Honorable professions

In Venezuela, the government is completely cool with you if you're a prostitute, but not if you moonlight as a currency trader.

7 comments:

DL Sly said...

Given that that profession is usually euphemised as Ladies of the Evening, shouldn't it be "Daylighting" instead of "Moonlighting"?
Jus', yanno, axin'....
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Ymar Sakar said...

Currency traders like Soros are dangerous. They can become king makers. They only need OnE king maker, not competitors.

Grim said...

Shanghai has a lot of currency traders running about the streets too, eager to buy your dollars for their Renmenbi.

E Hines said...

But, DL, they are trading currency. It's not a barter operation. And they handle, I suppose, all nationalities.

Eric Hines

DL Sly said...

Well, I would hope so, Eric. I would also hope that they handle every currency customer with equal gusto and aplomb. Wouldn't want any disadvantaged currency holders, it could create a positively blue situation. In a blue light district though, who's gonna notice?
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Anonymous said...

I thought all Venezuelans were currency traders, due to the hyperinflation in the area.

Valerie

Ymar Sakar said...

Jesus Christ got angry at the money changers, and threw their tables out and chased em out.