More on lemon party

[Joel S. Berson]

At 5/11/2011 10:46 AM, ronbutters at AOL.COM wrote:
>In the 1960s in Durham,NC, there existed an underground gay bar in
>the Jack Tar Hotel that was frequented by older gay men. Younger gay
>men called it "The Wrinkle Room." of course, the patrons were fully
>clothed, but the name suggests that JL's assertion nothing like the
>term "Lemon Party" existed when he was a youth misses the mark.  Of
>course, perhaps JL was a middle-aged man in the 1960s.

But of course lemons *cause* wrinkles ... or is that "puckers"?

Joel

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