I've found that most people are fascinated by our bodily functions and all pertaining to them. This appears to very much the case on this board, so I've given you this link.

http://www.virtualnorwood.com/news/029.shtml

About half-way down the page is a biographical note about George Jennings, who constructed the first Public Toilet (bathroom to you US'ns) in the UK.


This poem, in particular, caught my eye and my fancy

I'front the Royal Exchange and Underground,
Down Gleaming walls of porc'lain flows the sluice
That out of sight decants the Kidney Juice,
Thus pleasuring those Gents for miles around,
Who, crying for relief, once piped the sound,
Of wind in alley-ways. All hail this news!
And let the joyous shuffling queues
For Gentlemanly Jennings' most well found
Construction, wherein a penny ope's the gate
To Heav'n's mercy and Sanitary waves
Received the Gush with seemingly, cool obedience,
Enthroning Queen Hygeia in blessed state
On Crapper's Rocket: with rapturous ease men's cares
Shall flow away when seated at convenience!

hehehehe, very cute.

k

[where's that emoticon for rolling one's eyes?]

Dear RC: I think toilet is often used in U.S.
And restroom for public facility more often now than bathroom.

And restroom for public facility more often now than bathroom.

I find restroom to be a bit of an oxymoron, actually. Especially if you have just eaten chillies or are extremely constipated. Not exactly a restful way to pass your time.... geddit?

This poem, in particular, caught my eye and my fancy

Rhuby, I am simultaneously flushed and bowled over by this witty little poem. Excuse me while I take a seat and wipe away the tears before going back to reading my Reader's Digest.

That was toilet humour, folks!

I'm reminded of graffito seen long ago in a "restroom":
"Others may come here to shit and stink. I come here to
si;t and think."
Realistcally they should be labelled "Sanitary facility".

And this little graffiti poem:

"Here I sit
All broken-hearted,
I paid a dime
But only farted."

Or the AWAD version:

"Here I sit
All broken-hearted,
I made a post
But only yarted."

All I ever seem to get is "Phone Mary for a good time: 01933 581818". Not very poetical is it? Neither was Mary, I migh ..... Bugger!

- Pfranz

Phone Mary

Good thing it wasn't Poppaea. She'd a played hell trying to get that zero on there.

867-5309

oh Jenny, Jenny...

Good thing it wasn't Poppaea. She'd a played hell trying to get that zero on there.


True. But just as well. The bastards would still be in control if they'd had a zero.

- Pfranz

The bastards would still be in control

And the petro-denarius would be unchallenged.

Remember, they just killed anyone who got in their way. So yes, you're right. Hang on, hang on, isn't that exactly what's going on now? Don't tell me that the US is the natural inheritor of the Roman tradition? Stop the world! I wanna get off!

- Pfranz

... if they'd had a zero.

Saved by zero? (80's theme...)