Bus stopped

You know, with all the bureaucracy, regulations, anti-prostitution laws, and red tape, it's getting harder and harder for the innovative small businessperson to succeed these days:

A "brothel bus" that detectives said cruised Miami Beach offering lap dances and drinks has taken its last ride, police said on Wednesday.

Riders were offered oral sex for $100, according to Miami Beach police who impounded the limousine bus and arrested its operator early on Sunday.

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Aboard, undercover detectives said they found a fully stocked bar and several young women who stripped down to reveal G-strings stuffed with cash and offered to perform sex acts.

Suspected operator Christine Morteh, 29, was arrested on charges of offering to commit prostitution, transportation for the purpose of prostitution and operating a business without a license. She was released from jail on $5,000 bond.

Now, in spite of the fact that this was all highly illegal, I might praise something catering to the needs of people who actually want to be touched inappropriately by strangers on a bus as an innovative idea. But it's not. It turns out that it's actually a pretty old idea. A pretty old French idea.