When something goes wrong with your household plumbing your entire life is suddenly consumed by it. After guiding a stream of plumbers in and out of my home yesterday I can officially say the only thing my brain has been consumed with for the last 24 hours is toilets. Awesome right? I know you're totally jealous.
After making what seemed like 100 different phone calls to different companies for price quotes and searching over more websites than I ever thought possible, one blog entry caught my attention: Roto Rooter had made a small tribute to the late Thomas Crapper who died in January of 2010. Although he didn't invent the flush toilet, he made it easier to use and was the man who made it famous by spreading the word about modern plumbing.
So in his honor they've rustled up a list of 100 different ways to say "toilet" (though we think some of them are more for the word "bathroom"). How many do you recognize? Check out the full list over at Roto Rooter and share any (clean) alternatives in the comments below!
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Thunder box?! Hahahaha.
procelain bus.........when your on your knees after a bad night and "driving the procelain bus"...... ;-)
"The Sitadell"
the verb: 'spend a penny' was something a friend used to say in London. Back from when her mother (or grandmother) used to say it when I suppose they had to actually spend a penny to go use the loo.
Thunder Box?? That's fantastic.
Water closet is the termed used here in Germany.
Seriously?
hmm, I've never heard of a toilet called 'seriously?' Actually, wait. That's what I call those squatter-floor toilets...
Hahaha, catiaelizabeth, you totally made my day! I remember my first encounter with those as a middle schooler on a trip to China, and my response definitely was "Seriously?!?".
One of my cousins called it the "splash factory" for a while when her daughter was little and loved playing in it if someone forgot to close the bathroom door.
in germany sometimes they call it a "Klo"
my dad always says "i'm going to send a fax" while heading towards the toilet
I remember some sitcom or movie in which a guy excused himself, saying he had to take the "browns" to the "superbowl."
sorry, had to share.
what toilet did you decide on?? I need 3 new ones and the TOTO's here recommended.... but they all leave my feet dangling off the ground
A good friend of mine always used to say she was going to her office. I think I like that the best of all considering my terms for toilet are currently regulated to preschooler friendly phrases.
"washroom" = common where I live (Calgary, Canada), but was not understood when I asked in a restaurant Australia
@archersam: when I was in college, we "called Europe on the big white phone" after a night of partying. Haven't thought of that in years.
I *think* thunderbox used to be used about old outside hole-in-the-ground toilets here in Oz - made out of wood.
I was always puzzled by the over-genteel use of "bathroom" - I dont want to wash, y'know - and bathroom tissue - I have a hankie & the other stuff is toilet paper.
bog.
"refreshing the makeup" or "pitstop break" :)
the "technical" term is concealed cistern!
Love the style of us Aussies- pretty sure Thunder Box is Australian, and I too, like MissHeliotrope don't under stand the use of 'bathroom', 'washroom' etc. If you want a toilet, say toilet.
Takin' the Browns to the Superbowl!