I skimmed through a couple of pages of posts starting from Kat's link and I get the general gist of the discussion back then.

I think this board would make an interesting sociology study. Up until recently, it's been unheard of for people's personal interactions to be recorded verbatim and to be kept for all time. As opposed to "normal" interactions when "he said she said" may fade, now one can point to what was said EXACTLY 4 years 7 months ago (and it's STILL all!your!fault!). I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not. It certainly makes for interesting social dynamics.

Just an observation. Debate optional.

::waves to the future people reading this post on "how it all got started"::

Bwahahaha!

What do the University of Oregon's history department in Eugene, Ore.; the Happy Ending bar in Manhattan; and the Abstinence Clearinghouse in Sioux Falls, S.D. have in common?

According to Google Maps, the for-free location and driving instructions service that the San Francisco-based search giant operates, all are identified as houses of ill repute.

American users who enter their Zip codes in the search field at Google Maps, then type in "brothel" (without the quotation marks) are shown a map with various business and organizations identified as, yes, bordellos.

I wonder how many words there are in English for a brothel. (brodello, whorehouse, and?)

Thesaurus.com says:

bawdy house, bordello, call house, cathouse, chicken ranch, crib, disorderly house, hook shop, massage parlor, red-light district, stew, whorehouse

Chicken ranch?

chicken ranch? That puts a whole nother spin on Frank Purdue's business, doesn't it?

I find crib somewhat disturbing.

And stew?

Yeah, I'm a little unclear on "stew" as well.

Crib is old -- I know I just read it in a story about gold-rush era Alaska.

Stew is old, too; I think it's in Shakespeare.

I find crib somewhat disturbing.

It makes me want to say "Pimp my crib" which would be oddly appropriate.