Sybarite
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not on the poop deck?
Why are the heads...
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Praxinoscope
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Not sure if you want the real reason or a humerous response.
Poop Deck comes from the description La Poupe ( stern ) and the highest point on the stern of a sailing vessel esed to be the deck at the stern therefore Poop Deck.
Heads, on the navy sailing vessels the crew would hang over the side of the vessel at the bow or either side of the figure head to relieve themselves, therefore sea toilets have generally known as the heads.
Poop Deck comes from the description La Poupe ( stern ) and the highest point on the stern of a sailing vessel esed to be the deck at the stern therefore Poop Deck.
Heads, on the navy sailing vessels the crew would hang over the side of the vessel at the bow or either side of the figure head to relieve themselves, therefore sea toilets have generally known as the heads.
sarabande
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Praxi, does that suggest an etymological derivation for our English euphemism "poo" ?
Praxinoscope
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Judging by the smell of some French cheeses, maybe?
[70521]
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Socks perhaps but it tastes wonderful. Have you tried Stinking Bishop?
Spuddy
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Got some Limberger cheese in Germany. Jerome K Jerome said it was the smelliest. I thought it was OK but t'other bloke on board took it out of fridge cos it might turn the milk and it ended up in the Kiel canal
Daedelus
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Cos the old square riggers had the wind behind them?
Hydrozoan
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It may suggest such, but it probably comes from an imitative 'poop' - the latter attested earlier for a 'soft' wind, if you must have some sailing connection.
https://www.etymonline.com/word/poop
Praxinoscope
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I once had a cheese in a resturant in Paris, where they served a cheese which I think comes from Lyon. When the cheese was brought in the whole place suddenly smelled of bad drains, I can’t remember the name of it but the French people we were with assured us that there is a by-law in Lyon preventing the carrying of this cheese on Lyon public transport.
Beelzebub
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On traditional Arab dhows, they are.
john_morris_uk
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We have some in our fridge at the moment. Wonderful stuff.
I commend Burts Blue too... http://www.burtscheese.co.uk
Kukri
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Exactly. Which is also why the Captain’s cabin is right aft...
Arab shows are fore and aft rigged and are usually reaching...
Old Bumbulum
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The heads are forward because no one, not even arabs, anchor their boats by the stern.
prv
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Swedes do
(I always assumed that’s why the bow anchor arrangements on our Maxi are a bit marginal with no good place for a windlass, yet there’s a dedicated anchor locker on the transom and a powered stern capstan option that was commonly taken up on boats sold in the Baltic.)
Pete
EU_Cruiser
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Poubelle?
john_morris_uk
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A rubbish answer...
Old Bumbulum
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How can you/why would you anchor by the stern with wind and waves slapping into the transom and tide (such as it is in the Baltic) running the "wrong" way past the hull?
Modern boats with sugarscoops, let alone open transoms couldn't do this, surely?
Modern boats with sugarscoops, let alone open transoms couldn't do this, surely?
Hydrozoan
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We passed on casgiu merzu in Corsica, so I am unable to comment on its odour. Does anybody know?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casu_marzu
Greenheart
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I just learned there's a young persons' popular music combo by the name of "Shy Talk".
I remember, that's what my parents used to call visiting seagulls, when we lived by the sea long ago.
I remember, that's what my parents used to call visiting seagulls, when we lived by the sea long ago.
mjcoon
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