On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:06:39 +0100, Jonathan Fine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Steve Holden wrote: > >> You remind me of the conversation between the philosopher and an >> attractive lady whom he was seated next to at dinner. He asked her if >> she would sleep with him for a million dollars, to which she readily >> agreed. So he followed this by asking her if she'd sleep with him for a >> dollar. She replied: "No. Do you take me for a prostitutte?", to which >> his riposte was "We have already established that fact, and are now >> merely haggling about the price". > >I've seen this before, and it is witty. > >However, it is perhaps unfair towards the woman. The man, after all, is >someone who has offered a woman money in return for sex. > >The whole story reads differently if we replace 'philosopher' by 'man' >and 'attractive lady' by 'woman'. The version I prefer has the woman asking, "What sort of woman do you take me for?" DaveM -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
