I have, for a few years now, had the priviledge of working with a man famed far and wide, the Dutch Nasty. He is well renowned for numerous reasons, which are too legion to catalog all at once. As such, I will periodically devote a post to an example of the wonderful innovations the Dutch Nasty is spearheading in the interests of the betterment of mankind.
One of the unfortuate limitations of the English language (the polyglottal Dutch Nasty has realized) is the lack of a uniform descriptor to describe what has variously been referred to as the bathroom, the washroom, the watercloset, the john, or other, less salubrious terms. The Dutch Nasty has concluded that most of these terms are lamentably inaccurate; there isn't necessarily a bath in the bathroom, washing isn't the fundamental purpose of a washroom, John may well not be anywhere near the john, and so forth.
With an eye to accuracy and ease of use, the Dutch Nasty has devised a better, more accurate term: the Waste Station, a station at which you dispose of waste. He has since embarked upon a public awareness crusade to make the huddled masses aware of this new, exciting term, and promote its use.
Waste Station.
Tell a friend.
Disclaimer: this blog in no way endorses or claims to understand what motivates the Dutch Nasty and is in no way responsible for any collateral damage his ideas may cause.
2 comments:
The term 'waste station' isn't the panacea it is made out to be. I prefer the term 'excrement bank'. This offical nomenclature is derived from the feeling that our excrement is not, in fact waste. The current common view is that these deposits, that are left in this bank are much more valuable than originally thought. Each piece is nutured into being and thus, should be view as rather a collectable type of 'knick knack' or 'brik-a-brack' to be shared with the world.
But it's not really a bank because, while there are deposits, there is no (local) storage and no withdrawls. All donations are forwarded to a holding area, after which point their destiny is better left unsaid, but suffice it to say that a return to the depositor is not in the cards.
Plus, we're looking for a light and breezy sobriquet which can be easily inserted into mixed conversation, which would suggest against the use of the term 'excrement'.
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