[MR] camping toiletries JOKE

[Ceara ni Neill]

"Medieval Restrooms" by Shuritz Keltic...
<grin>

-------Ceara

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> OK, sorry, that was a joke. The titles do exist and are period, but
> have nothing to do with personal sanitation, except perhaps in a
> highly mystical, spiritual way. They certainly have nothing to do with
> the practicalities of alimentary elimination.
>
> Was that delicate enough?
>
> So don't waste your time researching them or your money ordering them.
> It was a joke.
>
> Sorry.
>
> Thomas
> -------Original Message-------
> From: deepfatfriar at mindspring.com
> Sent: 08/06/03 07:16 AM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: Re: [MR] camping toiletries
>
>>
>> All of these things and more are covered in the famous, exhaustive,
>> period
> work on this subject, "The Book of Privy Counseling". Those who are
> overcome by the vapours that result from such practices may wish to
> consult the companion volume, "The Cloud of Unknowing".
>
> Thomas
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Ceara ni Neill <ceara at housebarra.com>
> Sent: 08/06/03 12:18 AM
> To: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
> Subject: Re: [MR] camping toiletries
>
>>
>> Chamber baggie?
> <grin>
> I remember one of my aunts bringing a chamber pot to a family
> reunion...it was a standard enameled steel pot, white with a red
> stripe around the lid. I didnt' know what it was, I thought it was
> strange to have a cooking pot in the bedroom...boy was I surprised (&
> kinda grossed out) when I lifted the lid for a peek. But considering
> the treacherous & ancient staircase, uneven footing, etc. (old
> mountain house) it made perfect sense for someone in their 70's.
>
> You can pick up a cheap porta-pottie for around $15 at wal mart. Put
> in a gallon of water, some blue stuff, and keep the lid on. Even has a
> little depression for toilet tissue. And no, it doesnt' smell...you'd
> never know it was there. I've used one for the last few years now.
>
> ---Ceara
> =====================================
> Sir Andras suggested:
>
>>
>> Learned this one from my very clever lady...
>>
>> Put a bit of toilet paper in the bottom of a large (high-quality)
>> ziplock plastic bag.
>> Then, at 3am in the morning, when you have to pee, and it's pouring
>> cold rain thicker than a shower, you don't have to leave the tent.
>> Just set it outside the tent and dispose of it in the morning.  The
>> paper in the bag stops the dreaded "splash-back".
>>
>> Go ahead and laugh...
>>
>> but everyone we tell it to comes back after their next camping event
>> and whispers it was a great idea. :)