The Germans never miss an opportunity to raise a tax, if not a smile, and the news that the City of Bonn has installed street meters to
tax prostitutes who are soliciting on its streets (at a rate of six euros (£5.30; $8.70) per night) is guaranteed to prove once again that
German humour is both deep and sly.
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What makes this story even funnier, is that far from just ignoring the meters, or moving to other areas, both of which the ladies of negotiable affection would have done in other countries, the German prostitutes are as law abiding as the rest of the country and actually paid up. According to reports a grand total of €264 euros were found in the meter when it was first emptied.
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