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Double-Entendre Ads For My Sister’s Closet Pulled By Valley Metro

Public transit can sometimes be an extra-sensory experience — especially with some of the ads we see on buses or light rail around the Valley.

When you’re the owners of consignment store My Sister’s Closet, your double-entendre puns like "Wanted: One Night Stand" or "Make a Booty Call," were not appreciated. Those ads were pulled by Valley Metro.

The Phoenix area isn’t alone when it comes to public transit ads causing a stir. New York City, London and San Francisco—among others—have experienced somewhat similar controversies.

For some insights, we called Manhattan Institute Senior Fellow Aaron Renn who is behind the website Urbanophile.

Steve Goldstein was a host at KJZZ from 1997 to 2022.