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Originally posted by Drewster View PostYikes!!! I thought they were civilized!!
Interestingly, you know how women all go to the loo together when out, well Roman men did the same thing.
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Originally posted by Drewster View PostWouldn't both ends then be "sticky".........
As the phrase has at least 2 common usages (other than wrong end)......
a) Rough end of the stick
b) Tulipy end of the stick
Do they have opposite meanings......
If I was wiping my *rse with a stick I would certainly want to be holding the rough end (as opposed to using it to wipe)
conversely I wouldn't want to end up holding the tulipy end..... although wipig with the (already) tulipy end might be counter productive
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Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Postwhy didnt Archimedes or someone invent the 'double ended Spongia' for the morning after the night before
As the phrase has at least 2 common usages (other than wrong end)......
a) Rough end of the stick
b) Tulipy end of the stick
Do they have opposite meanings......
If I was wiping my *rse with a stick I would certainly want to be holding the rough end (as opposed to using it to wipe)
conversely I wouldn't want to end up holding the tulipy end..... although wipig with the (already) tulipy end might be counter productive
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Why the heck didnt they use bog roll like everyone else ? I reckon they were a bit dopey these Romans
why didnt Archimedes or someone invent the 'double ended Spongia' for the morning after the night before
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Originally posted by expat View PostYeah, I believed you about cars... it was things like "augury" (Lat. augere 2nd conj, to increase as in augment, therefore to prosper, so a fortune-teller would help you prosper.) and "few" (Lat. paucus minced through the German sound shift, small or few). Both from Greek but I forget that. Nothing to do with birds.
I grant you auspices and most of the others though.
As to few: go a little further back with paucus and you'll find it meant chicks in a nest.
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Originally posted by threaded View PostIf you were a barbarian you would not understand the toilet etiquet in Rome, so would end up getting hold of the wrong end of the stick.
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Originally posted by threaded View PostBlackhawk
Eagel
White Eagel
Tercel
Hayabyusa
I grant you auspices and most of the others though.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostSo how does that translate to misunderstanding something? Surely your explanation refers to getting a bum deal?
If I was too poor to afford a clean stick I wouldn’t be confused about the situation.
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Originally posted by Flubster View PostNope, threaded was right...as always...Official name of the implement was a spongia. Learnt this from my 7 year old who is learning about Roman times at school, so it must be true...
If I was too poor to afford a clean stick I wouldn’t be confused about the situation.
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Originally posted by gingerjedi View PostThat deserves a QI style siren, if it was to describe 'getting the tulipy end of a stick' then maybe.
I believe the most reasonable answer is a walking stick which is held upside-down which doesn't help in the way it was intended.
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Originally posted by threaded View PostWhat was used in Roman times was a stick with a sponge on it that you would purchase as you entered the loo. Unless you were poor when you'd reuse someone elses. If you got it passed to you in an unfriendly way you'd get the tulipty end of the stick...
I believe the most reasonable answer is a walking stick which is held upside-down which doesn't help in the way it was intended.
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Originally posted by threaded View PostBlackhawk
Eagel
White Eagel
Tercel
Hayabyusa
I give you
Buggutia Veyron
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