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A brief comment - Carry On up the Khyber might suggest a slang derivation for Kybo
[edit] Illiteracy, zuh?
Design and Construction Third Point
The only location, and therefore inferred people mentioned in this was Germany. Is this carrying over to imply Germany in this statement of illiteracy?
Wikijimmy is confused. Only slightly, though. The rest of that strange human emotion is filled with hamburgers.
[edit] Communal toileting practices
Serious request. Some years ago I read an article in Colonial Williamsburg's magazine (to which I have now linked in the article) about the collective toilet habits of our ancestors. They had large and sometimes elaborate outhouses constructed with many holes set in long benches. A high bench for the adults and shorter benches for the children. See pictures in article. They all used the facilities *together* as a true social occasion. Recently I have been reading about 18th century England and found reference to the same practice there. Specifically it was a 1730s woodcut commentary on English playwrights which had scripts of plays nailed to the wall of an outhouse. This outhouse also had multiple seats, really just holes in a single long chest-type bench 
. I have now told you all I know, but i would like to know more. If someone can research this, please do. I think it would be an interesting addition to this article.Amity150 00:09, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, two-holers are not uncommon, though they have practical uses even if only one hole is used at a time, for example, it can be useful to switch from one hole to the other every month or so. The outhouse I grew up with (in the early 80's) was a 3-holer with one small hole for a child. I don't remember all three being used at once, though occasionally two were.
