THE LUSTY LADY, the First Ave adult pit stop with a penchant for peep-show puns, will shutter on June 27. Its proprietors say online porn killed the quarter-a-peek business model. For us it was never about the striptease but the marquee one-liners that riffed on everything from economics to cinema. Here, in honor of the skin shop’s 27 years, 27 of the best Lusty Lady quips.
NO DRESSINGS ON OUR BIRDS
GOOD TO THE BONE
THE PORN ULTIMATUM
VENI, VIDI, VENI
SEATTLE’S #1 BAREISTAS
WE PUT SCHWING INTO SPRING
EYEWITNESS NUDES
SEEING IS RELIEVING
WE LOVE GIVING YOU A HARD TIME
FOUR SQUEEZINS
WE BARE THE IDES OF MARCH
THE CHRONICLES OF NUDIA
CHECK OUR STIMULUS PACKAGE
SPRING IS IN THE BARE
WHERE EVERY MISS IS A HIT
THE DEVIL WEARS NADA
THIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
PORN ON THE 4TH OF JULY
WE’D LIKE TO SPANK THE ACADEMY
VIRTUELESS REALITY
WE’RE NOT CLOTHES MINDED
WE TAKE OFF MORE THAN BOEING
BUSINESS DOING PLEASURE
FALL FLASHINS
ALL CLOTHING 100% OFF
CLASH OF THE TIGHT BUNS
OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NUDE
Published: June 2010
I’m sorry. “The Skirt Locker” was brilliant. How is that not on this list?!
“Stare Wars: Peepisode 3!”
You forgot one that was so perfect for the times. During the WTO riots in 2000 the sign at one point read WTOOOOOOOOOOOH!
That was a classic.