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#104085 06/04/03 12:50 PM
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I'd heard that washroom wasn't universally understood in the US.

Nope. My church youth group volunteered at a summer camp in Ontario several years ago. On our first day there, a Canadian girl with a grimy young camper in tow asked me if there was a washroom in the cafeteria building. I had no idea that she meant a bathroom, and said "Well, there's a sink in the kitchen..." I got a very strange look, as you might imagine.


#104086 06/04/03 02:02 PM
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That was a close call for coffee in the keyboard, Rapunzel!


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for reasons that are paten-tly obvious, as has been pointed out a host of times, I'm sure.-- Paten! host!
TEd -- who never wafers from his mission to make the world a happier place through puns -- wafers!
Nobody can hold a candle to you and the world would indeed be a drearier place without you TEd. I am, as ever, your fan!


#104088 06/04/03 09:08 PM
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Rapunzel, long time no hair! Welcome back.


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