Monday, March 01, 2004

It sounds like an excellent thing to chant at football games, too

"Yoga is all about becoming more in touch with your body, but on some level, all that really means is becoming more in touch with your sexual organs. Basically, you’re doing sexercises. It takes about six months to understand what they’re talking about when they say 'Lift the pelvic floor,' but once I did, it made my sex life 100 percent better."

And in further adventures apres la revolution sexuelle, a 20-something hipster couple goes to a strip club and basically has no idea how to act. So here is my primer on how to act in a strip club, in a hundred words or less:

How to Behave in a Strip Club

  1. You will probably be asked what you want to drink. Order a cheap beer. Don't complain that it costs ten dollars. Don't complain that there is a two-drink minimum. It's part of the price of admission.
  2. Look at the strippers. Don't be embarrassed. That's what they're there for.
  3. Unless you want to get up close and personal, don't approach the stage. If you do, just smile and chuckle a lot, like you're having a great time, even if some stripper is whacking you on the head with her giant fake tits. Nobody's looking at you. They're looking at the girls.
  4. Smile and nod a lot. Act appreciative, even if inside you are thinking "So fucking what." Nobody likes a grump.
  5. If it's a lap dance club, you aren't obliged to get a lap dance. Just smile and say "No thanks, baby." This is the one situation you can get away with calling every girl "baby," so enjoy it. If they're persistent, just keep refusing politely. Eventually they'll go away.
  6. The dancers will not give you their phone numbers or agree to go out with you, unless of course they are also prostitutes. However, this is unlikely. In any case, no matter how flirtatious they are, all they want is for you to give them money. Go ahead, you cheapskate, tip them. That's what they're really there for, not artistic expression.
  7. Done yet? Because that's really all there is to it. If you've been there a half hour, you've seen it all.

This has been a public service announcement.

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