I’m endlessly amused to learn that there was also some sort of elephant-shaped house of ill repute at the Moulin Rouge at around the same time. People in the late 19th c just really liked getting it on and/or doing drugs in elephants

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The post where I learned about this claimed that “going to see the elephant” became a euphemism for gettin’ some at the brothel at the time. 😆

Apparently yes, but it was a *different* terrifying giant elephant that you could go inside of for a good time

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I am envious, I’m definitely going to have to make the pilgrimage at some point!

There’s a smaller companion building called “Lucy” that still stands in Margate City, NJ to this day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_th...

Thank you! ❤️ I’m feeling good about this one.

This is a really tough decision for me, but I think it’s the right call. I have to remember that I can always return to the stories I’ve started. Sometimes they just need time to rest.

Thank you! 😄

The legendary testosterantula

I wonder if it was Stuart Tyson Smith! He was Hollywood’s go-to guy for Egyptology for many years (the incongruous linguistic scholarship on display in Stargate is his work 😄).

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