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WHY REST ROOMS ARE CALLED "REST ROOM"

Of course no one wants to rest in the room containing the toilet; restroom is an obvious euphemism. Interestingly, English (like some other languages) can express the "toilet-room" concept only via indirect terms like this. The French are more straightfor...
- April 28, 2012
- shaiana, elayne6793, and michsanderson like this.
- shaiana For those who travel a lot, you should memorize all of these :D
  
  April 28, 2012
- mina7 I agree :D haha
  
  April 28, 2012
- honey Why does comfort room have to have so many names?
  
  April 28, 2012
- MaryAnne These are just some of the terms used for comfort room ... there are a lot more but some are old enough that they seemed to have become obsolete.
  
  April 28, 2012
- victoriaprice533 The other terms for restroom are very interesting, especially the "water closet".
  
  April 28, 2012
- elayne6793 I think people will just stare or even laugh if I use the other terms for restroom. "Excuse me, please. I need to go to the water closet." haha!
  
  April 28, 2012
- Sempt095 Nice one, Elayne! Out of all the terms mentioned here, I think that water closet is the weirdest. :p
  
  April 28, 2012
- RoxannedeJesus Nice piece of thought!
  
  April 29, 2012
- anthea What terms! But I guess it just depends on the country that you are in.
  
  April 29, 2012
- Marj LOL..so that's what my friend meant!
  
  April 29, 2012
- michsanderson wow! hey, I'm reposting this to Know-It-All: Your Daily Trivia Drive-Thru group, ok? I hope you don't mind.
  By the way, here's the link:
  http://heartbeat.gourmetrecipe.com/groups/topic/view/group_id/113/topic_id/79
  
  April 29, 2012

Hemorrhoids

Posted May 16, 2012

Hemorrhoids Anus, the least talked about part of our body, has ways to attract attention. This is because it has millions of nerve endings that make it one of the most sensitive parts of your body. A problem occurring here can have you writhing in pain. People found sitting at odd angles with an em...
Can a Kid Be a Psychopath?

Posted May 16, 2012

In 1989, the groundbreaking HBO documentary "Child of Rage" showed how horrific abuse and neglect could leave a child unable to bond with other people, turning them into children "without conscience, who can hurt or even kill without remorse." In other words: the child becomes a psychopath. ...
WHY REST ROOMS ARE CALLED "REST ROOM"

Posted April 28, 2012

Of course no one wants to rest in the room containing the toilet; restroom is an obvious euphemism. Interestingly, English (like some other languages) can express the "toilet-room" concept only via indirect terms like this. The French are more straightforward – pissoir means “place to pi...
10 THINGS YOU SHOULD NEVER DO AT WORK

Posted April 21, 2012

Hey guys! I just stumbled upon this article today on cbs news and just want to share it with you. Enjoy reading! :) Some of you will shoot up the corporate ladder like you were born with leadership abilities far beyond those of ordinary mortals. If only that was the case for everyone.The va...
TOP 10 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD EAT CHOCOLATE

Posted April 18, 2012

Why You Should Eat Chocolate 1) Chocolate lowers your blood pressure. The darker, the more flavanols, those lovely substances in cocoa that increase the nitric oxide in your blood. Just one small square of chocolate a day can lower your risk of heart attack by 39 percent. ...

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