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I know prostitutes [View all] Uzair Jun 2013 OP
This will end well... Ohio Joe Jun 2013 #1
I want the "I Know Prostitutes" T-shirt jberryhill Jun 2013 #2
ok but... it's all you get Ohio Joe Jun 2013 #3
DUzy nominee! nt caseymoz Jun 2013 #133
DUzy arely staircase Jun 2013 #10
The back should say Tien1985 Jun 2013 #12
a actually want jberryhill's laughing cow avatar arely staircase Jun 2013 #18
You're welcome... Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #26
OMG it hurts jberryhill Jun 2013 #177
second DUzy rec BainsBane Jun 2013 #123
Opps BainsBane Jun 2013 #161
Meanwhile, your son's t-shirt says: BainsBane Jun 2013 #171
this is gonna be good arely staircase Jun 2013 #14
I have a .gif for that!! Chan790 Jun 2013 #15
Yes.... Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #139
This thread is proving to be a new classic... Javaman Jun 2013 #162
... L0oniX Jun 2013 #4
"All of them are in it because they like sex. The money is a side benefit." undeterred Jun 2013 #5
I know, right? Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #6
it's hardly amusing Skittles Jun 2013 #67
I hate to be the one to quote William Burroughs but... Taverner Jun 2013 #56
He believed everything they told him. Cause they're working their way through college. Squinch Jun 2013 #103
And the biggest? cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #134
Final Jeopardy! Squinch Jun 2013 #136
And what's really funny is he believes that BainsBane Jun 2013 #117
"they also like meeting new people" undeterred Jun 2013 #7
Their greatest occupational hazard is a stiff neck, I guess BlueStreak Jun 2013 #54
Because women who want to meet new men and have sex with them undeterred Jun 2013 #78
This message was self-deleted by its author darkangel218 Jun 2013 #8
I know drug addicts Capt. Obvious Jun 2013 #9
and it's likely great fufilling sex...you know, the ones that are theapeutic Sheepshank Jun 2013 #69
Somehow I doubt the veracity of this. nt raccoon Jun 2013 #11
Indubitably. Squinch Jun 2013 #105
Youre not worth a hidden post. darkangel218 Jun 2013 #13
he likes paying to fuck women and feels the need to justify it Skittles Jun 2013 #70
Just yesterday, you claimed that MineralMan Jun 2013 #16
well to be fair, he said he "didn't know" a single man who hadn't arely staircase Jun 2013 #20
Only in a very limited circle of acquaintances, I'd guess. MineralMan Jun 2013 #23
very limited circle of acquaintances arely staircase Jun 2013 #24
I know a lot of men Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #140
I don't know what you're getting at Uzair Jun 2013 #88
Yah, well, you never came back to today's post. MineralMan Jun 2013 #90
You need to hang out with better people MattBaggins Jun 2013 #113
Judgmental much? grahamhgreen Jun 2013 #160
Thanks for JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #102
I have an idea who that is. Kali Jun 2013 #115
No, it's not BainsBane Jun 2013 #118
Cool story, bro. maddezmom Jun 2013 #17
"They are victims of their pumps" undeterred Jun 2013 #19
they should wear more sensible shoes arely staircase Jun 2013 #21
Shoes for meeting new people. undeterred Jun 2013 #22
i know, right arely staircase Jun 2013 #25
Truly trod upon, eh? nt msanthrope Jun 2013 #32
Pumpin' ain't easy. Dr. Strange Jun 2013 #61
F***-me pumps? Skittles Jun 2013 #72
You know it's hard out here for a pump. nt pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #76
I drive a Cadillac, wear a perm cause I’m a G arely staircase Jun 2013 #89
All the pumps I know thucythucy Jun 2013 #79
Pumps Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #141
I doubt you do, but I actually dated one in college. Xithras Jun 2013 #27
ON the assumption that everyone needs to earn money.... brooklynite Jun 2013 #51
I have no problem with prostitution Xithras Jun 2013 #53
I agree with you Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #142
If you think those women are having fulfilling sex with Johns BainsBane Jun 2013 #119
And of course there's this Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #143
That's your anecdote, this is mine. Uzair Jun 2013 #92
And you believe you gave her the best orgasm of her life too BainsBane Jun 2013 #120
Actually . . . caseymoz Jun 2013 #135
You forgot the third kind Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #144
