starting a new business called "Hugs Inc."

[mopaul]

need teams of two people, one male, one female, to stake out busy corners in major cities. with a sign. "Hugs Inc." Hugs of all kinds, for all occassions.

rates:

quick hug. $1.00
a simple, brief hug, for any situation.

good to see you again hug. $1.00
a more familiar hug, with a feel good, home again
quality, our best selling hug.

goodbye hug. $2.00
why two dollars? well for one thing, i'll never see you again, so all the hug profits i might have made from you on return visits will be nil. plus, goodbye hugs are the most passionate and heartfelt, and more effort goes into them. some crying may occur with goodbye hugs, which is another overhead for dry cleaning.

specifications:
no groping from either the hugger or the hugee.
no hugs over 30 seconds, no exceptions.
no certified sex offenders.
no hogfarm workers.
no crushers

common definition of a hug: ...Inflected forms: hugged, hug·ging, hugs1. To clasp or hold closely, especially in the arms, as in affection; embrace. 2. To hold briefly or steadfastly. Latin

[pagerbear]

1. Jayson Littman beat you to it

METROPOLITAN DESK | May 10, 2004, Monday

Greenwich Village Journal; Inviting the Public's Embrace, One by One

By ANDREA ELLIOTT (NYT) words
Late Edition - Final , Section B , Page 3 , Column 1
DISPLAYING FIRST 50 OF WORDS - Jayson Littman is not especially lonely, or religious, or in need of cash -- things that strangers might assume upon meeting him. ... He is a financial analyst who happens to think that New Yorkers could use a hug. So it was, a month ago, that Mr. Littman began distributing...

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60712FA39580C738DDDAC0894DC404482


(Alas, because the article is so old, it costs money to read it.)