You probably know this already, but originally a "sporting house" was a house of ill-repute.
I know this because I went to a restaurant that was housed in the same building as a historical "sporting house" once and commented to the waiter that it was a rip-off because there wasn't any sports memorabilia up.
Then I found out I was eating in a room that had once seen a "sporting" marathon in which a woman took on one hundred men in one evening.
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Date: 2006-03-06 10:18 pm (UTC)I know this because I went to a restaurant that was housed in the same building as a historical "sporting house" once and commented to the waiter that it was a rip-off because there wasn't any sports memorabilia up.
Then I found out I was eating in a room that had once seen a "sporting" marathon in which a woman took on one hundred men in one evening.
It didn't do wonders for my appetite.