The Soviet forced labor camp system, used metaphorically by Niles to describe his apartment.
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The Seal Who Came To Dinner
Season 6 · Episode 8 · S06E08
“I've moved out of the Montana and into that gulag with a game room.”
From the same episode and category.
“At the Shangri-La? I can't tell the cream of Seattle's gourmet set that I've moved out of the Montana and into that…”
“she'll still cadge a free meal faster than that bulbous cartoon fellow who mooches hamburgers from Popeye”
“that bulbous cartoon fellow who mooches hamburgers from Popeye”
“a waggish look at food fads of yesteryear entitled 'Fondue: What Were We Thinking?'”