{"id":4976,"date":"2008-03-18T13:09:32","date_gmt":"2008-03-18T13:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/03\/no-one-weighs-that-unless-they.html"},"modified":"2008-03-18T13:09:32","modified_gmt":"2008-03-18T13:09:32","slug":"no-one-weighs-that-unless-they","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/03\/no-one-weighs-that-unless-they.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cNo one weighs that unless they\u2019re 12\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, did you notice the <a href=\"http:\/\/women.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/life_and_style\/women\/ariel_leve\/article3558804.ece\">weight of the Eliot Spitzer&#8217;s prostitute<\/a>? I didn&#8217;t and I was wondering if anyone else noticed and was incredulous:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>New York Governor Eliot Spitzer built his reputation as the state\u2019s crusading public attorney fighting corruption and insider trading. When last week he had to resign, after being linked to a prostitution ring, traders on Wall Street finally had something to cheer about.<br \/>\nIt was alleged he spent $80,000 over a 10-year period on hookers. But the morality of public servants and the hypocrisy of high office, the fact that he wanted \u201cunsafe\u201d sex &#8211; this wasn\u2019t what people were talking about. Most of the focus was on \u201cKristen\u201d, the prostitute he met at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington DC and booked for $1,000 an hour. She was described as, \u201cAmerican, petite, very pretty, brunette, 5 feet 5 inches, and 105 pounds\u201d.<br \/>\nMy female friends in New York were outraged. \u201c105 pounds? No way.\u201d<br \/>\nThis was the biggest grievance. Not that she was a hooker. Or even that she was from New Jersey. The fact that somewhere along the line she had claimed to weigh 105 lbs and now it was being printed as fact. \u201cCome on!\u201d My friend Heather fumed. \u201cNo one weighs that unless they\u2019re 12.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>BTW, at my thinnest I was ten pounds heavier than that and I&#8217;m two inches shorter \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, did you notice the weight of the Eliot Spitzer&#8217;s prostitute? I didn&#8217;t and I was wondering if anyone else noticed and was incredulous: New York Governor Eliot Spitzer built his reputation as the state\u2019s crusading public attorney fighting corruption and insider trading. 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