common room
(UK, Australia, Canada, NZ) A shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.
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What a beautiful morning I have had at Kirkleatham. A couple who live in the Alms houses also know as Sir William Turner hospital have been inviting me to their monthly service and this morning I made it. With tea and…
You could change the background of this scene to the common room of a mental asylum and he could easily be spouting the same words.
I may have had a taped copy of Document before this, but I can still remember hearing this for the first time in the 6th form common room and being spellbound.
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(UK, Australia, Canada, NZ) A shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.
“What a beautiful morning I have had at Kirkleatham. A couple who live in the Alms houses also know as Sir William Turner hospital have been inviting me to their monthly service and this morning I made it. With tea and coffee in the common room afterwards it was delightful”
— Bluesky· May 2026“You could change the background of this scene to the common room of a mental asylum and he could easily be spouting the same words.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I may have had a taped copy of Document before this, but I can still remember hearing this for the first time in the 6th form common room and being spellbound.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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