I'm going to see to Wesley, see if he's still whimpering.

Giles ,'Chosen'


Natter 36: But We Digress...  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 29, 2005 10:38:11 am PDT #5526 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

My elementary school had a big, round, communal concrete sink in the boy's room. There was a bar around the base you stepped on, and metal mushroom shaped thing in the middle that spritzed water like a lawn sprinkler.

Anybody know what I'm talking about? In retrospect, it was verra strange.


erikaj - Jun 29, 2005 10:38:15 am PDT #5527 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I got the bathroom that was accessible only because kids made it too ugly for anyone but disabled folks to use in 7th and 8th. "Kathy Mahoney fucks farm animals," if you're wondering.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 29, 2005 10:39:23 am PDT #5528 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

"Kathy Mahoney fucks farm animals,"

Isn't that the lost Richard Scarry book?


bon bon - Jun 29, 2005 10:39:54 am PDT #5529 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

Where did you go to junior high again, erika?


sarameg - Jun 29, 2005 10:40:32 am PDT #5530 of 10001

Anybody know what I'm talking about? In retrospect, it was verra strange.

They had those in the football stadium bathrooms at one point. I remember an early problem with them was that the water pressure varied so sometimes they'd overshoot the basin area.


Lyra Jane - Jun 29, 2005 10:42:24 am PDT #5531 of 10001
Up with the sun

You all had them in your schools?

Yep. From what I remember, though, there were two multi-stall bathrooms in my elementary school, and only one of them had stalls without doors. So we just avoided that bathroom as much as possible. I think it was in the wing for younger kids anyhow, so dealing with periods, etc., wasn't an issue.


Frankenbuddha - Jun 29, 2005 10:42:34 am PDT #5532 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

They had those in the football stadium bathrooms at one point. I remember an early problem with them was that the water pressure varied so sometimes they'd overshoot the basin area.

You could also screw with other kids by hooking your foot under the bar to keep the water from spritzing, or to keep it to a trickle so the kid leaned in, and then let it go so they sprayed themselves.


Jesse - Jun 29, 2005 10:42:36 am PDT #5533 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

That sounds like a sink for doctors, so they can turn the water off and on without touching anything with their hands.


beth b - Jun 29, 2005 10:44:03 am PDT #5534 of 10001
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

My elementary school had a big, round, communal concrete sink in the boy's room. There was a bar around the base you stepped on, and metal mushroom shaped thing in the middle that spritzed water like a lawn sprinkler

we had them at camp .

I always though the hook thiefs probbably happened -- but I'm stareing at it - how far is it gonna go before I notice it moving and grab it... how long before I notice some one at my door. the only place it might be a problem is one of those big public bathrooms with an entrence and an exit


erikaj - Jun 29, 2005 10:45:55 am PDT #5535 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!

I went to Palo verde, a few years ahead of you, bon. And I got the graffiti-laden bathroom...it was, um, an education in its own right.