Tominator Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 What do you call it? I have students ask me all the time to go to the bathroom. I usually say yes, then I say "enjoy your bath." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leatherneck Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom Head when I was in the Corps. But now its the restroom when in public cuase I aint never seen no tubs in them public outhouses, but at home its the bathroom!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TreeStandBowHunter Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom I probably call it a head most times only because I am used to it. Sometimes if I remember out in public I will call it a restroom or a bathroom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowtechTurkeyHunter Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom " I gotta hit the can" thats one I use a lot at home I usually dont announce when I am going... lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] What do you call it? I have students ask me all the time to go to the bathroom. I usually say yes, then I say "enjoy your bath." [/ QUOTE ] What do YOU think they should call it??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarvDog Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] I have students ask me all the time to go to the bathroom. I usually say yes, then I say "enjoy your bath." [/ QUOTE ] That's funny! I usually call it the head or restroom....sometimes the can! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogdoc Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom i've always called it a john. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] What do you call it? I have students ask me all the time to go to the bathroom. I usually say yes, then I say "enjoy your bath." [/ QUOTE ] What do YOU think they should call it??? [/ QUOTE ] Restroom I guess. Took me a long time to stop calling it the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] What do you call it? I have students ask me all the time to go to the bathroom. I usually say yes, then I say "enjoy your bath." [/ QUOTE ] What do YOU think they should call it??? [/ QUOTE ] Restroom I guess. Took me a long time to stop calling it the head. [/ QUOTE ] Never understood that terminology: Head. Why call it that?????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisha Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom The bathroom, the pot..... or sometimes the "facilities"..... I've never heard it called the head either.... that just strikes me as being strange. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] What do you call it? I have students ask me all the time to go to the bathroom. I usually say yes, then I say "enjoy your bath." [/ QUOTE ] What do YOU think they should call it??? [/ QUOTE ] Restroom I guess. Took me a long time to stop calling it the head. [/ QUOTE ] Never understood that terminology: Head. Why call it that?????? [/ QUOTE ] Don't know. Maybe a Navy guy or TSBH could tell us. Think it might have to do with a plumbing term, like the "head" of a pipe. Funny thing was, when I first got into boot camp, the restroom was still a restroom. They were marching us all around teaching close order drill, and every once in awhile they would stop us and say "OK, 5 minute head break." And I would sit down and think, "this marching is easy, I don't need to rest my head....." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom Head – Marine toilet. In its original form, toilet facilities were found right forward in the bows, so that the smell would be blown downwind and away from the ship (since sailing ships could not lie directly into the wind when underway). The extreme fore part of a ship was known as the "beakhead," which may have been shortened to "head" over time. If this isn't true let's hear the latest "Scuttlebutt". ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom With my almost 3yo arround it has become "the potty", but normaly I call it the restroom, or occasionaly the Lou... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntinsonovagun Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] it has become "the potty", [/ QUOTE ] LOL....I can picture a guy in a business meeting, suit and tie, asks to be excused to go to the potty.... How 'bout the crapper? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] it has become "the potty", [/ QUOTE ] LOL....I can picture a guy in a business meeting, suit and tie, asks to be excused to go to the potty.... How 'bout the crapper? [/ QUOTE ] Wasn't that the guy's name that invented the "commode"??? John Crapper???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] it has become "the potty", [/ QUOTE ] LOL....I can picture a guy in a business meeting, suit and tie, asks to be excused to go to the potty.... How 'bout the crapper? [/ QUOTE ] Wasn't that the guy's name that invented the "commode"??? John Crapper???? [/ QUOTE ] not the one that invented it just one of the major americans to popularize and sell them...Thomas Crapper refering to the toilet as a John came from the English dislike of Prince John... Pot, potty and can all came from the original toilet...a chamber pot. Bathroom is fairly obvious but Im not sure where Restroom came from...other than the joke that the restroom is the only place a mother ever gets to sit down... In most of Europe the bathroom is reffered to as a "water closet". The english usage of Lou came from the french word for water - l'eau Popgun already answered the Head usage... OK who knows where the phrase "getting the wrong end of the stick" came from? I will post the answer if no one gets it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] it has become "the potty", [/ QUOTE ] LOL....I can picture a guy in a business meeting, suit and tie, asks to be excused to go to the potty.... How 'bout the crapper? [/ QUOTE ] Wasn't that the guy's name that invented the "commode"??? John Crapper???? [/ QUOTE ] not the one that invented it just one of the major americans to popularize and sell them...Thomas Crapper refering to the toilet as a John came from the English dislike of Prince John... Pot, potty and can all came from the original toilet...a chamber pot. Bathroom is fairly obvious but Im not sure where Restroom came from...other than the joke that the restroom is the only place a mother ever gets to sit down... In most of Europe the bathroom is reffered to as a "water closet". The english usage of Lou came from the french word for water - l'eau Popgun already answered the Head usage... OK who knows where the phrase "getting the wrong end of the stick" came from? I will post the answer if no one gets it! [/ QUOTE ] Ummmmmmm..................I know back in the old days people had to swirl a stick round and round inside the seat of an outhouse before they sat down....to make sure there were no spiders in it. But not sure that's the answer you're looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom nice info HG, but no not the answer I was looking for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom I think a sponge or rag (for wiping) was passed by the ancient Romans from communal toilet to and fro. The sponge was passed from person to person with a stick. ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andrea Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] I think a sponge or rag (for wiping) was passed by the ancient Romans from communal toilet to and fro. The sponge was passed from person to person with a stick. ....popgun [/ QUOTE ] Now that is just disgusting. Stick or no stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reloader Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] I think a sponge or rag (for wiping) was passed by the ancient Romans from communal toilet to and fro. The sponge was passed from person to person with a stick. ....popgun [/ QUOTE ] Yup you got it...the sponge (soaked in a salt water solution for its antispetic qualities) was attached to the stick...so if you wiped with the wrong end it was ... how should I say ... less comfortable! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popgun Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom How about we just stop all this "Tom foolery"? ....popgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted November 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom [ QUOTE ] With my almost 3yo arround it has become "the potty", but normaly I call it the restroom, or occasionaly the Lou... [/ QUOTE ] Had a childhood friend when he had to go used to hold himself and say "I have to go make bubbles...." I still use that today, when I leave a class to relieve myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QDMAworks4me Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom I have students ask me all the time "Can I go to the bathroom" I just look at them and say "I don't know can you" and most of them think about it for a second figure out what I am asking them to say and then they ask "May I go to the bathroom" its not hard to get seventh graders to crack a smile!! Just thought I would share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puffy Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 Re: Head, Latrine, Bathroom, Restroom Biffy Facilities John Bathroom Restroom Lou Crapper Toilet Head Relief Zone I think they all work, but I usually use the biffy or bathrroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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