The things you learn on NPR

Bill Palmer w_a_palmer at BELLSOUTH.NET
Wed Sep 1 14:13:39 UTC 2010


Apparently to "spend a penny" is to "use the toilet" in England, or at least in and around Norfolk.

To appropriate a phrase from Wilson, "Youneverknow"



Bill Palmer

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