Re: Drawing room
  By: Paul Quinn to alexander koryagin on Fri Sep 29 2017 05:44 pm

 PQ> I fear that Dallas stopped short of a more definitive explanation, in
 PQ> terror of possible local household retribution. I can verbalize it without
 PQ> any such fear...

 PQ> It would appear to describe a private "men's only" club,
separate from
 PQ> pesky interruptions from the females of the species. It provides a quiet
 PQ> place for conversation and contemplation amongst a temporarily happy
 PQ> collection of likewise-minded men folk. ;-)

LOL, Paul, today we call the men's version a 'man cave'.  Place to get away
from the wife and scream yourself silly over football (either version) without
retribution.

A wise wife will make sure her man has his own man-cave spot that he and his
buddies can use.

 xxcarol
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