My post was about voluntary ones. caseymoz Jun 2013 #175
it's precisely because there is so much money invovled noiretextatique Jun 2013 #164
"If they didn't like sex, they wouldn't do what they do, sufrommich Jun 2013 #168
.....! Whisp Jun 2013 #28
The Main Act!!! onpatrol98 Jun 2013 #154
Cool story, goes well with your fairy tale of not knowing geek tragedy Jun 2013 #29
i think that is quite possibe in this particular case arely staircase Jun 2013 #33
I'm not believing any of it. nt geek tragedy Jun 2013 #36
Uh oh! FSogol Jun 2013 #30
Looks kind of like the tranja kid in an episode of Star Trek tabasco Jun 2013 #80
Truthfully, I know a few prostitutes, too. PDJane Jun 2013 #31
nice post arely staircase Jun 2013 #34
Legalization also means accepting prostitution in your neighborhood. Laelth Jun 2013 #130
That's a very good point made at the link. Thanks for it. Squinch Jun 2013 #146
My pleasure. n/t Laelth Jun 2013 #150
Great post. caseymoz Jun 2013 #176
I currently work with one in my office.... cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #35
oh H2O Man Jun 2013 #37
Give my regards to Don Quixote will you? siligut Jun 2013 #38
As a worldly 18th Century scholar and diplomat who also has met a few prostitutes, I must say Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #39
Scholar of the 18th century, or scholar from the 18th Century? hedgehog Jun 2013 #42
Please refer to my Journal. I introduced myself a couple of weeks ago. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #44
Welcome and make yourself at home. hedgehog Jun 2013 #47
Thank you, sir! Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #48
Well, it's ma'am, but you're welcome! hedgehog Jun 2013 #50
Oops, I assumed your moniker was a reference to adult film star Ron Jeremy. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #63
Oh, my! hedgehog Jun 2013 #68
you are posting from the 18th century? arely staircase Jun 2013 #91
He's Benjamin Franklin, of course he is. nt sufrommich Jun 2013 #167
Can you explain how legalizing prostitution means no more sex slaves, trafficking or child abuse? riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #40
Is that aimed at me, or at Uzair? PDJane Jun 2013 #41
Oops!! Uzair... riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #74
Can you explain how the reverse is true? Major Nikon Jun 2013 #84
The question is for Uzair, based upon statements in his OP. riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #87
And my question is for you based on your response Major Nikon Jun 2013 #95
Well it doesn't assume anything. Its simply a question for Uzair based on his statement. riderinthestorm Jun 2013 #98
I think some sort of legalization scheme has to be part of reform Major Nikon Jun 2013 #100
I'm not uzair, but if I may he NEVER said any of that! jazzimov Jun 2013 #110
Can you explain how banning drugs has led to an end of drug abuse and trafficking? n/t backscatter712 Jun 2013 #174
Hello ~ Uzair In_The_Wind Jun 2013 #43
K&R Capt. Obvious Jun 2013 #45
Senator, I served with prostitutes. I knew prostitutes. Prostitutes were friends of mine. arely staircase Jun 2013 #46
DUzy! BainsBane Jun 2013 #121
I thought they all were...and the Hill was just one big brothel...! nt MADem Jun 2013 #179
When the prostitutes you know told you all this, hedgehog Jun 2013 #49
did you misspell clock dlwickham Jun 2013 #52
Interesting narrative Aerows Jun 2013 #55
You have failed the DU purity test. MindPilot Jun 2013 #57
it can be so Mao like here lunasun Jun 2013 #104
Legalize and regulate because they ARE in it for the money Taverner Jun 2013 #58
Funny, I've never met a prostitute who wasn't forced into it by economic circumstances, Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #59
and on the high end they're not 'forced,' but it's one of the few ways to make big money that's HiPointDem Jun 2013 #77
not cause they like sex...but because they like the attention. cbdo2007 Jun 2013 #82
so your friend is attractive enough that people will pay her a couple of hundred for sex but she's HiPointDem Jun 2013 #83
I know lots of people who are "forced" into commercial fishing by economic circumstance. lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #106
Really? The fishermen I know all did it because it was family/local tradition or Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #107
