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| Convenient Romance Without the Sleaze | | 2007-07-04 21:13:00 | | You aren't into the club/disco/pub scene. You can't imagine paying for (ahem) "companionship" either. On top of everything else, you're busybusybusy. Damn, no wonder you're single and lonely!!! But despair not... busy Bangkok professionals can now pay to meet other busy Bangkok professionals!! MeetNLunch , which calls itself "introduction service for busy Bangkok professionals" will do aaaaall the dirty work for you (screening, matching, scheduling)... for a price (there's no such thing as a free lunch, you skinflint). Here's how it works: you contact MeetNLunch through the internet and set up an appointment to meet for a consultation session. You then tell MeetNLunch your dream partner's criteria (example: salary level, education background, still possessing real hair) and they will try to find your perfect match. Once your perfect match has been found (and you've passed their ID/background check!), MeetNLunch will set up a time and place where you can meet each other ... | | By: Street Smart Sukhumvit | | |
| | Monday, October 16th, 2006: Instant sleaze with Sweden's new government! | | 2006-10-16 16:40:00 | | What I think:The newly-elected Swedish government is off to a brilliant start. In the news today, the new Culture Minister, Cecilia Stegö Chilò, has resigned. The reasons: 1. She had hired nannies and paid them cash-in-hand (US/CAN: under the table), prior to her appointment as a minister. 2. She hadn't paid her TV licence for sixteen years.How cool is that? The Culture Minister, who is ultimately responsible for the Swedish television network for which the fee exists, hadn't paid it.She's actually the second to go for the same reasons.I love this country.Here's what she had to say, "By not paying my television licence fee and employing black market domestic help in the period before becoming minister, I have committed errors which are not acceptable, but which I have attempted to rectify as far as possible."And The Local (Sweden's news in English), had a fantastic scoop today; they certainly managed an amazingly impressive journalistic coup by getting this exclusive quote from | | By: Mark Base - Helsingblog | | |
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