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Old 10-03-2007   #1 (permalink)
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Did you ever wonder...
why port-a-potties have to have "cute" names?

In our area the port-a-potties all have names like

THE DROP ZONE
OUI OUI

Does this make them more desirable to use?

Is this just a Chicago thing or is it national?
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why port-a-potties have to have "cute" names?

In our area the port-a-potties all have names like

THE DROP ZONE
OUI OUI

Does this make them more desirable to use?

Is this just a Chicago thing or is it national?
People would never use them if you called them "The Crapper"...
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why port-a-potties have to have "cute" names?

In our area the port-a-potties all have names like

THE DROP ZONE
OUI OUI

Does this make them more desirable to use?

Is this just a Chicago thing or is it national?
HoneyBucket out here
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Well, it is the People's Republic of Portland
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why port-a-potties have to have "cute" names?

In our area the port-a-potties all have names like

THE DROP ZONE
OUI OUI

Does this make them more desirable to use?

Is this just a Chicago thing or is it national?
How weird! I never noticed that! That is funny to me. In China, would one be called Hu Flung Pu?
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Biggest firm around here is Port-A-John.

I'm sure that this IS the type of discussion that James and Anna envisioned when they put this together
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Well, it is the People's Republic of Portland
Do citizens swear to uphold the Constitution, or the constitutional?
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I'm sure that this IS the type of discussion that James and Anna envisioned when they put this together
They'll print this out and read it in the loo.
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We like talking about any old shit...
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In the UK they are sometimes called the Gary (Gary Glitter=shitter).
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