# What is a "Men's Spa" in the Context of an Adult Bookstore? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 5, 2011, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-mens-spa-in-the-context-of-an-adult-bookstore/595330 "2011-09-05T23:50:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-mens-spa-in-the-context-of-an-adult-bookstore/595330/21 "2011-09-10T14:39:38Z")
FTR ACM, I had no problem thinking about [It’s Always Sunny](http://www.heavy.com/comedy/comedy-videos/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia/2010/10/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-glory-hole/) as soon as you mentioned it (kinda NSFW, but if you want to know what a glory hole (WRT bathrooms) is, this is a pretty good explanation). ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-mens-spa-in-the-context-of-an-adult-bookstore/595330/22 "2011-09-10T18:24:51Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Thanks, I know what a glory hole is. There is no doubt in my mind about the total and absolute truth of this simple declarative statement. No doubt at all… ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-mens-spa-in-the-context-of-an-adult-bookstore/595330/23 "2011-09-10T19:18:29Z")
Originally Posted by AClockworkMelon Thanks, I know what a glory hole is. > [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > There is no doubt in my mind about the total and absolute truth of this simple declarative statement. > > No doubt at all… Ha! Me either. Me either. My man is the knowledgeable sort. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-mens-spa-in-the-context-of-an-adult-bookstore/595330/24 "2011-09-10T20:15:47Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=14239862](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=14239862) > [@](#): > > In New York City, the Everard (nicknamed the Everhard)[8] was converted from a church to a bathhouse in 1888 and was patronized by gay men before the 1920s and by the 1930s had a reputation as the “classiest, safest, and best known of the baths.”[9] Too funny. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-mens-spa-in-the-context-of-an-adult-bookstore/595330/25 "2011-09-10T20:17:07Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > Thanks, I know what a glory hole is. YOU: In back of the bookstores are little appliances that you put bread into, and after a set amount of time the bread emerges, hot and darker and stiffer. ME: What you’re describing is a toaster. These rooms do not have toasters in them, but you could probably find one in a kitchen. You: Thanks, I know what a toaster is. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-mens-spa-in-the-context-of-an-adult-bookstore/595330/26 "2011-09-10T20:17:44Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > There is no doubt in my mind about the total and absolute truth of this simple declarative statement. > > No doubt at all… I’m a cultured man, what can I say. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-mens-spa-in-the-context-of-an-adult-bookstore/595330/27 "2011-09-10T20:24:15Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=14239862](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newreply.php?do=newreply&noquote=1&p=14239862) > > Too funny. “Safest” is relative . . . especially considering a serious fire in the '70s with multiple fatalities. I believe the building has been converted to condos. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-mens-spa-in-the-context-of-an-adult-bookstore/595330.md?page=1)