It’s a weird, wacky world out there!

Take Holland - they have instituted a tobacco ban on restaurants and cafes. Big deal, you say. Everybody is doing that. Yeah, but does everybody allow you to smoke weed in those same restaurants and cafes? Well, Holland does!

From the UK Telegraph comes this story:

Smoking tobacco in restaurants and cafes across Holland is now illegal, but customers are still allowed to light up pure cannabis cigarettes. Dutch coffee shop owners claim the law, which has effectively put a stop to smoking the milder varieties of cannabis cigarette, threatens to put hundreds of them out of business.

Mark Jacobsen, chairman of the BCD, a nationwide association of coffee shop owners, said proper implementation of it would require inspectors to check each cannabis joint for tobacco content. “It’s absurd. In other countries they look to see whether you have marijuana in your cigarette, here they’ll look to see if you’ve got cigarette in your marijuana.”

Research shows that the majority of coffee shop patrons prefer less-potent joints in which cannabis is mixed with tobacco, and only 18 per cent favor the pure cannabis alternative. Some cafes have said they will get round the problem by producing more pure cannabis brownies or “space cakes”, while others have built smoking chambers within their premises which are off-limits to staff. But a catering industry spokesman said 1,600 coffee shops across the country have been put up for sale because their owners were convinced their businesses were doomed.

The Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority, which is responsible for enforcing the ban, said it had trained around 200 inspectors: “They can tell the difference between a mix or a pure joint from its smell and appearance.” The Dutch health minister, Ab Klink, said he hoped the law would help to rid the country of cannabis-induced idleness. “Consumers who spend the whole day hanging out in coffee shops will find other things to do,” he said.

Dutch coffee shops are licensed to sell small quantities of cannabis to adults over 18.

You heard it right.
Source: CBS

A dwarf charged with prostituting an underage runaway will appear in Kings County, N.Y. Supreme Court on Monday. Jacqueline Green, a.k.a. ‘Shorty,’ due to her 3 foot 9 inch height, is charged with promoting prostitution and child endangerment for allegedly pimping a 15-year-old that ran away from a troubled home.

According to published reports, Green is accused of using her Bedford-Stuyvesant apartment as a sex pad for clients who paid $250 per half-hour for intercourse, and $100 per half-hour of oral sex. Clients were found using Craigslist.

Green, 26, pleaded not guilty to all charges. The teenage girl was returned to her family. It is not clear how the two met. Neighbors at Green’s Brooklyn housing project were not surprised by the arrest, where she was described as a “hustler,” and a “player.” Reginald Forden told the Post “I didn’t know she was a pimp, but I’m not surprised.”

Green’s Bedford-Stuyvesant sex-pad apartment is located at 555 Quincy St.

Shrimp Pimp On Da Block!

We can’t help but think of Debbie Lee Carrington from Total Recall:

“If you need any help with this one, give me a holler!”

Your basic unlicensed sports product usually is a piece of crap printed with improper Pantones and the occasional spelling error. This one, however, drew the ire of the Cubs by taking a shot at Kosuke Fukudome’s Japanese heritage (and, additionally, to add insult to injury, was replete with a mock-up of Harry Caray’s eyeglasses):

Image of the offending garment.

Cubbies’ management was able to drop the cease and desist on the production of this one immediately due to the use of the team logo in the background.

At OddCulture we are more interested in why the obvious insinuations about someone named FUK-U-DO-ME were skipped over in favor of a bad slant-eye joke (maybe Abercrombie and Fitch will pick up on that at a later date).

Here are some images from the webpage of Emperor’s Club VIP (since taken down).

Alana

Anais

Samantha

Here’s The Roster: (click for full size!)

At least Eliot Spitzer had some taste, although his spending habits were extravagant. I mean, $5,000?

Any images featuring “Kristen” would be quite the awesome…

Update: Kristen Found!

The big story today is that New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been involved in a prostitution ring.

NY Times Story:

Mr. Spitzer, a first-term Democrat who pledged to bring ethics reform and end the often seamy ways of Albany, is married with three children. Just last week, federal prosecutors arrested four people in connection with an expensive prostitution operation. Administration officials would not say that this was the ring with which the governor had become involved. But a person with knowledge of the governor’s role said that the person believes the governor is one of the men identified as clients in court papers.

The governor’s travel records show that he was in Washington in mid-February. One of the clients described in court papers arranged to meet with a prostitute who was part of the ring, the Emperors Club VIP on the night of Feb. 13. An affidavit filed in federal court in Manhattan in connection with that case lists six conversations between the man, identified as Client 9, and a booking agent for the Emperors Club.

Spitzer, describing his penis size before elaborating that it was perfectly acceptable at the Emperor’s Club.

By the way, here is the web site of the Emperor’s Club VIP. As you can see, it has been disabled. Which brings us to Google Cache:

Emperors’ Club model introduction fees directly correlate to the quality of our model companions. Each model’s respective introduction fee has been placed on her page and is symbolized by the number of diamonds on her page. Beginning with three diamonds at $1,000 or £500 and escalating beyond $2,100 or £1,050 at six diamonds, fees vary according to individual education, sophistication, and ambiance created by each of our models. Choosing from only the most impressive model companion candidates, you’ll personally find that Emperors Club is, by far, the most selective social introduction service. Beauty, elegance, erudition, and educational standing / career accomplishments are preliminary decisive factors in hiring. Each model’s character, personality, ability to create desirable atmosphere, interests, family background and career success must be deemed suitable. Initial rates have been established based on the above criteria. With time, promotion, if any, to higher category (ies) is considered and based upon our expanded knowledge of the model’s character and the grace with which she handles public relations / interactions. It is advised to schedule your dates with our models in advance, as each model has place in her schedule for a select number of meetings per month due to her university / career commitments. National and International Travel arrangements require at least 48 hours notice and a minimum 55% deposit. We recognize the importance of personality connection, friendship and comfort level when traveling together / attending social events; hence, hourly introductions are offered to ensure confidence / value prior to committing to travel dates and social engagements with any specific model. Such preliminary meetings make for risk-free dating and travel experiences.

Day Rates (dawn to dawn) :
three diamonds -$10,000 I four diamonds - $12,000 I five diamonds - $15,000 I six diamonds - $21,000 I seven diamonds - $31,000
three diamonds - £5,000 I four diamonds - £6,000 I five diamonds - £ 7,500 I six diamonds - £10,500 I seven diamonds - £15,500
three diamonds - €7,000 I four diamonds - €9,000 I five diamonds - € 1,100 I six diamonds - €15,000 I seven diamonds - €22,000

Inquire about our weekend and multiple-day travel package rates!

Hourly Rates:
three diamonds -$1,000 I four diamonds - $1,200 I five diamonds - $1,500 I six diamonds - $2,100 I seven diamonds - $3,100
three diamonds - £500 I four diamonds - £600 I five diamonds - £750 I six diamonds - £1,050 I seven diamonds - £1,550
three diamonds - €700 I four diamonds - €900 I five diamonds - €1,100 I six diamonds - €1,500 I seven diamonds - €2,200

Inquire about our 2-hour preliminary introduction package rates!
Inquire about our multiple -hour package rates!

In addition to cash, we also accept Major Credit Cards; at our discretion, Authorized Bank Cashiers’ Checks and most foreign currencies. Click here for Currency Converter (20% bank exchange fees apply when paying via your reservation country’s foreign currency).

Gift Certificates Available Upon Request.

Please view our portfolio, to choose one of our models.

Contact reservations via phone at: US: 917 438 9213 // 310 691 5163 // 305 851 2098 // UK: 0207 096 0879 // France: 0172 813 841 // Swiss: 022 533 0819 OR Reserve your date online!

ABC:

The Web site of the Emperors Club VIP displays photographs of the prostitutes’ bodies, with their faces hidden, along with hourly rates depending on whether the prostitutes were rated with one diamond, the lowest ranking, or seven diamonds, the highest. The most highly ranked prostitutes cost $5,500 an hour, prosecutors said.

Which girl did Eliot hang with? Miranda? Ava? Sienna? Sydney?

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