Bill, the term 'piss poor' came from the old use of urine to soften
leather. The poor ould save their piss in pots to sell to the bootmaker or
somesuch. Hence the term. piss poor. Remember that!
On 5 April 2013 21:37, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Heroism? The price of bladder cowardice, Andrew, in Paris where I am now,
> is usually 50 eurocents but can rise to a whole euro per pee depending on
> desperation and the neighbourhood.
>
> On Wed, Apr 3rd, 2013 at 5:50 PM, Andrew Burke <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
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> > Heroic tales! of an Aussie abroad ... ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3 April 2013 01:55, Douglas Barbour <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > > Well, sort of....
> > >
> > > Doug
> > > On 2013-04-02, at 8:43 AM, David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]
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> > > wrote:
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> > > > "America, can do, does."
> > > >
> > > > Possibly not the most thoughtful of boasts for a place without public
> > > > toilets?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 2 April 2013 14:44, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> In Brooklyn waiting in a queue at Starbucks for the unisex toilet
> > > >> because there do not appear to be any public toilets in New York
> > > >> the African American girl behind me looks like she might know
> > > >> how I get to the start of the Brooklyn Bridge so I can walk
> > > >> back to the Manhattan side? She looks it up on her phone for me
> > > >> while the queue in front is reduced by one and I am now next.
> > > >> Controlling my jiggle as well as I decently can, she directs my gaze
> > > >> to her screen and asks if I want to write it down. Left on Lafayette
> > > >> then take the next left on ... Excuse me, I'll see you in a sec, I
> > say
> > > >> as I ease past the exiting previous toiletgoer.
> > > >> Now, Lafayette and ... what was it again, I ask, on egress.
> > > >> Check with a guy in a purple t-shirt outside, she says, amiably.
> > > >> He's my brother. I just phoned him. He'll direct you. Thanks.
> > > >> And there he was outside. And direct he did. Most accurately.
> > > >> I walked the Brooklyn Bridge with blissfully enencumbered bladder.
> > > >> America, can do, does.
> > > >>
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
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> > Andrew
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Andrew
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'Undercover of Lightness'
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