Siren: I’m going to name my new hotel in Tiny Castle ‘The Painted Lady’.
Muse: You might want to rethink that.
Siren: Why?
Muse: Painted Lady is often a term associated with a lady of negotiable affection.* Calling your hotel ‘The Painted Lady’ might give people the wrong idea about the place.
Siren: Well, there are a lot of paintings in it, so it ought to have something about paint in the name.
Muse: Or… museum? Or gallery? How about ‘The Gallery Hotel’?
Siren: Great! Thanks for the idea, Mom.
Muse: *air punch*
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*Forever grateful to Terry Pratchett for the term, ‘ladies of negotiable affection’
#1 by Jil Maltsberger on February 11, 2013 - 20:03
Air punch for sure.
#2 by jennifer on February 12, 2013 - 11:57
Wow. I adore that term, “Ladies of Negotiable Affection.” Truly fabulous.
#3 by simonhlilly on February 12, 2013 - 16:31
Though Painted Lady is also a species of British butterfly……