I'm still laughing.... !

I come from the North East of England.  Imagine a scene from Victorian
times... lots of streets of terrace houses, 2 rooms upstairs, 2 room
downstairs. Mother is washing a dirty child in a tin bath in the front
room
by the coal fire. Father is on his way home from the pit.

This is an era before we had bathrooms with inside toilets so  people
used
to nip outside to the bottom of the yard and use the outside loo. This
brick
built outside toilet was called a "netty". It's a term that's just
used in
that part of England.

The term is still in use even though we now have inside bathrooms (in
most
houses!!!).

The phase "built like a brick netty" is one that is sometimes used to
describe a rather large and stocky person.

Enjoy your Neti pot ;-)

Al
----- Original Message -----
From: "liz butek" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2000 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: [P-F] Immune System Promoting Herbs


> I swear by the Neti pot. After the first few tries,
> i'm a pro. I use it whenever I start having sinus pain,
> and it helps enormously. I didn't know they had a web site.
> --Liz Butek-Beasley