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From: jlh@loral.UUCP (Walter Mitty)
Newsgroups: net.jokes
Subject: just pissin around
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Date: Wed, 24-Oct-84 10:51:06 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 24 10:51:06 1984
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Found this sitting in my directory, don't remember where it came from but
I thought I'd post it anyway.


ODE TO THE COMMODE

In London you pulled a ring
Protruding from the wall,
Heard a monumental flushing sound
And that was simply all.
In Paris you pushed a button
On the side of the latrine,
Waited 20 minutes
And all was peachy keen.
Lucerne was somewhat simpler,
You merely pulled a chain;
Of this exceptional efficiency,
The Swiss are very vain.
In Munich first you find a crank
And then you push a button,
What happens after that, my friends,
Is absolutely nuthin'.
In Venice you must pull a knob
And then you push it in;
Good grief, the water won't swirl out -
The canal just comes on in.
When you turn the crank in Florence,
You get a little miffed;
The toilet doesn't flush at all,
The window shade will lift.
In America we don't have winding roads
Or cypress trees that line it;
But look for the handle on a U.S. john
And you'll know just where to find it.


                                  Betty Write
                                 c/o Ann Landers