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Friday Challenge: euphemisms for 'bedroom'

13:18 UK time, Friday, 25 May 2007

bedroom203.jpgWith 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.

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