an invention that really helped women - the flush toilet

[ensho]

because it was women who had to empty and clean the slop jars

[madokie]

1. Thunder buckets we called 'm

And yes, you are correct

[SpiralHawk]

2. an invention that might really help men - the clue implant

[DCKit]

4. Better aim, no doubt, would be appreciated, as well.

Then again, let's not put it all on the guys.

The "Ladies" was always trashed as hell back in the day when I was responsible for taking care of it. Truly disgusting.

I'm sure that none of our DU sisters would trash a bathroom like that, but the other 47% sure did.

[pipi_k]

12. You're not kidding...

I never had to clean them, but I have seen a whole lot of ladies rooms that were totally gross and disgusting.

And that's not even considering the sanitary products that are tossed onto the floor.

Are they putting these things on the floor and then forgetting them, or are they just putting them on the floor without caring?

yech

[kestrel91316]

19. Ladies' rooms (public) are STILL trashed and disgusting, at least here in SoCal.

I have noticed that the problem is much less noticeable in WI and northern locations, for whatever reason.

Urine and feces on the floor instead of (DUH) in the toilet, used toilet paper on the floor in large amounts, just a godawful mess sometimes. A local Barnes & Noble bookstore restroom comes to mind. One would think that people who like to read would be a little better educated in hygiene......

[getdown]

14. and it's so versatile

can be applied in so many situations!

[DocMac]

3. Until they had children.

Take out the trash, clean your room, feed the dog, and empty the slop jars.
Maybe empty the slop jars first.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Yep. My older brother had that chore. It was a happy day when we got a flush toilet.

The coldest draft in the world is the one that comes up through the outhouse seat.

[DocMac]

10. My Grandma had an outhouse.

She didn't have any slop jars. If you had to go in the middle of the night, you put your rubber boots on and walked on outside and got it done. People who have never done it would be amazed at how fast you can pinch one out.

I might hold the world record, though i'm not aware of it.

Also, we burned trash back then. That part was fun.

[dipsydoodle]

5. We'll given they were in use 2600BC

that is rather a long time ago.

[ensho]

6. now a days the slop jar is a collectable

but with the way our sewers are crumbling???

what would replace the slop jar? chemical toilets?

[Arkansas Granny]

8. I've seen them at craft fairs with hand painted decorations and I have to wonder

if there are some who purchase them without knowing what they actually are (or were).

[pipi_k]

13. Hahahahah....just got

a mental image of someone buying a slop jar without knowing what it was and genteelly brewing tea in it for company...

[Arkansas Granny]

18. That would be a lot of tea. However, some might mistake it for a stew pot if

they didn't know better.

[ensho]

9. when I was a girl in the 1940s mama got kamodes (sp.)

for my great aunt's rooms as they couldn't make it to the bathroom.

kamodes: a nicely done wooden box with seat and lid. jar inside.

she had the added work to a already full work day, of emptying and cleaning them.

[muriel_volestrangler]

11. Commode

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commode

[ensho]

15. thanks muriel, I've always tended to spell things by how they sounded

comes from when I was in elementary school. where I thought it was stupid to have a language where words were spelled differently from how they sound, etc.

here I am at 76 still being stupidly stubborn. lol

when I worked in offices and even when I published my own monthly magazine I kept a dictionary at hand. no spell check then.

DU's new spell check doesn't work for me?? it doesn't do anything but point out the error.

[getdown]

16. which led to

commodification

[ensho]

17. lol

nt