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Fun Fact:
The guide contained the first “yo mama” joke.
From page 87: “The ladies of this poorly run establishment are truly the lowest of the low, however not so repugnant to accept your mother as an employee.”
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When you need only the best… or worst in carnal pleasures.
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Where’s the Green Book movie for this one?
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The girls, though few in number, are ugly, vulgar and drunken.
That actually sounds fun, spending your hour shit talking the other brothels in town.
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“For The Fancy”
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I think I remember reading about one of these for Louisville, coinciding with the Kentucky Derby. (Not quite as as old as this book – the Derby’s not that old IIRC)
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Why is it that so many people seem to get off on incest fantasies? No thank you sir or madam.
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Hey no kink shaming.
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Taboo and the lure of the forbidden are very strong. Incest is remarkably taboo.
That said, my sisters are nasty, spiteful, vicious pieces of shit. Be happy to trade you both of them for a used chewing gum wrapper and throw away the wrapper. I’d rather get oral sex from a lamprey eel
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So is chicken-fucking but there doesn’t seem to be a multibillion-dollar porn industry built around the concept.
I am lucky enough to have a pretty respectful and affectionate relationship with my sisters and I can safely say OH HELL NO to that noise too.
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The Two Girls One Mic podcast asked this question (around episode 30, I think). If I’m paraphrasing correctly from the episode, the industry follows the viewing numbers, so the more of a particular theme there is, the more views it gets, and suddenly every would-be pornographer is shooting incest porn.
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Thank heavens there’s no “disgusting language!”
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As a customer back then, I would have questioned the accuracy of the guidebook and wondered what it would have taken for the writer to magically change anything like “…be cautious when you visit this place, or you may rue it all your lifetime” to “Stranger, do not neglect to pay a visit to this house before you leave our quiet city of sisterly affection…”
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How many field researchers did this wholly remarkable book employ?
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Nepotism?
Actually, I was thinking bribery and ‘free samples’. 
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That’s funny, but there’s no way that’s the first “yo mama” joke. Shakespeare had some, there’s one in the bible, and there’s a fragment of one discovered on a Babylonian tablet from 3500 years ago.
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Is kith shaming ok?
Oh, KINK, I thought you said kin.
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