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Friday, February 04, 2011
A Social Worker
10 comments:
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pdwalker said...
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Great punchline. I didn't see it coming.
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2/4/11, 1:41 PM
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TimO said...
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:-) I had relatives in WV that didn't get indoor plumbing until the late '70s...
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2/4/11, 2:47 PM
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Juice said...
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Thumbs up on the chuckle meter there, Tim. And yes, neither did we see the punchline coming. :D
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2/4/11, 3:06 PM
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Anonymous said...
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My Grandmothers house had no indoor plumbing until the 70's , and this was in southern Md. I used to enjoy the outhouse , unless the black snake was in there ! Grand ma had a thunder bucket in her upstairs bedroom , and she would get pissed if we kids used it and didn't take it outside to dump it ! I still have the chair with the hole in it for the porcelain bucket (I am looking for a replacement bucket) . My aunt , and uncle had a trailer , and the plumbing consisted of a 4" cast iron pipe that came out down the hill below the trailer ! Whenever one of us kids had to drop a deuce , we would flush the toilet , and race down the hill , and watch the turd fly out the pipe ! the pipe came out just above the garden ! WE ALWAYS HAD THE BEST TOMATOES ! NO $#!+ ! : ) smibsid
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2/4/11, 4:35 PM
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DougM said...
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Cultural question:
I understand that a two-holer or three-holer were for different seat sizes, rather than for simultaneous use. Is that right?
I'd appreciate a quick answer. Granma's in there, now; and I have to go real bad. I don't wanna, you know, intrude ... again. -
2/4/11, 5:10 PM
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Anonymous said...
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In 1969, I lived in an almost ghost town a few miles off the highway, population 4. We had a two seater that might have been from the old local school. No door, so the view was great. And if we offended any goats, f#@k them if they can't stand The View.
Laurence -
2/4/11, 6:23 PM
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Anonymous said...
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Yes we did take simultaneous constitutionals ( us kids) , don't ask why , but we did . My Great uncle Wilmer (we called him Gray Butt) lived well into his 80's , and never once used the indoor plumbing ! He said that it was wrong to eat , and $#!+ under the same roof ! I inherited his old hammer gun that I killed my 1st squirrel with . He told me that he drove his model A ford to Cobb Island Md. , and traded a case of moonshine , and $25.00 for it ! No amount of $ in the world could buy it . In the 90's a huge storm blew the outhouse over , and ended a part of my family history . I have a pic of it when it blew over , I'll try to find it : ) SMIBSID
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2/4/11, 6:25 PM
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Melissa "Darla" In Texas said...
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Oh my stars!
I just inherited my gramma's old chamber pot. I need to find a lid for the pot though.
You close the hinged top and it looks like an end table. -
2/4/11, 7:46 PM
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Anonymous said...
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My grandparent's house had a two-seater about 30 yards from the house and a chamber pot. In terrible weather you had a choice between the run to the outhouse or the not-empty pot.
I got really good at holding it.
AWM
PS The house didn't get a bathroom until the late 80's after my grandparents died. -
2/4/11, 10:15 PM
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DougM said...
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MsMelissa,
I have an old oak commode (not for, uhm, use).
When you raise the top, arms hinge up automatically, and you have a nice seat pooper.
I thought about making it into an ice bucket holder. -
2/4/11, 10:55 PM
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