Made me smile

Daestrum

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On todays Waffle the following quote made me smile.

"Sir John Harrington, the clever chap, inventor of the modern flush toilet is well remembered for two reasons: number 1 and number 2."

(Sorry non-native English speakers may not get it)
 
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yfleury

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For me a French Igot it
? the number is the same
 

AnandGupta

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We, Indian, also use it most of time. It is diplomatic and can be said in public.
 

josejad

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First time I hear it. My guess is:
- Number 1: liquid
- Number 2: solid
?
 

josejad

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It reminds me to the "Meet the parents" movie... "if it's yellow, let it meadow..." policy
 

hatzisn

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Daestrum said:
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That was my second guess. First was that "number" is equal to "count/measure" as a verb. So I "count one", I do my need, and I "count two", I flush.

Edit - Ok, I guess it can be sometimes: "I count one, I count one, I count two..." ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
 

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Johan Schoeman said:
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Thank you Johan! dis 'n Google-beeld wat ek vanaand sal moet deurslaap.

Daestrum said:
Sir John Harrington
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and don't forget some of the "Contenders" :Who invented the first toilet and when?
 

rabbitBUSH

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The dark-side humour is that there was a phase among a group of people I knew where these were expressed as :
"going for a P'nC" a rather perverse and dark pun on D'nC
 Yeah we were young and ..... back then.
 
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