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Re: Cloakroom

From:Wycoval <wycoval@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 21:10
On Tue, 13 May 2008 16:24:34 -0400, ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...> wrote:

>Mark Reed wrote: > >The set sat, of course, on the "wash-stand" or >commode, which also had a little cupboard for the chamber pot.... >
Which gave rise to the old joke about spending the night in a Baseball Hotel. Why 'Baseball' you ask? Because there was a pitcher on the table and a catcher under the bed. (i.e. No bathroom or running water.)