London brothel menu from 1912

[the_diego]

@Giles

One reason why I’m pretty sure that it’s fake is that before about 1960 it was generally believed illegal to print the word “fuck”. Even a printer for a brothel would have insisted that they use some other word so that the printer would not be prosecuted. This legal doctrine was ended with the publication of D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover in 1960, and the unsuccessful prosecution of the publishers (Penguin Books).

You have Victorian-era works that had more that their share of the f-word, but I suppose they were printed after 1960.

May favorite was “My Secret Life.”

[The_Niply_Elder]

@Smeghead

Are you fingering what I’m fingering, Pinkey?

clapclap*

[Zebra]

Wouldn’t “going down” upon a person be called a Titanic?

[Little_Nemo]

@Zebra

Wouldn’t “going down” upon a person be called a Titanic?

No, it was “too soon”.

[ShibbOleth]

@Czarcasm

What were the prices for Happy Hour, and did they have a “Two-fer Tuesday” special?

Brothels tend to go with “Taco Tuesday”.

[Lumpy]

I’ll just have the buffet.

[kayaker]

@Lumpy

I’ll just have the buffet.

Keep in mind, this is all pre-sneezeguard!

[Ludovic]

That’s not mucus.

[grude]

@Little_Nemo

The “no discount for cash” line is another anachronism. A hundred years ago, cash would have been pretty much the only means of payment used.

I see a lot of corner shops and snack and soda type places with “absolutely NO credit!” signs and they don’t mean cards of course but that they don’t do tabs.