She's not a stripper... she's an 'art model' ;)

by Elsewhere 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  Elsewhere

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/4279003.stm
  

  'Artful' strippers escape censure A US strip club has managed to sidestep laws banning total nudity in public by offering customers the chance to make drawings depicting its dancers.

  The club in Boise, Idaho, charges $15 (£8) for a sketch pad, pencil and dance performance, in what is billed as an "Art Club Night", Reuters agency says.

  A city law passed in 2001 forbids complete nudity in public unless the display has "serious artistic merit".

  The law was meant to provide an exemption for plays and art classes.

  Abandon garments

  "We have a lot of people drawing some very good pictures," the owner of the Erotic City Strip Club, Chris Teague, told Reuters.

  Several drawings made by customers have been put on the club's walls.

  Mr Teague said the idea was born out of a request from a customer, who wanted to enter the premises free of charge in order to sketch the dancers.

  Spotting a loophole in the law, Mr Teague ordered his dancers to altogether abandon the few garments they wore for the "art classes".

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  Dan-O

  Club Juana is still open, huh? That joint has been there since I was a kid.
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  Euphemism

  Despite what you would think, Boise's actually a pretty open-minded city. For the last year, we've even had a Democratic mayor! Unfortunately, anti-nudity ordinances are fairly common across the US. I didn't live here in '01 so I don't know the history behind this particular ordinance. But I'm glad someone found a way around it.
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  ColdRedRain

  So being a Democrat means that you have an open mind. You need hip waders to swim across the irony of that statement.
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  stillajwexelder

  There is a great strip club in Lawrence Kansas
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  Euphemism

  LOL CRR I figured that might raise a few eye-brows. But Democrats are generally more open-minded about the subject under discussion, sexual entertainment. Plus it's all about going against the current. In this very heavily Republican state, a city that elects a Democratic mayor is showing the same open-mindedness that, say, NYC showed by electing a Republican.