"just because it paid better than (the) jobs that they also could have taken" lumberjack_jeff Jun 2013 #108
Yeah, their choices like addiction or having kids with men who died. Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #116
Funny , I have never met a person with a job wasn't forced into it by economic circumstances. bowens43 Jun 2013 #129
Not according to some on this thread. n/t Gormy Cuss Jun 2013 #131
the vast majority of people who merely "like sex" don't become prostitutes. unblock Jun 2013 #60
Do you also know where they go? Yavin4 Jun 2013 #62
Choose your response carefully shawn703 Jun 2013 #64
Escorts are the closest thing to legalized work LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #65
Let us know how their lives turned out in about 20-30 years. I guess none of your sinkingfeeling Jun 2013 #66
The government needs to stay the fuck out of people's bedrooms. - :-/ K&R n/t DeSwiss Jun 2013 #71
Not if those people are having sex with kids in their bedrooms quakerboy Jun 2013 #81
You will have noticed that several here have responded to you as if their position is "consensus". sibelian Jun 2013 #73
"All of them are in it because they like sex" = garbage. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #75
"None of them are in it because they like sex" = garbage napoleon_in_rags Jun 2013 #127
the reality is you don't need to prostitute yourself to get sex. just go into a bar. you prostitute HiPointDem Jun 2013 #128
...and then go to your "respectable job" in the morning? brooklynite Jun 2013 #147
i said, prostitution is about *money*. i didn't express an opinion about that *fact*. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #169
That's like saying my interest in Planning is about "money" brooklynite Jun 2013 #172
I see that you've had lots of replies to your OP, but that MineralMan Jun 2013 #85
I don't spend my time here 24/7 Uzair Jun 2013 #93
I see. Well, OK, then... MineralMan Jun 2013 #94
Weak answer. Quantess Jun 2013 #96
What do you want me to respond to? Uzair Jun 2013 #97
You are lousy at argumentation. Quantess Jun 2013 #99
Maybe your characterization of your prostitute friends' motives was so absurd Squinch Jun 2013 #148
complete noiretextatique Jun 2013 #165
I have also known prostitutes who were junkies. Quantess Jun 2013 #86
Don't believe it treestar Jun 2013 #101
Or proposition attractive people who are also good dancers in clubs. redqueen Jun 2013 #109
Ever see the guys who troll the streets where the prostitutes work? Those girls are not Squinch Jun 2013 #145
That is a truly horrifying and sickening thought. nt redqueen Jun 2013 #157
Yes it is. Squinch Jun 2013 #158
I've known three kinds of prostitutes very well. One was my closest friend for years. Anyway... freshwest Jun 2013 #173
That is such a crock. Prostitution is not about sex, just like rape isn't. It's about money. Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #111
tend to be middle aged professionals in unhappy marriages MattBaggins Jun 2013 #112
I can see prositution legalized within 20 years in the U.S. Harmony Blue Jun 2013 #114
Now this is a funny thread BainsBane Jun 2013 #122
I know therapists olddots Jun 2013 #125
Perhaps you should provide referrals? BainsBane Jun 2013 #126
Why tax and regulate prostitution, when nobody wants to do it with Wall Street ? jakeXT Jun 2013 #124
Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2013 #132
This much I know quaker bill Jun 2013 #137
Good story Dorian Gray Jun 2013 #138
And prostitutes know you pinboy3niner Jun 2013 #149
This post is an excellent example of how well prostitutes ply their trade randr Jun 2013 #151
Seriously. Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #152
I know. It's pretty damn funny. I burst out laughing, actually. nt Nay Jun 2013 #163
Indeed. I once saw a young seaman put before Captain's Mast for cavorting with a prostitute. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #155
"Oh no no no, she REALLY digs me." Jokerman Jun 2013 #170
ive known a couple of prostitutes rdking647 Jun 2013 #153
That is quite a story Marrah_G Jun 2013 #156
So there I was, interviewing a room full of courtisans in Thailand... grahamhgreen Jun 2013 #159
My friend knew a prostitute... Jokerman Jun 2013 #166
So knowing four hookers makes you an expert? bitchkitty Jun 2013 #178
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