The next time you hear a woman say “a penny for your thoughts,” make sure she wants to pick your brain and isn’t propositioning you for sex.

A trollop in Leesburg, Florida attempted to bring a new business tactic to the world’s oldest profession.  Unfortunately, her test subject was an undercover police officer.

“I don’t take money for sex,” Ashley M. Hollin, 26, told police. “I take money for company, and the sex is free.”

Hollin’s winning strategy was hatched after being arrested for prostitution earlier in the day.

According to a police report, Hollin told the officer she had learned something from her earlier arrest — accept cash for companionship, not sex.

“See, I learned from making the mistake last night with the police. . . . If I do it this way, they can’t get me for it,” Hollin said, according to a police report.

She was promptly arrested on prostitution-related charges.

Florida men must now look elsewhere for a $50 conversation about 18th century poetry and free pussy.

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