The special-purpose ones have to use the side door

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1. gary says

   August 18, 2006 at 2:28 pm

   General. Hooker reporting for duty.

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   General Hooker reporting for duty.

2. ed-prisby says

   August 18, 2006 at 2:35 pm

   ooooooh…ouch.

3. lynne says

   August 18, 2006 at 2:43 pm

   “We whore, so you don’t have to!”

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   Or how about this:

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   “Non-lobbyists must enter in the back.”

4. shillelaghlaw says

   August 18, 2006 at 2:46 pm

   that our elected officials really are prostituting themselves up there! 

5. peter-porcupine says

   August 18, 2006 at 3:00 pm

6. renaissance-man says

   August 18, 2006 at 4:24 pm

   that Beacon Street is literally where “Hookers” were given that nickname.

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   Correct me if I’m wrong, but the story the way I heard it goes like this. During the civil war period General Hooker was in charge of the General Boston area.

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   The Beacon Hill/Common/Beacon Street area was a beacon (no pun intended) for prostitutes and soldiers.  The citizens (predecessors to the Beacon Hill Civic Association?) were up in arms and the problem was brought to General Hooker to solve.

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   His decision was to allow the Prostitutes along Beacon Street, but they were to stay out of the Beacon Hill neighborhood off Beacon St.Thereby getting the name “Hookers” because of his decision to allow the prostitutes in a restricted area.

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   I’d be interested if anyone has another derivative of the word…

   • peter-porcupine says

     August 18, 2006 at 4:36 pm

     …that while he was commanding troops in the Civil War, there were so many camp followers they were known as Hooker’s Army, later, Hookers.

     • renaissance-man says

       August 18, 2006 at 4:47 pm

       This page claims the word existed 15 years before the Civil War, but also that a section of DC was named after Hooker.