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We sell ourselves to those overseas as larrikins, open minded and tolerant ... but are Aussie really just a bunch of prudes?

Maybe its the English in us? ;)

Brothel prize a bit below the belt

June 23, 2007 01:00am

A VICTORIAN strip bar has sparked outrage by rewarding the winner of its Saturday night poker tournament with a brothel voucher.

Alley Cat Hotel owner Fred Scharkosi says the prize has made it the busiest Texas hold 'em poker house in Geelong.

"Some venues offer a drink card or a chicken parma - ours is a free half-hour session at the local bordello," Mr Scharkosi said.

Family groups are disgusted.

"We are seriously disappointed that a local business thinks that a brothel voucher is an appropriate prize to hand out in a public venue," Australian Family Association president Angela Conway said.

The tournaments are linked to the National Poker League competition.

It said it would encourage the hotel to change its prizes.
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http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21952478-13762,00.html

The story had me in stitches and didn't offend me in the slightest. I know 'family groups' is a euphemism for fundamentalist christians but was just wondering what the mainstream of Australia thinks of this?

Are you offended, or did it give you a chuckle?
 
stockGURU said:
We sell ourselves to those overseas as larrikins, open minded and tolerant ... but are Aussie really just a bunch of prudes?

Maybe its the English in us? ;)



http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21952478-13762,00.html

The story had me in stitches and didn't offend me in the slightest. I know 'family groups' is a euphemism for fundamentalist christians but was just wondering what the mainstream of Australia thinks of this?

Are you offended, or did it give you a chuckle?
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I'd be offended...1/2 hour only????? Maybe thats the British in me!!:D
 
stockGURU said:
We sell ourselves to those overseas as larrikins, open minded and tolerant ... but are Aussie really just a bunch of prudes?

Maybe its the English in us? ;)



http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21952478-13762,00.html

The story had me in stitches and didn't offend me in the slightest. I know 'family groups' is a euphemism for fundamentalist christians but was just wondering what the mainstream of Australia thinks of this?

Are you offended, or did it give you a chuckle?
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Because the menfolk of these family groups might be jealous someones getting in for free..
 
it amused me :)

the girlfriend wasnt as impressed however. but not 'outraged'
 
I think its funny, Although i'm surprised the National Poker League would allow this sort of prize lol.
 
What happens if the winner is female? "Open minded" female poker players need only apply?
 
Its fine to scapegoat brit or US influence...but the day may have arrived where the rest of the world says, "only in Australia".

Not offended...ashamed.
 
prawn_86 said:
why should one be ashamed? to me it shows what was mentioned at the start of the thread, how aussies are traditionally larikans and different to the rest of the world
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Being a larikan, or having larikans in society and awarding the winner of a poker tournament a voucher to be used in a brothel...I don't see the connection.
 
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