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"Spend a penny" is a common euphemism in the UK for using a toilet precisely because that used to be a typical fee on a public one; well before my day though (a
by dcminter 3y ago
"Spend a penny" is a common euphemism in the UK for using a toilet precisely because that used to be a typical fee on a public one; well before my day though (and I'm middle-aged).
Free public ones do exist but they're not common (and the ones with a charge are a lot more than a penny).
- floodedburner 3y agoThe outright paying to pee blew my mind. Especially when you don't know that the UK has different money than the EU.
- okeuro49 3y agoI found paying to use the convenience to be much more common in Germany than in the UK. It was especially annoying at railway stations and shopping centres, both places which usually have free conveniences in the UK.
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