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Our city will soon face the long arm of the Tour Guide Gestapo, and for that we have City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown to thank. But we also have local historian Ron Avery, who testified in favor of the tour guide regulations that will brand all certified tour guides with flair.
He submitted to Heard in the Hall a list of 84 falsehoods he’s heard tour guides say, which is kind of a lot of work to do for tour guide regulation research. Do you think he’ll open a tour guide regulation test prep service?
Some of these lies are pretty awesome, and I submit we should pretend they are true anyway. Go forth, people, and spread these awesome tall tales!
- Trees were planted along streets so illiterate people would know the name of streets. So Pine Street was lined with pine trees etc.
- It’s called Society Hill because Penn gave it the Society of Freemasons.
- Dr. Rush responsible for death of George Washington. He bled him so much and gave him cough medicine with mercury.
- Ben Franklin had 80 illegitimate children all in Sweden.
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