just recording things that make an impression on me...for whatever reason
14 May 2010
inquiring minds want to know
sitting at a gas station, waiting for my receipt and wondering why their bathrooms are called "rest rooms". of course, it's a room. but a place of rest? really?
No comments Chris...i think we really need to work our mind upon it...but u know what, commode is a nice place to sit and rest your legs!!!.....ooops sorry for that...huh...!!
Maybe it's a Southern thing, but "restroom" is pretty common around these parts (Texas). I am sure they did not have a bathtub in their restroom, so why call it a "bathroom"? :)
Yes, restroom was a common term here in Oz for many years. And if you've ever wandered around an unknown area, desperately looking for the local convenience, it does bring a sense of rest and relief! LOL
In the "olden days" we didn't alude to the fact that we were going to sit on the toilet, not polite, hence, "restrooms". A lady also went to "powder her nose" in the restroom. This is a Texan's southern point of view.
Nice urge of curiosity! but definitely I wouldn't rest there. :) Even here in my country, they call it different names like... "COMFORT ROOMS... POWDER ROOMS..." whatever, right? The common thing is that these places are used for excreting stuff from our bodies... hehehe... have a good day! :)
when I was in England many years ago, one of the school families told me of a trip they had taken to the US to Disney-world. They went back to their room each time they needed the toilet as they had no idea that rest rooms were in fact toilets!
sitting at a gas station, waiting for my receipt and wondering why their bathrooms are called "rest rooms". of course, it's a room. but a place of rest? really?
Maybe the gas station staffs use it as a rest room. LOL
ReplyDeleteNo comments Chris...i think we really need to work our mind upon it...but u know what, commode is a nice place to sit and rest your legs!!!.....ooops sorry for that...huh...!!
ReplyDeletei'm not going to rest there.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny! I have never thought about it!
ReplyDeleteoh i had the same question in mind for a long time, but never bothered to find out. I'll check back on your comments to read what people have say :)
ReplyDeleteAnd why do we park on a driveway but drive on a parkway?
ReplyDeleteWell maybe some people feel rested when they feel relieved? Except that "relief room" might be taken to have other connotations. :)
ReplyDeletemaybe it is a room for the rest of the story..sorry I am tired and silly right now!
ReplyDeleteH'mmm. I don't know. I've seen people disappear into a restroom, magazine in hand, for quite a while!
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Maybe it's a Southern thing, but "restroom" is pretty common around these parts (Texas). I am sure they did not have a bathtub in their restroom, so why call it a "bathroom"? :)
ReplyDeleteWell, you don't exactly take a bath in them...so perhaps toilets?
ReplyDeletemay be because that's where we put our you-know-what to eternal 'rest'!! LOL.
ReplyDeleteIt's called a bathroom when there's a bathtub in it and a restroom when it's simply a place to ummm... refresh and such.
ReplyDeletenot sure that dangling over a filth encrusted commode while holding a stall door closed that doesn't lock really counts as rest...just saying...
ReplyDeleteWhen I used to work it's where we vent our anger, and talk really bad. so, the reason maybe why it's called that. ha, ha, ha..
ReplyDeleteYes, restroom was a common term here in Oz for many years. And if you've ever wandered around an unknown area, desperately looking for the local convenience, it does bring a sense of rest and relief! LOL
ReplyDeleteIn the "olden days" we didn't alude to the fact that we were going to sit on the toilet, not polite, hence, "restrooms". A lady also went to "powder her nose" in the restroom. This is a Texan's southern point of view.
ReplyDeleteI have ALWAYS wondered why this is!
ReplyDeleteNice urge of curiosity! but definitely I wouldn't rest there. :) Even here in my country, they call it different names like... "COMFORT ROOMS... POWDER ROOMS..." whatever, right? The common thing is that these places are used for excreting stuff from our bodies... hehehe... have a good day! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure they're really "bath"rooms either...
ReplyDeletewhen I was in England many years ago, one of the school families told me of a trip they had taken to the US to Disney-world. They went back to their room each time they needed the toilet as they had no idea that rest rooms were in fact toilets!
ReplyDeleteaccording to Wikipedia "In the rest of the world (usually Africa, Middle East, and Southeast Asia) the term 'comfort room' is used."
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