william wrote: >On Tue, 2003-12-16 at 02:52, Erik Fridén wrote: > > > >>Really, what's with them yanks? >> >> > >LOL > >It's worse - they're now calling it the restroom. > > > Oh well, we used to call it the "powder room" (at least the ladies' room). And going to the ladies' bathroom was called "going to powder my nose". (Americans have a euphemism for everything.) Restroom is better than that. Of course, the British call it the Loo. Lynnet