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Jan. 19th, 2006 11:43 amI've now put pretty much everything I thought worth including in the Wikipedia entry on Kenmore. I have to say, this was pretty fun, and it was neat to find out that Kenmore actually does have a bit of a "there" there; just as Seattle was saved by prostitution, Kenmore was built by illegal liquor.
I also found out that Kenmore's most famous speakeasy, The Blind Pig? That name? It's slang for "WE SERVE ILLEGAL BOOZE." It's another way to say "speakeasy," and was known slang for decades beforehand. In other words: they were flaunting it. They may as well have had a big neon sign up blinking, "BRING IT, COPPERS!" Or better, like in that Bugs Bunny cartoon, first "BRING IT," then "COPPERS," then "BRING IT, COPPERS!" with a little line-drawing-style cartoon of a drunk guy, repeated three times before cycling again.
I love shit like that so much.
I also found out that Kenmore's most famous speakeasy, The Blind Pig? That name? It's slang for "WE SERVE ILLEGAL BOOZE." It's another way to say "speakeasy," and was known slang for decades beforehand. In other words: they were flaunting it. They may as well have had a big neon sign up blinking, "BRING IT, COPPERS!" Or better, like in that Bugs Bunny cartoon, first "BRING IT," then "COPPERS," then "BRING IT, COPPERS!" with a little line-drawing-style cartoon of a drunk guy, repeated three times before cycling again.
I love shit like that so much.
