the "Learn Something" thread
This is a thread where you aucutally learn something....anything....so, let's get this train wreck a'rollin!
Um.....how about....
Back in medievil times, people bathed very little. About once every few months, the entire family would take a bath, using the same water each time.
It started with the oldest male (father)
Then the male children
then the mother.
Then all the female children.
And finnally babies.
The water was hot only for the fist couple of baths, creating the phrase "using up all the hot water"