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Another 15 minutes of fame
No doubt there must be a reality show in the works for Susan Finkelstein.
When Andy Warhol talked about everyone getting their 15 minutes of fame, he might have had her in mind.
Finkelstein is the woman charged with soliciting prostitution after she posted an ad on the Craigslist Web site “desperately” seeking World Series tickets.
Finkelstein’s ad profiled her as “Desperate Blonde Needs WS Tix.” It described her has a “gorgeous tall buxom blonde.” And it had some interesting terms for the transaction. “Price negotiable – I’m the creative type! Maybe we can help each other!”
For some reason, that drew the attention of police in Bensalem, Bucks County. They arranged a meeting in a bar, where they now claim Finkelstein offered to swap sex for the Series ducats. Finkelstein was handcuffed and marched off to the police station. She – and her lawyer – adamantly deny any such thing.
There’s a part of me that wonders why exactly it’s important for police to be patrolling for this kind of behavior.
There’s also a part of me that feels bad for what was about to happen to Finkelstein. In this age of the Internet, she was about to become a star. Once her story hit the blogosphere, it rocketed across the globe.
Finkelstein, who is described as a Phillies Phanatic, soon learned there was a downside to the fact that the Phillies were playing the New York Yankees in the Series. The New York tabloids had a field day with her saga.
But I had a bad feeling about what I figured was going to happen next. I wasn’t disappointed. You can’t turn on your TV without seeing Finkelstein’s smiling face. She’s made the rounds of local TV news shows, trying to offer her version of what happened in that bar.
She’s sticking to her guns that she was merely “flirting,” that she never offered sex for the tickets.
At this point, I don’t really care.
By the way, Finkelstein will be going to a World Series game. A radio station and car dealer are coming through with the ducats.
And there was no sex involved.
Get the reality show ready. How about this for a title: “What Would You Do For World Series tickets?”
It’s a guaranteed hit.
When Andy Warhol talked about everyone getting their 15 minutes of fame, he might have had her in mind.
Finkelstein is the woman charged with soliciting prostitution after she posted an ad on the Craigslist Web site “desperately” seeking World Series tickets.
Finkelstein’s ad profiled her as “Desperate Blonde Needs WS Tix.” It described her has a “gorgeous tall buxom blonde.” And it had some interesting terms for the transaction. “Price negotiable – I’m the creative type! Maybe we can help each other!”
For some reason, that drew the attention of police in Bensalem, Bucks County. They arranged a meeting in a bar, where they now claim Finkelstein offered to swap sex for the Series ducats. Finkelstein was handcuffed and marched off to the police station. She – and her lawyer – adamantly deny any such thing.
There’s a part of me that wonders why exactly it’s important for police to be patrolling for this kind of behavior.
There’s also a part of me that feels bad for what was about to happen to Finkelstein. In this age of the Internet, she was about to become a star. Once her story hit the blogosphere, it rocketed across the globe.
Finkelstein, who is described as a Phillies Phanatic, soon learned there was a downside to the fact that the Phillies were playing the New York Yankees in the Series. The New York tabloids had a field day with her saga.
But I had a bad feeling about what I figured was going to happen next. I wasn’t disappointed. You can’t turn on your TV without seeing Finkelstein’s smiling face. She’s made the rounds of local TV news shows, trying to offer her version of what happened in that bar.
She’s sticking to her guns that she was merely “flirting,” that she never offered sex for the tickets.
At this point, I don’t really care.
By the way, Finkelstein will be going to a World Series game. A radio station and car dealer are coming through with the ducats.
And there was no sex involved.
Get the reality show ready. How about this for a title: “What Would You Do For World Series tickets?”
It’s a guaranteed hit.
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