# The official language thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Off-topic\ **Created:** [April 3, 2018, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524 "2018-04-03T11:14:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 50
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/985 "2018-08-28T21:19:00Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > Talking about euphemisms and peeing, we also say “washing my hands” while we mean “going to the toilet (to pee)”. > If you have a rich imagination… that’s not how you’re supposed to wash your hands! 🤨😁 Haha… I thought our ‘spend a penny’ was funny. And ‘going to see a man about a horse’. One I use quite a lot is ‘going to the tinkle-dinkle-haha room’ (thanks Simpsons!) ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:19pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/986 "2018-08-28T21:19:33Z")
> [@Frenzie](#): > > At our elementary school there were these signs in and/or around the toilets (bathroom/restroom…) that said “handen wassen na het plassen.” Like this one? 😁 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thimbleweedpark/original/2X/3/3c0f6441947eb3a8f2349c5ff01a6c3e660987af.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/987 "2018-08-28T21:21:52Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > Like this one? 😁 Alas. 🧖‍♀️ I typed :tear (to end up with something like ;-; ) and I came up with… woman in steamy room. [![](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/woman_in_steamy_room.png?v=6) ](https://emoji.discourse-cdn.com/twitter/woman_in_steamy_room.png?v=6) ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/988 "2018-08-28T21:24:40Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > Haha… I thought our ‘spend a penny’ was funny. And ‘going to see a man about a horse’. [Oh look, I found a whole list!](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_toilet_slang) 😀 I have a feeling that quite a few of these were made up by the person who wrote the list, but they’re very amusing all the same. “Point Percy at the Porcelain” 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/989 "2018-08-28T21:25:30Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > [Oh look, I found a whole list!](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_toilet_slang) 😀 In Germany we use some of the too! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/990 "2018-08-28T21:25:53Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > “Point Percy at the Porcelain” 🤨 Percy? Really? What a strange name… 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Frenzie](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/frenzie/32/4416_2.png) [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/991 "2018-08-28T21:26:36Z")
That reminds me of “shoot for the fly” (or something along those lines). > Parking my breakfast Umm, what? ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:28pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/992 "2018-08-28T21:28:09Z")
We also have one other funny expression for that in Belgium: “I am going to check whether I am still a boy.” (Used by males only-obviously) ---
**Author:** ![tasse-tee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/tasse-tee/32/4002_2.png) [@tasse-tee](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/tasse-tee)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/993 "2018-08-28T21:29:44Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > We also have one other funny expression for that in Belgium: > “I am going to check whether I am still a boy.” 🤣 🤣 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/994 "2018-08-28T21:29:54Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > Point Percy at the Porcelain 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:30pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/995 "2018-08-28T21:30:19Z")
Now we are on this trending topic… (after all TWP has proven we get carried away with toilets and paper orientation) does anyone know why they call a toilet a “john”? ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/996 "2018-08-28T21:34:58Z")
Hello? Anybody there? Oh crap, they’re all off reading that long list of toilet expressions now… ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:36pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/997 "2018-08-28T21:36:28Z")
> [@tasse-tee](#): > > > [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > > > Haha… I thought our ‘spend a penny’ was funny. And ‘going to see a man about a horse’. > > [Oh look, I found a whole list!](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:English_toilet_slang) 😀 That list is hilarious. ‘Backing the big brown motorhome out of the garage’ 😂 I’m getting in trouble because I’m supposed to be going to sleep but keep laughing. > [@Sushi](#): > > Oh crap 😏 ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/998 "2018-08-28T21:37:07Z")
> [@Sushi](#): > > does anyone know why they call a toilet a “john”? I want to know why! Do you know or are you asking us? ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/999 "2018-08-28T21:38:05Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > ‘Backing the big brown motorhome out of the garage’ 😂 In Germany we have: “You shouldn’t stop a man if the brown chocolate car is honking…” ---
**Author:** ![PiecesOfKate](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/piecesofkate/32/93_2.png) [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/1000 "2018-08-28T21:38:55Z")
> [@Someone](#): > > > [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > > > ‘Backing the big brown motorhome out of the garage’ 😂 > > In Germany we have: “You shouldn’t stop a man if the brown chocolate car is honking…” That’s very sensible. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/1001 "2018-08-28T21:39:01Z")
> [@PiecesOfKate](#): > > > [@Sushi](#): > > > > does anyone know why they call a toilet a “john”? > > I want to know why! Do you know or are you asking us? No I don’t know. It’s not a setup for a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/1002 "2018-08-28T21:40:00Z")
> Change water on the goldfish 😮 ---
**Author:** ![Someone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/1003 "2018-08-28T21:40:01Z")
(1000 posts! Now I need only 320 more to beat the thread of the rubber chicken… hehehe) ---
**Author:** ![Sushi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forums.thimbleweedpark.com/sushi/32/163_2.png) [@Sushi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Sushi)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2018, 9:41pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524/1004 "2018-08-28T21:41:03Z")
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