No, Baby, You're So Money

Swinging -- and not, like, on the playground -- is big business, says this Reuters piece. But the very last paragraph makes us wonder, like, why: Swinging also boosts ancillary services such as breast enhancements and erectile dysfunction drugs. "Viagra is definitely part of the adult scene," said Deborah, a...

By Robert Wilonsky

August 21, 2007

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Swinging -- and not, like, on the playground -- is big business, says this Reuters piece. But the very last paragraph makes us wonder, like, why:

Swinging also boosts ancillary services such as breast enhancements and erectile dysfunction drugs. "Viagra is definitely part of the adult scene," said Deborah, a 52-year old aesthetician grandmother from Dallas, Texas, who asked that her last name not be used. "Instead of four stars before, it's probably five stars now."

On second thought, is there a more sexy phrase in this whole wide world of ours than "a 52-year old aesthetician grandmother"? --Robert Wilonsky

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