White House of the Rising Sun
New Zealand has just legalized brothels, one of which has decided to call itself the White House and advertise "with a logo almost identical to the US presidential seal, showing an American bald eagle with a ribbon in its mouth, holding the arrows of war and an olive branch." According to the Sidney Morning Herald, this has prompted a complaint from the American embassy. I don't see why: It's just named after the porn site whitehouse.com, right?
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do they have any fat girls who give head in replicas of the oval office?
Reminds me of that old Woody Allen joke about dating a woman who worked for Eisenhower: “It was ironic, because I was trying to do to her what Eisenhower was doing to the country.”
New Zealand legalizes brothels, Canada legalizes gay marriage, Britain decriminalizes pot, with Canada perhaps soon to follow…and America gets the Patriot Act, the RAVE Act, and possibly a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Welcome to the Land of the Free, baby.
Thanks (for nothing) Bill Clinton!
Guy asks gal in a bar, “Would you sleep with me for a million dollars?”
Gal says, “Well, for that kind of money, I suppose I would.”
“OK,” says the guy, “How about for this shiny new quarter?”
The gal, outraged, demands, “What the hell do you think I am?”
“Well, we’ve already established that,” the guy replies. “Now we’re just haggling over the price.”
“New Zealand legalizes brothels, Canada legalizes gay marriage, Britain decriminalizes pot, with Canada perhaps soon to follow…and America gets the Patriot Act, the RAVE Act, and possibly a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.
Welcome to the Land of the Free, baby.”
Yeah I agree, but sadly you can’t buy a decent handgun in any of these countries, so we all still have a long way to go.
Why, Mark? You want to shoot the lot?
Well, you can’t TM a seal, flag, etc. of a government (at least in the US), so I think “tough shit” ought to be the response. 🙂
There is a house in New Zealand,
They call it the Rising Fun
It’s been a-wooin’ many a fiend
And Georgie knows he ain’t one.
We have lower taxes.
But you won’t be holding that title for long, New Zealander! Keep a close watch on such developments.
Good news (for the U.S.) is on the horizon.