I thought bowling shoes were bad

Now I've seen it all.
I thought renting bowling shoes was a hygienic nightmare, but even the communal use of shoes has been dropped way down on the ick list.

A story on Fark.com tells the tale of a "sporting" goods store somewhere in "The GULF" (not of Mexico; think Middle East) that has been renting blow-up dolls. It seems their interpretation of "recreational activities" is subject to interpretation.

Yes, you read that correctly, not selling, but RENTING.

Apparently, I know this may seem hard to believe, teens are the most frequent customers of this booming bidness.

But as often happens to entrepreneurs who are ahead of the curve, they are shut down and shunned. The boom has gone bust. It happens to the best businessmen. Just ask the good folks at ENRON.