On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 01:54:50 -0000, "stodgy puss"
Never had a thunderbox? When we last moved house we went from luxury bathroom to two-seater thunderbox. I suppose toilet (the process of washing) and lavatory (washing vessel) both started out as euphemisms. So did privy (the private place), WC (water closet) and loo (from l'eau). The Anglo-Saxons were less squeamish - the place name "pooterbrook" has since been changed to "Shatterbrook".
What sort of gravyOn Tue, 22 Feb 2005 15:28:51 +0000 (GMT), Jane Gillett I brown the meat well and then pre-stew it for...
When I ran a market stall I was bemused the first time I was asked for directions to a "comfort station".
My previous houses have either had two front rooms or the living room at the back. Things got very confused in this house partly because we were renovating-converting it so rooms tended to change function, partly because of the unusual design of the building and partly because we then had to re-convert it for disability so rooms changed function once again. I think we call the mn rcp the living room but I wouldn't swear to it.
New to me foodsI've just returned after a couple of weeks in Zimbabwe ...... Victoria Falls and the eastern Highlands were outstanding, the food not...
Too many. Visitors always pull into the back yard so the back door acts as the front door - the original front door had been blocked up leaving only a back door to act as front door. Now that's been blocked up and the old door has been reinstated for aesthetic reasons but is never used. Instead there's a newer "front door" at the back of the house (next to a barn door which isn't used) as well as a back door at the front of the house leading into a utility area that's also got a door. Then there are the French doors... -- Phil C.
