But it's not promoting orthopedic shoes -- it's for a brothel which is offering a percent discount to senior citizens. The brothel "Pascha" in Cologne is now offering senior citizens a 50 percent discount on sex services -- but only between the hours of 12 and 5 p. The offer, which many would argue beats free coffee at McDonalds, is valid for clients aged 66 and over. An advertisement for the new special offer on the brothel's Web site reads "Life begins at 66" and features a picture of a leather-clad active senior citizen on a motorcycle.
Senior citizens also get a discount for the brothel's nightclub -- although opening as it does at 9 p. The brothel tested the subsidized sex scheme by offering reductions once a week. The offer was so successful it has now been extended to every day. Cologne is something of a center for sexual innovation in Germany. The city introduced a so-called "sex tax" on the sex industry in in an attempt to balance its budget.
However the discount is not the first of its kind to be offered in Germany. A brothel in Dresden in economically hard-hit eastern Germany made headlines in when it introduced a percent discount for the long-term unemployed. Die Homepage wurde aktualisiert. Jetzt aufrufen.
