Saffire...
Now I feel all bad...
Manipulate always seems to have such negative connotations.
From Merriam-Webster:
<p><font color="#0000FF">Main Entry: <b>ma·nip·u·late</b>
<p>Function: <i>transitive verb</i><br>
Inflected Form(s): <b>-lat·ed</b>; <b>-lat·ing</b><br>
Etymology: back-formation from <i>manipulation, </i>from French, from <i>
manipuler </i>to handle an apparatus in chemistry, ultimately from Latin <i>
manipulus</i><br>
Date: 1831<br>
<b>1</b> <b>:</b> to treat or operate with the hands or by mechanical means
especially in a skillful manner<br>
<b>2 a</b> <b>:</b> to manage or utilize skillfully.</font>
Hands up all perberts out there who would agree that Saffire's reviews indicate a courtesan who "treats or operates in a skillful manner" and who utilizes her charms "skillfuly".
If your offended by that, I apologize...
