Does anyone know if you can carry on a case of Frito-Lay chips, or do you have to check it if someone was catching a flight to OK?

Smith had to pay a $1,142 fine, but her client was let off...

BOO

Shouldn't this also have a 'WTF' tag?

this is awesome PR for frito-lay. chilli-cheese fritos, they ARE that good.

You see, the client should have just taken her out to dinner first. Then it would have been legal.

Watch the video - I would keep the chips.

@SacraBos: the way i see it, a bag of chips is dinner. she got a whole case. this is nothing more than a cheap date

@SacraBos: Interesting point. What is the tipping point in these scenarios?

Dinner is cool. Does only dessert count? A dessert at a really fancy place? I bet a starbucks coffee is cool too?

@mattarse:
A dirty joke using the Lay's tagline "You Can't Eat Just One" just came to mind.

Oh, real fair, the "hooker" has to pay while her client gets off.

@WearingBlue4BillyMays_GitEmSteveDave: Just a guess, but if the woman is accepting potato chips in exchange for fellatio she probably isn't at the "Eliot Spitzer" range of the prostitute spectrum. Probably more like the "Patty the daytime hooker" variety. Not sure it's worth the airfare to OK. And I live in KS.

What a waste of court time - who gives a sh!t honestly.

@Rectilinear Propagation: That both weren't let off? I'm in complete agreement.

@coren:

lol. "gets off." ha.

So, what this article is saying is that, based on all the chips I laid out for all my guests over the years, I should be getting massive BJs over it? Time to make a few phone calls.

I call the arrest a waste of taxpayer money.

@MostlyHarmless: Yes, yes, yes, yes, and yes. It's just sex and as long as no one is forced it's no big deal.

With my eyes closed, she looks just like Megan Fox.

@brettbee: Eyes closed, welding goggles, and seperated by a brick wall.

@searonson:
seconded

@Applekid: At least be consistent. If all we do is prosecute the prostitutes, we're sending a message that directly contradicts all the reasons why prostitution is illegal in the first place. Gross. Maybe the fine was really a wink-wink-nudge-nudge "back taxes" thing. But hey, if she's bartering for chips, she probably doesn't have that kind of cash lying around for a rainy day. Insult to injury if you ask me, (AND I KNOW YOU DO).

@HiPwr: "Gosh, Megan, your mouth is so rough and masonry-like."

@thisheregirafFe: too bad it wasn't a klondike bar

Err, hate to be a grammar Nazi, but shouldn't the story say, "Smith had to pay a $1,142 fine, but her client got off"?
*rimshot*

@Trai_Dep: Rimshots are an extra bag of chips.

@searonson: Hey, Red State, finger-wagging pols.
Sort of comes with the territory, right?

@Applekid: It is not, but it sure is illegal. As in, it is illegal to have sex for money. Unless you are married to that person and he makes you do stuff so you can buy groceries. Thats how it rolls.

But its legal to take her out to a movie/dinner/dessert/coffee and then do stuff. You'd get the impression that it was okay to pay in kind, instead of cash, or contrabrand... but apparently the chips dont count.

What if I agree to go down on her if she goes down on me? Is that still prostitution?

@Rectilinear Propagation: "Shouldn't this also have a 'WTF' tag? "

Yes, it should.

I need to start cruising around with a case of Frito-lays.

What a waste of time and money. Who cares? Unless one of them was a kid or mentally disabled or somthing who cares?? Our laws are stupid.

Hey its a hell of a lot cheaper than marriage.

P.S. Thanks for the exclamation point.

@thisheregirafFe: There was a limited run of "Roasted Corn" something or other. Basically they took all their leftover seasonings, mixed them all together, and put them on fritos. They were dang awesome.

@Applekid: Cue the "shrinkage".

@Rectilinear Propagation: So she gets nabbed and he gets off twice? No justice.

What kind of chips?

CheetHOES?

DoritHOES?

@dadelus: You ain't kidding, look at the article. I wouldn't let that woman anywhere near my genitals for all the cheetos in the world.

@MostlyHarmless: i wonder if he'd given the chips first if that would have counted as a date. really all this whole situation does is display the absurdity of prostitution laws. what's the difference between giving cash, or buying your girlfriend jewelry, dinner, etc.?

@craptastico: When you're dating you pretend thats not what is going on.

Mmmmm.... Creamy Jalapeño. Damnit, now I want Chuys!

@coren: From the article, the man was not charged at the officer's discretion. Also given that the man tried to pay with potato chips, it seems to me that he had no idea he had to pay for the act, and that from his point of view, he just met a very friendly woman, then was hit with an invoice out of the blue after the fact.

Blame the ridiculous prostitution laws. Prostitution needs to be legalized at once. Pardon me, "explicit prostitution" needs to be legalized at once, since "implicit prostitution" is alive and kicking at any number of singles sites, 'date a sugar daddy dot com' sites, any bar with a ladies' night, and countless others.

@Charles Mousseau: Oh I agree prostitution laws are horribly biased and unfair to women (and a lot of the men who hook as well) but I just went for the cheap joke.

@Applekid: You keep using that word...I don't think it means what you think it means

Frito Lay - Betcha can't 'eat' just one!

In times of stress, it is entirely possible I would prostitute myself for Ruffles potato chips with french onion dip. When I'm a mess, my craving for salty foods - and specifically those two - is that strong.

I had a bad day. My husband is at WaWa buying me french onion dip as we speak. Seriously.

this story is just sad.

Is it ironic that the reporter in the video is Johnny "John" Johnson? Seriously could they have fit any more innuendo in on this story LOL. John - slang for the customer in this situation. Johnson - well do I need to go into this one?

It's a good day in the evidence room.

@plutonyum: Add a few ounces of coke to the case of chips and you can get a nicer hooker.

@m4ximusprim3: i see what you did there

i guess someone had some mouths to feed at home?