The Privy Report
Copyright© 2022 by Old Grey Duck
Chapter 5
It’s the topic that keeps on giving! Folks, I promise you that once this topic is fully flushed away, I will continue with something else. But for now, gschies has a bit more to add.
Hi again! Thank you for the continuing series ... When will the first streaming service knock on your (privy’s) door?
Now, I’d like to also thank doncdonc - and mention two details, where doncdonc and me are not of the same opinion ;-)
a) I’ve always thought that a maidenhead was an anatomical something that made the difference between a virgin and a woman. The figurehead, in the immortal words of Ambrose Bierce, is “that part of a war-ship which does ... the thinking” (The Devil’s Dictionary, lemma ADMIRAL, n.) It figures that this important part of Britain’s Royal Navy was on permanent sh.t-duty.
b) I’ve heard another explanation for “loo”. Mind you, it’s at least as far-fetched as doncdonc’s, because it goes back at least to the Late Middle Ages. In these times, only the very rich could have afforded indoor-privies (nobody had indoor-plumbing). Everybody used chamber-pots (this utensil was also known as “guzunder”, because it “goes under” - the bed, usually). When the pot was full, those that had a garden, emptied the pot in the garden (and your carrots come up a treat! Guaranteed!). In the cities, however, there was a problem: Very, very few gardens. So, people were supposed to empty the night-soil in the gutter, and some did.
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