Has anybody,,,(Toilet)

John H wrote:
I see where there in you post where there maybe several solutions,,in more way than just a sprayer Myredracer. and yes your deductions are correct,,,and pretty perceptive,,,

"Walla is a word used by retarded Americans who don't know any foreign languages and barely know their own. The correct word they are looking for is "voila", which loosely translates as "here it is", "there you go", or similar meanings

You could not precieve the amount of back lash I have received in my lack of "barely knowing their own" language,,,much less than any other. I have for several year back, learned to take it as a given fact, and just grin, knowing it to be so. It is a fault, I will threw all of my years ribbing agree with you, and you are not by any means, at this senior stage of my life, to be the first to point it out. Sorry if I have some how rubbed your fur the wrong way,,,my apology....John

Heavens, you certainly haven't rubbed my fur the wrong way. I was chuckling that someone hadn't heard the term walla. Maybe a person has to get around on the internet on different forums to come across some words. I find many slang words and sayings commonly used today to be funny and funny to poke fun at and hope you took it as that.

I have a couple of old American slang dictionaries that I've had many hours of enjoyment reading. It's amazing how many words and phrases have come and gone or changed meaning over the decades. "Prune picker" for ex. (a Californian) was once a derogatory term as once was clay digger (someone from Alabama IIRC). I doubt most folks today would have ever heard of most of the slang words and terms used way back when. It's interesting to see how they come and go over the years. With the internet these days and social media, they come and go even faster and it's not easy to keep up with some of it.

And if you go abroad, some ordinary words and phrases can get you into real trouble. Using "rule of thumb" or the "thumbs up" gesture is very offensive in some countries for ex. If you come visit Canada, please don't say "eh" - that went out with Bob & Doug Mckenzie decades ago (at least in the west). If you are Canadian and need to go pee in the US, don't ask where a washroom is or they will give you the hairy eyeball. Wrong words sure can get you in trouble sometimes...

Ya'll have a good evening, eh. (Or is it "all ya'll"?) :B