Wednesday, September 26, 2007

But Archduke Ferdinand really fancied me!

Hungary starts licensing prostitutes
In an effort to bring prostitutes into the legal economy, officials said Monday that Hungary will allow sex workers to apply for an entrepreneur's permit _ a move that could generate government revenues from an industry worth an estimated $1 billion annually.
Uh, yeah. Remind me not to visit Hungary on my next business trip.

5 comments:

Eric Haas said...

You prefer your prostitutes unlicensed?

XUP said...

My question exactly

Ipecac said...

Um, yeah, I was kind of commenting on the picture of the "sex worker" more than the licensing part.

But you already knew that.

XUP said...

Okay, so she might not be ZsaZsa Gabor, but do you know the sort of rigorous testing these women have to go through to get licenced? You might be very pleasantly surprised at the hidden talents beneath this motherly exterior. Many men have been known to convert to Hungarianism immediately following an encounter with this entrepreneur.

Anonymous said...

If they did that in the US, does that mean that the FTC would have to investigate mergers of brothels? What would be the UIC code for clearance?