# One- legged prostitutes and my daughter **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 15, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628 "2005-03-15T13:46:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/1 "2005-03-15T13:46:51Z")
I am cooking dinner and my 12 year old daughter is watching “Titanic” in the living room… ( I am paraphrasing) \*Jack is showing Rose his drawings… ROSE: You must have loved this girl very much. JACK: No. She is a one-legged prostitute.\* My daughter: Dad, what’s a one-legged prostitute? After pausing, searching for the right answer… Me: Well darling, she is a woman who sells her body for sex. My daughter: Ewww! You mean she sold her leg for sex?! Heehee 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/2 "2005-03-15T13:50:26Z")
[outraged] WHAT? I sold an arm **and** a leg! I got gyped! [/outraged] ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/3 "2005-03-15T14:08:31Z")
I know a poodle that would be interested in the purchase… ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/4 "2005-03-15T14:38:02Z")
What am I supposed to do with this pile of legs? ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/5 "2005-03-15T16:01:53Z")
Is that a leg? ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/6 "2005-03-15T16:33:14Z")
What am I offered for a finger? ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/7 "2005-03-15T16:35:36Z")
> [@whiterabbit](#): > > Is that a leg? _giggle_ I remember that. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/8 "2005-03-15T17:06:23Z")
> [@mr bus guy](#): > > What am I offered for a finger? :dubious: People usually don’t like it when you give them a finger. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/9 "2005-03-15T17:15:46Z")
And then there’s [Halvsie](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51807) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/10 "2005-03-15T17:21:57Z")
Someone paid for sex with Halvsie? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/11 "2005-03-15T18:01:16Z")
You might consider watching **Frankenhooker** , which _does_ have scenes of barrels full of legs and such: [http://my.execpc.com/~polsen/127boob.html](http://my.execpc.com/~polsen/127boob.html) On the other hand, maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/12 "2005-03-15T18:17:42Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Someone paid for sex with Halvsie? Yeah, they stood him up… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2005, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/13 "2005-03-15T18:49:55Z")
Hey ladies, I only charge a your pinky toes to have sex with me so I’m quite the bargin. ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/14 "2005-03-16T04:08:16Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > [outraged] WHAT? I sold an arm **and** a leg! I got gyped! [/outraged] Please do not use the word “gyped.” As it alludes to a vicious and incorrect sterotype of Gypsy people (who call themselves Roma/Rroma), it is offensive. One would not say, “I was Jewed!” and so “I got gyped!” should likewise be avoided. I understand you may not have known the origin of this term, so I thought I would inform you. Thank you. WRS - on behalf of the International Fascist Anal-Retentive English Grammar and Composition Association, Inc. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/15 "2005-03-16T04:16:36Z")
> [@WeRSauron](#): > > Please do not use the word “gyped.” As it alludes to a vicious and incorrect sterotype of Gypsy people (who call themselves Roma/Rroma), it is offensive. One would not say, “I was Jewed!” and so “I got gyped!” should likewise be avoided. I understand you may not have known the origin of this term, so I thought I would inform you. > > Thank you. > > WRS - on behalf of the International Fascist Anal-Retentive English Grammar and Composition Association, Inc. Please don’t threaten to “Lynch” him because I find that term offensive since it is the surname of the Irish side of my family and a great majority of them did not hang people. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/16 "2005-03-16T05:02:09Z")
> [@WeRSauron](#): > > WRS - on behalf of the International Fascist Anal-Retentive English Grammar and Composition Association, Inc. When did we go international? I don’t recall getting that memo. Hell, last I heard the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Apostrophes was still holding out for better stock options. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/17 "2005-03-16T07:14:35Z")
> [@The Weird One](#): > > :dubious: People usually don’t like it when you give them a finger. True, but when you sell them a finger, it makes the front page at Grudge. You should see what the hitchhikers on E-bay give for a thumb. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/18 "2005-03-16T14:42:50Z")
Please do not use the term Robbed. I have known several Roberts and although all of them were stinking theives I’m sure that somewhere there could be a Rob that may be offended. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/19 "2005-03-16T16:45:02Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Please do not use the term Robbed. > > I have known several Roberts and although all of them were stinking theives I’m sure that somewhere there could be a Rob that may be offended. Please do not use the term “stinking” as a perjorative, as my natural aroma that so many find offensive has given me an aversion to negative naturalist stereotypes. Nobody stinks, some are more aromatically challenged. ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628/20 "2005-03-16T16:50:38Z")
> [@Tristan](#): > > Please do not use the term “stinking” as a perjorative, as my natural aroma that so many find offensive has given me an aversion to negative naturalist stereotypes. Nobody stinks, some are more aromatically challenged. Please do not use the term “perjorative”, as I’ve had to look it up. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-legged-prostitutes-and-my-daughter/294628.md?page=2)