You Know That Saying ... (T/F?)

homoe · 09-01-2017, 09:38 AM

“All the world loves a lover” ........

This is derived from an essay on love by the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It means people are always happy to see a couple in love.

Femmewench · 09-01-2017, 12:40 PM

I love discovering the origin of phrases we use today with absolutely no idea of why they came about.

"Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." always intrigued me since I could attribute that to nothing within my own experience or anything I'd read.

I love Lucy Worsley (check her out on YouTube) because I get answers on things like this.

When baths were a weekly thing, the order of bathing was father, mother, eldest child down to youngest child. They were all bathing in the same water, so by the time it was the baby's turn the water might well have been dark enough that you could throw the bathwater out not having seen the baby was still in it.

Anyone else grateful for modern plumbing?

Femmewench · 09-01-2017, 12:44 PM

Again, Lucy Worsley.

"They don't have a pot to piss in." Contextually, I understood this to mean someone was poor (I was about to say dirt poor, but I'm not sure of the origin of that. Something I'll have to look up.)

Centuries ago, one way of earning money was to collect the urine from the household chamber pots or whatever they were called at the time. If you didn't have a pot to collect the urine in to sell for a source of income, you didn't have a pot to piss in.

I love weird stuff like this.

09-01-2017, 12:40 PM	#2
Femmewench Member How Do You Identify?: Casual Femme Saphiosexual Preferred Pronoun?: she, her Relationship Status: Divorced Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 376 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,676 Thanked 1,269 Times in 330 Posts Rep Power: 10346603	I love discovering the origin of phrases we use today with absolutely no idea of why they came about. "Don't throw the baby out with the bath water." always intrigued me since I could attribute that to nothing within my own experience or anything I'd read. I love Lucy Worsley (check her out on YouTube) because I get answers on things like this. When baths were a weekly thing, the order of bathing was father, mother, eldest child down to youngest child. They were all bathing in the same water, so by the time it was the baby's turn the water might well have been dark enough that you could throw the bathwater out not having seen the baby was still in it. Anyone else grateful for modern plumbing? __________________ "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" Anais Nin

09-01-2017, 12:44 PM	#3
Femmewench Member How Do You Identify?: Casual Femme Saphiosexual Preferred Pronoun?: she, her Relationship Status: Divorced Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Albuquerque, NM Posts: 376 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,676 Thanked 1,269 Times in 330 Posts Rep Power: 10346603	Again, Lucy Worsley. "They don't have a pot to piss in." Contextually, I understood this to mean someone was poor (I was about to say dirt poor, but I'm not sure of the origin of that. Something I'll have to look up.) Centuries ago, one way of earning money was to collect the urine from the household chamber pots or whatever they were called at the time. If you didn't have a pot to collect the urine in to sell for a source of income, you didn't have a pot to piss in. I love weird stuff like this. __________________ "And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom" Anais Nin

09-01-2017, 09:38 AM	#1
homoe Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Butch Relationship Status: ..... Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: 30 minute ferry ride from Seattle Posts: 38,565 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 20,811 Thanked 33,549 Times in 14,914 Posts Rep Power: 21474889	“All the world loves a lover” ........ This is derived from an essay on love by the American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson. It means people are always happy to see a couple in love.