The things you learn on NPR

[Laurence Horn]

At 10:13 AM -0400 9/1/10, Bill Palmer wrote:
>Apparently to "spend a penny" is to "use the toilet" in England, or
>at least in and around Norfolk.

Much more general than than.  (I know the expression from many novels
set in the U.K.; no doubt it's becoming a bit quaint in parts.)  Pay
toilets and all that.

LH

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