re: #246 lawhawk

Many, many moons ago, back when I lived in the US, I used to moonlight as a bartender at a nudie bar.

One of the dancers told me she’d always know when an economic downturn was coming. She didn’t even need to look at a newspaper or tune in to one of the market watch programs.

Her hypothesis was that when she was making less than $100 a shift, a downturn was coming. When times were good, she could easily make $200 to $300 a shift, no problem.

Basically, hanging out at a nudie bar and tipping the dancers involves having a good degree of disposable income and job security on the part of the patrons. If they start feeling economically insecure, or they’re worried about their own immediate future - maybe their company has imposed a hiring freeze, or rumors are floating around about impending layoffs as a cost-cutting measure - then people quit going to the nudie bar, or if they go, they don’t tip anywhere near as well.

I’ve dubbed it “Angie’s Nudie Bar Predictive Economic Theorem”.