by RubaDub 15 Replies latest jw friends
Here, in the US, we go to the "bathroom". Am I taking a bath? No. We either poop or pee.
When we go to Canada, we go to the "washroom". What are we washing? Are we taking a basket of laundry with us? No. We either poop or pee.
In Europe, every sign is W/C (Water Closet). Are we going into that place to drink some water? No way. We either poop or pee.
Odd as it may sound, why can't we just say what it is?
Rub a Dub
I guess it's just general politeness and manners, RubaDub.
Saying "I'm just going to spend a penny" is much nicer than saying "I've got turtle-neck - I'm just going to take a hot, steaming dump".
And "I just need to powder my nose" is so much nicer than "I've just hit the pad with my Devil's Waterfall - it's worse than the school prom scene from Carrie (1976) down here!"
Lavatory.
Its not likeeveryone does it
Young children are taught the word "wee" instead of "pee".
Why not get them to use the word "big" instead of "poo?"
It's easier for them to say they need a wee or a big!
In the end we can all blame the tower of Babel. Shit happens...
Along a similar line, why are two people having sex referred to as 'sleeping together'? There is usually no sleeping involved.
With regard to going to the 'Washroom', I hope you do at least wash your hands after you poop or pee.
Aussies like to take a crap and a whiz as they go to the loo.
Restroom
The feeling of relief.
I use, 'going to the convenience'. It's a bit quaint from an older UK.
Of course here in the UK, we go to the -
Bog
Khazi
Loo
Toilet
Gents/Ladies.
sometimes we use words from other places like Dunny from Aussy land. A few Brits say bathroom because we are saturated with American TV.
It is the church's fault. They take the original words and make them taboo. So, someone comes up with substitute words--and the church makes those words taboo, too. All to shut down communication--the better to enslave the whole world with.
Yet, some of those words are right in that bible. How many times have I seen the word "dung" right in the bible? I saw the word "puke" in the bible once--and that was the actual word, not "vomit" (which I have seen quite a few times in addition to that occurrence in Jeremiah 25. All to compare humanity with manure--just goes to show what joke-hova thinks of humanity aside its "chosen people".
Even the word "pee" is an abbreviation of the original word that the church has made taboo. Instead of "the P word", they take the first letter and spell out how it sounds. Since there is already a word "pea" that sounds like it (the vegetable), they spell it "pee". Of course, the churches are not too happy with that word, either. So they invent terms to further hide it--"wash room" (to me, that is a place where you get washed up or do laundry), "bathroom" (isn't that a place where you take a bath?), "rest room" (the last time I knew, no one rested in a rest room, unless they are trying to sleep on the job without getting caught), "water closet" (where is the water for drinking or cleaning there?).
I guess the churches are afraid of necessary body functions. Of course, they could use the French term "urinate" and "defecate"--but, even then it is not disguised well enough (the more coarse terms originate with Germanic Old English). Maybe it's time to disguise "going to church" by using "going to help joke-hova enslave the world". At least that is more accurate.
