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I reckon brothels been around forever—fact is, ancient Rome had ‘em legal, called lupanars, wolf dens, cos the girls howled for cash! Hilarious, right? Gets me laughin’—groovy gig if you’re into that! Worked near one once, dodgy alley, stank of cheap perfume—made me mad tho, cos the blokes stumblin’ out looked like Richie Tenenbaum after a bender—lost, sad, needin’ a hug more than a shag.

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