# This Just In: The Dalai Lama is NOT a Call Girl! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-the-dalai-lama-is-not-a-call-girl/431201 "2007-12-25T13:51:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-the-dalai-lama-is-not-a-call-girl/431201/1 "2007-12-25T13:51:18Z")
[So says the Canadian PM!](http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2007-12-21T152137Z_01_ARM155217_RTRUKOC_0_US-HARPER-DALAILAMA-odd.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-L3-Oddly+Enough+NewsNews-3) > [@](#): > > When Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper tried to explain in a year-end interview why he’d met the Dalai Lama in his Ottawa office, it was clear he wanted to show respect for the exiled Tibetan leader. > > Unfortunately, it didn’t quite come out that way. > > “I met the Dalai Lama in my office but I meet everyone in my office. I don’t know why I would sneak off to a hotel room just to meet the Dalai Lama. You know, he’s not a call girl,” Harper told OMNI television. Looks like the US isn’t the _only_ North American country with a leader who likes firmly inserting his foot into his mouth! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-the-dalai-lama-is-not-a-call-girl/431201/2 "2007-12-25T13:55:37Z")
That the best you got? Call me when you’re down here in the gutter with the rest of us. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-the-dalai-lama-is-not-a-call-girl/431201/3 "2007-12-25T15:26:26Z")
And what would Stevie know about sneaking off to motel rooms with call girls,hmmm,_hmmmmmm_? ---
**Author:** ![Terrifel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c68b51/32.png) [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-the-dalai-lama-is-not-a-call-girl/431201/4 "2007-12-25T15:55:18Z")
So that’s what is considered offensive in Canada, is it? They are indeed a strange people, these tundra dwellers. Of course that sort of attitude isn’t found in the U.S. We have plenty of prominent Republicans who are only too willing to sneak off to hotel rooms and meet with men! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-the-dalai-lama-is-not-a-call-girl/431201/5 "2007-12-25T16:09:34Z")
[QUOTE=Terrifel] So that’s what is considered offensive in Canada, is it? They are indeed a strange people, these tundra dwellers. Of course that sort of attitude isn’t found in the U.S. We have plenty of prominent Republicans who are only too willing to sneak off to hotel rooms and meet with men! [/QUOTE] Why spend big bucks on a hotel room when a public restroom stall will suffice? ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-the-dalai-lama-is-not-a-call-girl/431201/6 "2007-12-25T17:00:18Z")
Oh, Steve. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-the-dalai-lama-is-not-a-call-girl/431201/7 "2007-12-26T10:40:46Z")
Sheesh, it’s spin to try mollify the Chinese government. for better or worse, the Chinese government is down on the DL meeting with heads of state. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-just-in-the-dalai-lama-is-not-a-call-girl/431201/8 "2007-12-26T13:59:47Z")
[QUOTE=China Guy] Sheesh, it’s spin to try mollify the Chinese government. for better or worse, the Chinese government is down on the DL meeting with heads of state. [/QUOTE] Yes, but spin is supposed to make you look _better._ :smack: