I was offered money for sex once
When I was backpacking in Israel I learned that in order to avoid unwanted male attention, the secret is to keep moving and yell "fuck off" whenever approached.

However, I was hot and tired and waiting for a bus once so I sat down and started reading a book.

This bloke started circling but I ignored him. I couldn't tell if he was homeless or a rubbish collector. He had a cart of rubbish, was filthy and had an entire solar system of flies circling his head.

He kept saying "Psst! Slosheem sheklim. Fucky fucky". And I kept ignoring him.

Finally I pulled out my phrase book, turned to the number converter and saw that Slosheem Sheklim is 30 sheckels, about 3 pound fifty!

Bloody cheek! If he'd have offered 50 I might have considered it.

I did actually end up getting sexually assaulted in a shop in Jerusalem on the same trip after receiving the amazing gift of a bunch of cheap beads - but that's a whole other story. I still keep them as a souvenir, they're kind of bought and paid for.
(Peelmytangerines, Fri 20 Jan 2006, 15:56, Reply)