Sex a la francaise - extracted from 'Pensioners in Paradis'

Sunday serial.
I can't discuss la vie francaise without talking about sex! We started thinking about it when we realised that we may have done a gross misservice to our dog Bruno. Everyone at the SPA rescue centre in Montauban had insisted that we have him 'fixed' because of the ever-increasing numbers of unwanted dogs in France. We agreed because Madame had told us that, in her opinion, Bruno was a cross between a spaniel and a red setter, in view of his long legs. However, after talking to a few people in the know since, it could well be that Bruno is, in fact, a pure-bred gun dog who must have gone off the rails a bit. As him indoors ('H') put it to me: 'Just think what a fortune we might have made...it looks as if we might have recouped up to a thousand euros each time he was mated....' Quel catastrophe! Nothing we can do about it now, though, of course. 'Makes you think, though', mused H. 'I mean, just think of the money I could make myself...'
'You mean, with you as gigolo?' aghast.
'Yeah, well, if there's that much money in it....'
'Yes, but knowing our luck, the thousand you might make each time would be in rupees!'
'How much is a thousand rupees, then?' interested.
'Oh, just about twelve pounds sterling.'

To be continued...........