At some time in the future, near or distant, at least a few of you are going to have to explain why you brought in a bunch of prostitutes for your colleagues and/or clients. Given. The circumstances will vary, as will the types of girls hired (Peter likes brunettes, Jim wants someone who will call him Judy, the guys on the commodities desk like to attend rodeos) but it’s likely that you’ll all have to provide a rationale for the impetus behind this particular perk of the job, and why, in the eyes of the law, it should be seen as no big deal. And when that happens, I think you should all consider taking a page from David Brooks’ playa-book.
DHB, which specialized in making body armor used by the military in Iraq and Afghanistan, paid for more than $6 million in personal expenses on behalf of Mr. Brooks, covering items as expensive as luxury cars and as prosaic as party invitations, Ms. Schlegel testified. Also included were university textbooks for his daughter, pornographic videos for his son, plastic surgery for his wife, a burial plot for his mother, prostitutes for his employees, and, for him, a $100,000 American-flag belt buckle encrusted with rubies, sapphires and diamonds. [Brooks'] also defended the hiring of prostitutes for employees and board members, arguing in court papers that it represented a legitimate business expense “if Mr. Brooks thought such services could motivate his employees and make them more productive.”
This kind of thing happens at the SEC all the time. It’s no big deal.
@1 very original, you’re hilarious…he..hee.
This happens at _________ all the time. Its no big deal.
pornographic videos for his son… a burial plot for his mother, prostitutes for his employees
defense attorneys argued that brooks is not an embezzler, just a very sh**ty businessman. as evidenced by his failure to consolidate the cost of these three expenses into one.
Sounds like a great father, husband, son, boss and patriot.
In Soviet Russia, prostitutes hire you!
Clearly, every expense justifiable and should be upheld by his lawyers in a court of law.
In Soviet Russia, dead horse beats you!
- Over and Out
I approve of this expense.
How did you know??!!!
- Jim
What’s a rodeo? And how did 4 produce italic text?
Let this be a lesson to all of you. Do not check the box labeled “prostitution” on your company’s t&e expense form. Its usually a trap.
50 Cent at your bat mitvah is the new killing it
Aaargh! As usual the MSM gets it wrong. The NYT has gone completely down hill over the last 3 or 4 years. As someone that has often patronized prostitutes I can assure you that it’s not as simple as pay money bang bang. Of course, leave it to the NYT to skip the research. I’m sure I could come up with a better justification for hooker-fucking. NYT, how about contacting some of us who dabble in the trade for some real insight?
-Anal_yst
Waka waka: http://gawker.com/5597664/meet-anna-fermanova-americas-sexy-new-russian-spy
We can’t cut defense spending! What other douchebags would keep the ruby-studded belt buckle market alive?
Prosties, however, I’m cool with.
Couldn’t he of just said they were IR girls from Carlyle, and not REAL prosties?
But, but, your honor, I did it because I always wanted to be a banker, and I never realized that dream!
@8 meet me at Minetta’s. I’ll be the guy in an “I <3 Ana Chapman" t-shirt and ushanka hat chugging ice cold vodka from a mug as I simultaneously recite lines from Chekov's Cherry Orchard and dance the kalinka. Throw a matryoshka at my face so I know its you and then I'll let you know exactly how In Soviet Russia, beat horse deads you!
-The In Soviet Russia Guy
@6 I have heard that is actually true
@11 it’s all disclosed in the prospectus
@19 I love you
@14 made me laugh, thank you
@23/anal_yst forgot to log out huh? ^^
@11
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=html+italics
@11
Do you mean like this?
-guy who swears he doesn’t work in IT but knows a little bit of HTML
oh wow.
Thanks.
- 11
Did this guy trade energy for El Paso at some time in the past? The story just sounds so “Houston”.
The interesting thing here is that Brooks likely learned his protocols from someone who probably hasn’t been found out yet.
So… did they make them more productive??
- your future boss
http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=angora+rabbit
savants
http://tinyurl.com/3x3yf3p
in Sao Paulo, the closing dinners are always held at a brothel. examine your motives to stay in the US. just saying…
@23/Anal_yst. Wow, just wow.
if only we can get the blink tag working
@5 Better than prosties for the son and a burial plot for his wife, though.
seriously @23, unreal
self congratulating posts is the new killing it….
-guy who makes himself laugh..thank you
@25 I agree
@35
Huh?
Anal_yst, are you Seth Kleinman?
- 11
@24/@35/@39
You realize @14 wasn’t me, right? Morons.
Anal_yst, was that you last night outside of Minetta’s getting fisted by a midget with cuff links?
@44 – yes. I’m walking funny today.
NO, I am the REAL Anal_yst.
@42
Yes, I am Seth Kleinman
-Anal_yst
@45, you’re stinking up the place
I think I could get fired just for reading this article
alert(“LOLOL I HOPE BESS LEVIN KNOWS HOW TO ESCAPE MALICIOUS JAVASCRIPT”);
sigh… missing the good old days when we regualy took 10 clients to Asia on a fact finding and analysis trip… for 10 days, all in …
the weekend skiing in Verbier stunt just doesnt match it…
@47 lies. Quote from stone street advisors: ‘I mostly follow individual stocks in the consumer discretionary space’. Sound like commodities to you??
That’s nothing. In the music industry, nose-candy has its own expense line in the management accounts, viz “fruit and flowers”.
this guy is my idol
[/i]boom boom[i]
Mark Shields will probably joke about this in the next Shields & Brooks PBS NewsHour.
@55 wrong way round.