Monday, September 29, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
John
In the ladies bathroom at Midland Motor Inn.
It is often incorrectly quoted that the toilet was invented by a Mr Thomas Crapper in the 18th century. Actually, simple toilets have been used since Babylonian times. In 1596, John Harrington invented an indoor water closet for Queen Elizabeth I. But Harrington then published a book with tasteless puns about his own invention. The toilet then dropped into obscurity for nearly 200 years. In 1775, London watchmaker Alexander Cummings patented the forerunner of today's toilet.
There was a Mr Crapper around at the time - he happened to be a successful plumber, appropriately.
The British word for toilet, "loo", derives from the French "garde a l'eau!" In medieval Europe people had little conception of hygene and threw the contents of their chamber pots out the window into the street below. In France the practice was preceded by "garde a l'eau!" ("watch out for the water!"). In England, this phrase was Anglicised, first to "gardy-loo!", then just "loo", and eventually came to mean the toilet/lavatory itself. The American word for toilet, "john", is called after the John Harington mentioned above.
In 1913, the Russian airline became the first to feature a toilet on board. The movie Psycho is said to be the first film to show a toilet being flushed. Toilet paper is thought to have been introduced in China at around 850, long before the advent of the toilet as we know it.
Source: http://www.didyouknow.cd/toilets.htm
It is often incorrectly quoted that the toilet was invented by a Mr Thomas Crapper in the 18th century. Actually, simple toilets have been used since Babylonian times. In 1596, John Harrington invented an indoor water closet for Queen Elizabeth I. But Harrington then published a book with tasteless puns about his own invention. The toilet then dropped into obscurity for nearly 200 years. In 1775, London watchmaker Alexander Cummings patented the forerunner of today's toilet.
There was a Mr Crapper around at the time - he happened to be a successful plumber, appropriately.
The British word for toilet, "loo", derives from the French "garde a l'eau!" In medieval Europe people had little conception of hygene and threw the contents of their chamber pots out the window into the street below. In France the practice was preceded by "garde a l'eau!" ("watch out for the water!"). In England, this phrase was Anglicised, first to "gardy-loo!", then just "loo", and eventually came to mean the toilet/lavatory itself. The American word for toilet, "john", is called after the John Harington mentioned above.
In 1913, the Russian airline became the first to feature a toilet on board. The movie Psycho is said to be the first film to show a toilet being flushed. Toilet paper is thought to have been introduced in China at around 850, long before the advent of the toilet as we know it.
Source: http://www.didyouknow.cd/toilets.htm
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Dasia Vu
Dasia is a 10 year-old girl who just recently found out that she relapsed in leukemia. The family is searching for a bone marrow donor match.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Whose Line is it Anyway?
This week is my project week (pictures soon to come) so I am not really supposed to be doing assignments, but I couldn't let this one go. Whose Line is one of my favorite shows. I remember when I was sick with Mono and kidnapped one of my friends from high school and made him watch it with me for hours!
The show was great. Greg Proops even called "Security" on me... jokingly, of course! This is one of the pics I liked of him. It isn't the best, but I like the red.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Let Us Prey
Hands down, I am a sucker for irony. It is probably one of my favorite means of humor.
One of my friends from high school used to always make me laugh with his praying mantis impression... which was almost identical to his velociraptor impression, but no one ever pointed that out.
I talked to him for a while yesterday, and then when I got home, there, sitting on the stair to my front porch was a praying mantis. I ran in the house, came out and she was gone. I decided to go ahead and grab my CF card out of the cup holder in my car just in case I found her. And there on the window of my car, she was waiting for me.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Campfire Stories
The future of Midland. The future of Concord. Men in the kitchen. Campfire light. Good Friends and a Farewell.
Beauty
These young ladies were getting ready for a fashion show. The only light they had was a cracked open door backstage.
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