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Originally posted by dc_chef
Ah, it's good to be remembered.

On an unrelated note, I was recently at a bachelor party. Needless to say, we ended up at a strip joint. Due to poor planning on my part, I had run low on cash, but didn't realize it until showing up at the club. I decided to charge some stripper bucks to my credit card. The only options were $50 or $100. $50 would get me nowhere, as lap dances were $20 per sho...uh, time. So, I took out $100.

I bought a lap dance for myself. (No grinding, natch.) Then I bought one for the bachelor. Other guys in the group started buying lap dances for the bachelor, so next thing you know, I'm left with $60 in Monopoly money, and it's getting late. I then proceed to get three more lap dances for myself. After all, I'm not going to let the money go to waste, right?

When I get home, the Mrs. says, "So, how many lap dances did you get?" I tell her that I got four. She is half-mad, half-laughing at my indulgence. (Apparently, she forgot that she told me that I "could" get five.) Feeling slightly guilty, I explain the story, and how I was left with $60 in money that couldn't be spent elsewhere. She asked, "Well, why didn't you just give it back?" I replied that the money was non-refundable, so it was use it or lose it. That seems totally logical to me. She, on the other hand, thought that was the lamest excuse ever, and couldn't understand why I didn't just throw the $60 at the bouncer and be on my way. The thought of that pained me, so we had to agree to disagree on that issue.

I also debated the merits of various places to get lap dances with a friend who had just taken a weekend trip to Montreal just to go to strip joints. My rankings were: 1) Las Vegas, 2) New York (Scores, that is), 3) Atlantic City, and 4) Chicago. He raved about Montreal, and said that if you go to the right clubs, not only is there grinding and much grabbing by the dancers, but you can touch just about anywhere you want, crotch excepted. Now that's living.

Houston.

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