Friday Challenge: euphemisms for 'bedroom'
13:18 UK time, Friday, 25 May 2007
With the bank holiday weekend looming, opportunities to siphon off a little work time into more frivolous pursuits are proving irresistible. Not wishing to disappoint, the Monitor is reviving – ever so briefly – a cherished old strand: the Friday Challenge.
For this one-off, readers are requested to put themselves in the mindset of estate agents.
This week the government adjusted its plans for Home Information Packs (which will cost about £600 each), ruling, from August, .
Crafty estate agents quickly spotted a loophole in the legislation - because the law contains no definition of what a bedroom is, simply rename it something else. "Study" and "storage room" were two of the rather lacklustre suggestions to emerge.
But surely this is an opportunity for a little mischievous creativity. What about a "boudoir", "upstairs lounge" or a "Scalextric room".
The Monitor asked for your suggestions of euphemisms for "bedroom". The best are posted below.
