They aren't as yet. I'm still writing the stuff up but when I finish the paper, I'll be more than happy to send it to you.
Spike's Bitches 34: They're All Slime and Antlers
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
what are those things called on showers that you use to turn on the water and adjust the temp?
Pool boys?
Manservants?
Husbands?
Not where you're going with this, huh?
I would have used the word faucet or tap myself....
Happy fun water lever?
Spigot?
Tap.
Are they faucets? That's what I always *want* to call them, but then I think that I'm wrong, and that the faucet's where the water comes out.
Not where you're going with this, huh?
Not exactly, nope.
Though if I were, could I hire one of these as the poolboy/manservant? (keeping the existing spouse, natch): [link]
I've always thought that the faucet is what controls the temperature and volume of water, but the tap was where the water came out of.
I've always thought that the faucet is what controls the temperature and volume of water, but the tap was where the water came out of.
I've always thought that 'faucet' and 'tap' are the same thing - where the water comes out of.
Apparently, after looking at plumbing supply sites (dear Santa: clawfoot for Christmas, plz.), the technical term for the thing appears to be...
are you ready???
HANDLE.