something you did not know

[hevnsnt]

Do you know why they call going to the toilet the "Head"

It is an old Navy term, when you were in a sailing boat, the wind would be at the back of the boat, so if you pissed off the back you would be pissing in the wind, so people went to the "head" of the boat to piss.

 

[xcript]

:thumbsdown:

 

[hevnsnt]

sorry..

 

[booger711]

tmi

 

[Yossarian]

I did not know that! I had heard the term but didn't know where it came from.

 

[Sundog]

Yes, they used the head or bow of the ship as the toilet.

 

[DnetMHZ]

<Lefty> You know where the bow is?... you go to the bow.. I'll stay in the stern </lefty>

 

[lakefire]

Originally posted by: dnetmhz
<Lefty> You know where the bow is?... you go to the bow.. I'll stay in the stern </lefty>

haha. At last, rowing crew has helped me in life. Knowning my stern, bow, starboard, and port

 

[Lazy8s]

something I did know about "head": I like it a lot

EDIT:edited for appropriateness

 

[maziwanka]

now i know that ppl read the topic summary and were thinking that this thread was about something else