Good idea, what do you want to call it?" The chicken 
>thinks about it and says, "Why don't we call it 'Ham and Eggs'?" "I don't 
>think so," says the pig, "I'd be committed, but you'd only be involved."
>
>http://www.implementingscrum.com/2006/09/11/the-classic-story-of-the-pig-and-chicken/

I forgot to mention, too, that I thought your point interesting since B's 
examples of why people buy sex seems pretty tied to a particular time and 
place and not necessarily the reason why people have bought sex in other 
cultures and times.

shag