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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread gardyloo!! #138637 02/05/2005 9:22 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass >Did gutters ever in history carry along sewage? pssst, Wordwither'd*, brush up on your history. 1711 -- Johnathan Swift notes the contents of London's gutters: "sweepings from butchers' stalls, dung, guts and blood, drowned puppies, stinking sprats, all drenched in mud..." (see the Plague Years, or the Black Death) --- * - "the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air" - Byron Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Gutter press and a wwftd dxb 02/03/2005 12:35 PM Re: Gutter press and a wwftd plutarch 02/03/2005 12:48 PM Re: Gutter press and a wwftd Jackie 02/03/2005 5:13 PM Re: Gutter press and a wwftd Wordwind 02/05/2005 8:06 PM gardyloo!! tsuwm 02/05/2005 9:22 PM Re: gardyloo!! plutarch 02/05/2005 9:33 PM Gutter me a ball musick 02/06/2005 4:27 PM Re: Gutter me a ball plutarch 02/06/2005 4:46 PM Sleeping in the gutter Father Steve 02/06/2005 5:27 PM Not to change the subject … Faldage 02/06/2005 9:55 PM colporteur is a person who sells goods TEd Remington 02/06/2005 5:35 PM Re: colporteur is a person who sells goods tsuwm 02/06/2005 6:08 PM Re: colporteur is a person who sells goods Wordwind 02/06/2005 6:15 PM Re: colporteur is a person who sells goods TEd Remington 02/06/2005 7:58 PM Re: colporteur is a person who sells goods Wordwind 02/06/2005 11:13 PM Re: Bad boy AnnaStrophic 02/07/2005 12:34 AM Re: Bad boy Wordwind 02/07/2005 1:45 AM Re: Bad boy AnnaStrophic 02/07/2005 12:40 PM Re: Bad boy Father Steve 02/07/2005 3:09 AM Re: Bad boy tsuwm 02/07/2005 4:04 AM All things gutter Sparteye 02/08/2005 9:20 PM Re: All things gutter dxb 02/09/2005 8:24 AM Re: All things gutter Bridget 02/09/2005 9:21 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,393 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 28 A C Bowden 18 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,214 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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