Latest cheeky Penthouse sign gets Vancouver nightclub suspended from X

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Posted on 01/10/2025 8:11:05 AM PST by Miami Rebel

The first thing Benjamin Jackson did upon arriving in Vancouver on Wednesday morning after spending the holidays in Hamilton was change the marquee outside The Penthouse strip club, where he works as bar manager.

“As soon as I dropped my bags at home, I walked straight to the club to update the sign around 2 a.m.”

During his layover in Toronto, the 43-year-old spent time watching the news and brainstorming his next sign idea. What he didn’t know was that his late-night inspiration would make headlines of its own.

Jackson changed the letters on the marquee to spell out: “Forever neighbours, never neighbors.” The message — highlighting the difference in the way Canadians and Americans spell certain words — was a swipe at U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s repeated suggestion that Canada could become the 51st state.

Within hours, an image of the new sign posted to the strip club’s X account was flagged as potentially hateful content, resulting in the account, @ThePenthouse604, being suspended that night.

“I was blown away,” he said Thursday.

Originally from Ontario, Jackson has worked at the Penthouse since 2015. These days, he is also the social media manager.

For the past seven years, he has climbed a ladder outside the downtown club at 1019 Seymour St. each month to craft a new one-liner that is limited to 40 characters on its marquee.

While some of his messages have earned the business widespread acclaim on social media, others have sparked controversy.

“It all started as me trying to make my friends at work laugh,” Jackson said.

In 2017, after creating a message outside the Penthouse that read: “We take off more than WestJet,” the Canadian airline sent the club a cease-and-desist letter, demanding that the public proclamation be taken down.

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1 posted on 01/10/2025 8:11:05 AM PST by Miami Rebel

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