Tough times for Japanese soaplands
Wai Wai reports on tough times for Japanese "soaplands" ("the name given to brothels where customers are served by women who wash and cover them with suds before going all the way"). One soapland owner says:
Everybody says the ejaculation industry is immune to bad times, but that's a myth. The past one or two years have been awful. We'll have some girls on a weekday early shift who go home without having seen a single customer.
I really hope the phrase "ejaculation industry" catches on. The day I read the words "ejaculation industry" in the New York Times or hear "ejaculation industry" spoken on CNN, I will know my work here has not been in vain. The soapland owner continues:
The war on Iraq has almost killed us. Business has gone down 40 percent since the first attack. We can't do anything about it now it's started, but I hope they hurry up and get the job done.
I can't for the life of me figure out why war in Iraq would affect business at a Japanese brothel.
