Some things are fading away.

In fact… certain parts of the English Language are disappearing.  The long and the short of it… SLANG is here one day, and gone the next.

Today, things are Phat.  Or Sick…. when they are something “good”….

Hmmmm.  I guess that is vomitous.  In a good way.

But yesteryear had some great phrases.  They seemed to have a lot more color and creativity.  I mean… they would make people today want to twerk.

Okay, Okay.  Just a few off the top of my head…..

The Bee’s Knees.
The Cat’s Meow.
Too big for your britches.
Palooka.
Just fell off the turnip truck.
Stool Pigeon.
What do you want, an egg in your beer?

I tell you.  Those are some good ones.

So why the hubbub?  Well.  Today I mentioned to some that I had to go the John.  She looked at me like I was from Neptune.

I said… “You know.  The John.  The Restroom…..  The Toilet.”
She just stared at me blankly.

When did people quit calling the john…. the JOHN?  It started a long time ago.. .and probably should be remembered with every trip there.

You see…..the first recorded inventor of flush toilet is John Harrington.
Although John’s design was a precursor to the modern flush toilet system…. he designed it way back in 1596.

But….. (no pun intended)…..such systems did not come into widespread use until the late nineteenth century.  And of course most people have heard of that designer.  It was one…. Thomas Crapper …. who got the ball floating in England.

When you gotta’ go… you gotta’ go.  To the John, that is.

And….you better shake a leg… or you will be all washed up…. before you get to the hoity toity.

  After all is said and done, a lot more will have been said than done.    ~ Author Unknown

A side note… Apologies if I may have written about this a few years back.  But these days… it seems I am spending a lot of time talking about the John.