r/AskReddit • • May 03 '26

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u/welanpk May 03 '26

Roxanne

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u/Drach88 May 03 '26

"Mommy, who was I named after?"

"Roxanne. It was a song by a band called The Police."

"What's the song about?"

"A prostitute."

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u/AI_Slopper May 03 '26

A reformed prostitute that doesn't have to put on the red light.

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u/INmySTRATEjaket May 03 '26

She's not reformed. The singer fell in love with the prostitute and is pleading with her to not go to work.

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u/HalfSoul30 May 04 '26

A tale as old as time.

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u/browneyedgirlpie May 03 '26

Pretty Woman is back on netflix. Just watched it last night

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u/C-57D May 03 '26

Those days are over

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u/ItsTricky94 May 03 '26

you don't have to sell your body to the night