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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    1. Christina Sommers‏Verified account @CHSommers May 6

      No jokes please, ladies present: ‘Lingerie’ Comment in Elevator Leads to Uproar Among Scholars https://www.chronicle.com/article/He-Makes-a-Joke-She-Isnt/243350/#.Wu_cS6KbQ_w.twitter … via @chronicle

      222 replies 99 retweets 322 likes
    2. Raymond McCue  💗⚤ 💜⚣ 💙,  🏳️‍🌈‏ @RayMcCue May 6
      Replying to @CHSommers @chronicle

      Im normally with you on these things, Dr. Sommers, but I cant find any references to hardware vs lingerie in elevator contexts except being on the same floor in an Aerosmith song. Unless some Brits can verify this is common (@HPluckrose @greenrd?), it seems like a post-hoc excuse

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    3. Wizard Whateley‏ @WizardWhateley May 7
      Replying to @RayMcCue @CHSommers and

      It's an old joke.

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      Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 7
      Replying to @WizardWhateley @RayMcCue and

      Do you know its origin? Why is it always the third floor?

      1:01 AM - 7 May 2018
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        2. Wizard Whateley‏ @WizardWhateley May 7
          Replying to @HPluckrose @RayMcCue and

          Not sure the origin exactly, just that it's a reference to when department stores used to have elevator operators that would announce the departments on each floor. Pretty sure I saw it in a Looney Tunes cartoon at some point.

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        3. Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose May 7
          Replying to @WizardWhateley @RayMcCue and

          My mother said it several times recently when we visiting my father on the third floor of a hospital when the lift announced 'Third Floor' and it pops into my head when lifts do that but I have no idea why.

          1 reply 0 retweets 5 likes
        4. Clinton Hammond‏ @ClintonHammond May 7
          Replying to @HPluckrose @WizardWhateley and

          Is it a play on, or even a quote from, the opening "lyrics" to "Are You Being Served?"? "Going Up!"

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        5. Corina Paul‏ @andnowsheisnot May 7
          Replying to @ClintonHammond @HPluckrose and

          https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz6wvKUsP6M …

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        6. Wizard Whateley‏ @WizardWhateley May 7
          Replying to @andnowsheisnot @ClintonHammond and

          I've never seen this show but I think the joke predates that even.

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        1. John du Raspail‏ @JohnDuRaspail May 7
          Replying to @HPluckrose @WizardWhateley and

          It's a popular culture reference. It dates from the days of elevator operators. More information here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ElevatorFloorAnnouncement …

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        1. Dr Tom Chamberlain‏ @tomchamber74 May 7
          Replying to @HPluckrose @WizardWhateley and

          In the movie Liar Liar, Jim Carrey makes a similar joke when he's in an elevator with his kid. "Third floor, men's wear". Its been around for a while

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