We always had the Tuesday night book study in our home growing up in Northern WI. Many of the attendees lived on dairy farms and came straight to our house after milking the cows. It took days for our family room to air out.
The highlight though was always when my 2 cats would come to the front of the room and sit at my father's feet (the conducter) and in unison start cleaning their private parts for the duration of the meeting. Sometimes they would clean each others private parts. Like clock work they did this every Tuesday. I do miss that part of the bookstudy.