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 If you've been to Las Vegas recently and spent any time strolling The Strip, you were no doubt offered horny handouts advertising hookers and strip clubs. Are those flirty fliers free speech or sex for sale? Lawyers representing Clark County and the casinos believe the cards are thinly veiled invitations to illegal prostitution, arguing that the touts clog sidewalks and crowd tourists. The American Civil Liberties Union has taken up the cause. They counter that any ordinance against handbills is a First Amendment violation and that anti-war groups and religious activists would be equally affected by any anti-flier law. 10 Reps and an Orgasm!  A London facility called Gymbox is offering "Shag Workout" fitness classes for women that guarantee an increase in the quality, intensity and frequency of orgasms. The workout includes increasing your stamina, relaxation and meditation techniques and visualization. Adherents also learn a new Tantric sex technique every week. Oh, and ways to lower their inhibitions. Hmm, is that the same as lowering your blood pressure?The gym claims that multiple orgasms will, well, multiply. Gymbox founder, Richard Hilton, crows "the Shag Workout means that there is now a proven, embarrassment-free way to improve your sex life." That could be arguable. How embarrassment-free could an orgasm-enhancing workout be? Ibiza: Island of Sex! Researchers from the Centre for Public Health at Liverpool's John Moores University surveyed 1,500 16-to-35 year-old Brits returning from vacations on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Their findings reflect a Summer of Love-like libertine atmosphere that makes it sound like a sex maniac's paradise. Until you return with an STD along with your sunburn. • Over 25% of the men and 14% of the women had been intimate with more than one sexual partner during their vacation. • 11% of the men and 3% of the women claimed to have had sex with six or more partners. • Just under 50% of those traveling without a sexual partner found one during their stay. • Only 60% used condoms. You get an A for those DDs!  Many high schools have work-study programs that award students class credits for after school jobs. But there's one 17-year-old Savannah, Georgia high school senior who won't be receiving her credits. She works at a local Hooters and school superintendent Michael Moore believes the restaurant to be an inappropriate work environment. Vera Jones, one of five county school board members who voted against overruling Moore's decision, said, "I know we live in a world of Britney Spears, but I don't see us giving school credit in that atmosphere."Laura Williams isn't one of the flashy waitresses wearing orange running shorts and a tight T-shirt; she's a hostess, so her uniform consists of khakis and a collared shirt. Her father, Larry Williams, is contemplating filing a lawsuit against the school system. Ms. Williams will forfeit the class credits and keep her Hooters gig. "It doesn't matter what decision they make," Williams said on Thursday. "I plan on staying there. It's just a fun place to work." What the hell country do I live in again? A few recent news stories have been especially jolting. Joanne Webb, a mother of 3 from Texas, was arrested for selling "marital aids" at Tupperware-like parties in private homes. Seems that you can't accompany sex education information with actual implements. And those implements need to be labeled as gag gifts. (Insert crass "gag" gag here!) Her lawyer is arguing that if every product intended to be used on human genitalia needs to be labeled as a joke, Wal Mart should be in trouble too, along with every other establishment that sells condoms. Not too many Trojans are sold with the tag-line "for entertainment purposes only," as entertaining as they may be.  Georgia's State Department of Education decided the word "evolution" was profanity and suggested that it be replaced in all public schools with the less offensive and somewhat vague "biological changes over time." The change was to be just one in the 800 pages of suggested revisions to the state's curriculum that the state Board of Education will vote on in May. Religious conservatives cheered Superintendent Kathy Cox, but general reaction was so negative that the proposal was abandoned. The concept of evolution would have still been taught, but the actual word "evolution" would not be used in the classroom. Darwin must've been waltzing in his grave.And lastly, who hasn't heard just about enough about Janet Jackson's boob? While all the rabid right-wingers are frothing at the mouth about "the children," they seem to have overlooked the fact that most young people are fairly well-acquainted with boobs. They spent months being nurtured by them. The fallout hasn't ended yet, as Jackson was banned from the Grammys, NBC decided to edit out a fleeting glimpse of an elderly woman's breast from an episode of ER, an ex-band mate of Justin Timberlake's was cancelled from Pro Bowl halftime festivities and talking heads everywhere are blathering overtime about the apparent downfall of western civilization. It all makes one reconsider the concept of a free country.
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