Kobe Bryant thinks these three WNBA players could play in the NBA 'right now'

[Neonred 3,576]

2 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

You went to a strip club and got messy. Jesus. More details

That can't possibly be VJ family friendly

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,376]

3 minutes ago, Neonred said:

That can't possibly be VJ family friendly

I have been to a few back in the day. Never got messy. The one time I attempted to get messy, enormous dude escorted me to the door 

[laylalex 7,293]

17 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

You went to a strip club and got messy. Jesus. More details

Ha! It was a long time ago, when I was in my senior year of college. I'd had a really bad fall semester, totally drawn into myself and probably depressed when I think about it. I wasn't about to flunk out but I'd checked out mentally. Anyway, I made a real effort to reconnect with the friends I'd kind of pushed away, and I started going out more often. One of my friends thought it would be an experience she could write about for a school publication if we went as women, as feminists, to a "gentlemen's club." I didn't even know if they would let us in, but when we showed up there wasn't a problem at all. I was NOT going to go anywhere near the buffet, because (1) buffet in a strip club and (2) seafood buffet in a strip club. But we all did drink a lot, because we were given a break on the tab -- the manager said having a bunch of "sorority girls" (none of us were sorority members) in the club would be good for keeping guys in there. I still do not understand this reasoning, but whatever.

 

Anyway, it was all really strong well drinks, and because I was steering clear of the botulism under the heat lamps, I hadn't eaten much besides some fancy Chex mix. The dancers came over occasionally and chatted with us, why were we here, what did we think of their dancing, how they looked, how the men reacted, etc. One of them I recognized as a TA from a class I took back in the fall (I didn't have her for section, but someone I know did), which kind of opened my eyes a bit -- she was also open that she was supplementing her meager grad school funds by working there. They were all pretty amazing athletes/dancers, and really personable. They had definite schticks, like this is the surly one, this is the girl next door, here's the dominatrix, here's the vamp, and so on. 

 

So as the night wore on, we kept drinking, my friend the journalist completely gave up on taking notes and we were all totally blasted by 10pm (we'd started at 6pm). We stuck around for a while until the manager called cabs for us, but really for our own safety more than anything else, as the guys who were in attendance were getting a little too friendly with us. I am sorry to disappoint when I say that my messiness was limited to being 21-year-old college girl drunk, and not, "Imma get on that pole NOW" drunk, Nature Boy. I was never the dancer in my family -- I was politely asked to leave ballet class at the age of 12 for being so desperately bad that I was discouraging the other pupils. 

 

Now, have I dressed up like an exotic dancer in my private life? That is a question I will also keep behind the velvet curtain.  

25 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

I have been to a few back in the day. Never got messy. The one time I attempted to get messy, enormous dude escorted me to the door 

One of the perks of being a woman, I guess.  

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5 minutes ago, laylalex said:

Ha! It was a long time ago, when I was in my senior year of college. I'd had a really bad fall semester, totally drawn into myself and probably depressed when I think about it. I wasn't about to flunk out but I'd checked out mentally. Anyway, I made a real effort to reconnect with the friends I'd kind of pushed away, and I started going out more often. One of my friends thought it would be an experience she could write about for a school publication if we went as women, as feminists, to a "gentlemen's club." I didn't even know if they would let us in, but when we showed up there wasn't a problem at all. I was NOT going to go anywhere near the buffet, because (1) buffet in a strip club and (2) seafood buffet in a strip club. But we all did drink a lot, because we were given a break on the tab -- the manager said having a bunch of "sorority girls" (none of us were sorority members) in the club would be good for keeping guys in there. I still do not understand this reasoning, but whatever.

 

Anyway, it was all really strong well drinks, and because I was steering clear of the botulism under the heat lamps, I hadn't eaten much besides some fancy Chex mix. The dancers came over occasionally and chatted with us, why were we here, what did we think of their dancing, how they looked, how the men reacted, etc. One of them I recognized as a TA from a class I took back in the fall (I didn't have her for section, but someone I know did), which kind of opened my eyes a bit -- she was also open that she was supplementing her meager grad school funds by working there. They were all pretty amazing athletes/dancers, and really personable. They had definite schticks, like this is the surly one, this is the girl next door, here's the dominatrix, here's the vamp, and so on. 

 

So as the night wore on, we kept drinking, my friend the journalist completely gave up on taking notes and we were all totally blasted by 10pm (we'd started at 6pm). We stuck around for a while until the manager called cabs for us, but really for our own safety more than anything else, as the guys who were in attendance were getting a little too friendly with us. I am sorry to disappoint when I say that my messiness was limited to being 21-year-old college girl drunk, and not, "Imma get on that pole NOW" drunk, Nature Boy. I was never the dancer in my family -- I was politely asked to leave ballet class at the age of 12 for being so desperately bad that I was discouraging the other pupils. 

 

Now, have I dressed up like an exotic dancer in my private life? That is a question I will also keep behind the velvet curtain.  

One of the perks of being a woman, I guess.  

you never explained how you got messy

[Neonred 3,576]

20 minutes ago, laylalex said:

seafood buffet in a strip club.   That's just too funny right there.

 

But we all did drink a lot, because we were given a break on the tab -- the manager said having a bunch of "sorority girls" (none of us were sorority members) in the club would be good for keeping guys in there. I still do not understand this reasoning, but whatever.

Free "working" girls

 

 

Edited January 24, 2020 by Neonred

[laylalex 7,293]

33 minutes ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

you never explained how you got messy

Drunk? I drank the drinks they gave us for pretty much nothing.

 

Yes, I suppose we were free!  I never told my ex about this, he would have flipped out at the time. 

 

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Back to the subject.

 

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1 hour ago, laylalex said:

Drunk? I drank the drinks they gave us for pretty much nothing.

 

Yes, I suppose we were free!  I never told my ex about this, he would have flipped out at the time. 

 

Did not know messy meant drunk

[Burnt Reynolds 5,058]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

Back to the subject.

 

Alright, time to manhandle womanhandle some WNBA records!

Edited January 25, 2020 by Burnt Reynolds

[laylalex 7,293]

1 hour ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

Did not know messy meant drunk

Absolutely! Maybe it's a generational thing? Or maybe we just used it in my friend group. I don't know what else it implies, sorry.

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5 hours ago, Neonred said:

Interestingly enough many of the women working at the clubs in Key West were Eastern European.

 

Red Garter Saloon on Duval Street.

 

Sign in the door says "Husband Daycare".  Something about "drop him off here and we will take care of him..."

Saw that.  Didn’t go inside because it was middle of the day.  One of these nights...

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

4 hours ago, laylalex said:

Ha! It was a long time ago, when I was in my senior year of college. I'd had a really bad fall semester, totally drawn into myself and probably depressed...

 

Say it isn’t so?  All about YOU???

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NFL welcomes all genders btw, no discrimination there.

[laylalex 7,293]

42 minutes ago, ALFKAD said:

Say it isn’t so?  All about YOU???

It was a tough time. I pulled it together though. I really missed my ex (then just my boyfriend) but I wasn't handling it well. Maybe I should have been playing women's sports instead!

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5 minutes ago, laylalex said:

It was a tough time. I pulled it together though. I really missed my ex (then just my boyfriend) but I wasn't handling it well. Maybe I should have been playing women's sports instead!

You were.