"Life begins at 66," reads an advertisement aimed at old people in Germany. But it’s not promoting orthopedic shoes — it’s for a brothel which is offering a 50-percent discount to senior citizens.<\/p>\n
If you have to get old, Germany isn’t a bad place to do so. As well as generous state pensions, German senior citizens enjoy a host of benefits during their twilight years. Now, in addition to discounted rail travel, cut-price cinema tickets and cheap museum entry, Germany’s old folk have a new perk to take advantage of: a 50- percent discount at Germany’s largest brothel.<\/p>\n
The brothel "Pascha" in Cologne is now offering senior citizens a 50 percent discount on sex services — but only between the hours of 12 and 5 p.m., and only upon proof of age. The offer, which many would argue beats free coffee at McDonalds, is valid for clients aged 66 and over.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I don’t see myself ever setting foot in a brothel. I don’t object to them in principle, provided that the folks working them do so of their own free will and interest and they’re not forced into it through poverty or war or crime. Otherwise as far as I’m concerned it’s a business like anything else. For some people, sex is more like recreation then romance, and that’s fine. But the point is look at how casually and matter-of-factly they’re treating human sexuality elsewhere in the civilized world. <\/p>\n
Of course you wouldn’t start a new line of business without doing a little test marketing first…\n<\/p>\n
\nThe brothel tested the subsidized sex scheme by offering reductions once a week. The offer was so successful it has now been extended to every day. "There’s been plenty of demand and people have certainly been taking advantage of the offer," the spokesman said, adding, with a certain understatement: "Older folks are more active than you think."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
See…this is why you need to read the foreign newspapers and magazines. There’s a whole ‘nother world out there isn’t there? Spiegel has been on my reading list for a while now. They’re good.\n<\/p>\n
I don’t see myself ever setting foot in a brothel. But it would sure be very nice to be able to retire to a less sexually stressed out place then the country I’m living in now…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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