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Toilet Slang

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  • 23-05-2008 12:51pm
    #1
    monkeytronics
    Closed Accounts Posts: 191 ✭✭


    Where the hell did the slang "The John" and "The Jacks/Jax" originate from?


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    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,436 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    What about 'the can' a particular favourite of mine :)


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    Karoma
    Registered Users Posts: 19,396 ✭✭✭✭Karoma


    Moved.

    *G*



    Possibly: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_379.html
    (Jake's...Jacks... understandable shift)


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    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Not sure about the Jacks, but check this one out.

    http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070921072735AAMGbKI


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    DaveyGem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭DaveyGem


    monkeytronics wrote: »
    Where the hell did the slang "The John" and "The Jacks/Jax" originate from?

    In Robin Hood;Men in Tights, Jean Luc Picard (whats his real name) returned and vanquished the baddie who was called John.

    According Picard John's punishment was that every toilet would henceforth be reffered to as "The John".

    As for the others...dunno


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    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    In Robin Hood;Men in Tights, Jean Luc Picard (whats his real name) returned and vanquished the baddie who was called John.

    According Picard John's punishment was that every toilet would henceforth be reffered to as "The John".

    As for the others...dunno

    This is historical FACT. And we all KNOW that men in tights was an accurate representation of that era. :D


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    DaveyGem
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭DaveyGem


    chin_grin wrote: »
    This is historical FACT. And we all KNOW that men in tights was an accurate representation of that era. :D

    Finally some one believes me

    As a documentary i found it quite compelling


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    #8
    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    I like 'the sh1tter' myself.


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