Nude Car Wash Controversy

(Brisbane, Australia) A controversy is foaming in this subtropical coastal city. The booming Bubbles 'n' Babes nude car wash has sparked a puritan outcry from conservative citizens, especially given that the topless and nude car washes are augmented, for a few dollars more, with an X-rated show. Police have investigated the car wash and now there is fear that the business will be closed on a technicality.

Since full-service brothels are within walking distance of the car wash, the girls at Bubbles 'n' Babes don't understand all the fuss. A former stripper turned car washer named Summer weighed in:

"They come here, they get a car wash; they're not allowed to touch us, they're not allowed to do anything, so what's the difference?"

Another car washer, backpacker Isabelle from Germany, sought the job as a way to earn money for her return trip home. The work pays well and most of the people are fun, she says.

All girls agree they feel safe and have rarely had any problem customers.

"A lot of them just come here to wank," Isabelle says.

Does she mind washing their cars while they, ahem, wax their sticks?

"No, not really, it's hard to explain but it just doesn't worry me."

With brothels a block away and stick waxing allowed in public, one might assume that conservatives are a microscopic minority in Brisbane.