{"id":9208,"date":"2024-11-15T13:19:39","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T13:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=9208"},"modified":"2024-11-15T13:19:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T13:19:41","slug":"people-are-only-just-realising-what-wc-toilet-sign-actually-stands-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/?p=9208","title":{"rendered":"People are only just realising what WC toilet sign actually stands for"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/466672248_122117660798567056_4237599045619511736_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kohajone.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/466672248_122117660798567056_4237599045619511736_n.jpg 512w, https:\/\/kohajone.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/466672248_122117660798567056_4237599045619511736_n-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What does WC stand for? I\u2019m pretty sure we generally refer to the loo as the \u2018bathroom\u2019 or the \u2018restroom\u2019 if you\u2019re posh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But it turns out that there\u2019s another name we used to call it and it\u2019s completely blown my little mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It turns out that the \u2018WC\u2019 stamped on bathroom doors actually means something \u2013 and that something is \u2018water closet\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What makes it even worse is that there\u2019s a perfectly good reason behind it too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Back in the day, when someone would use the bathroom it would actually be to take a bath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When one would use the restroom, it would supposedly be to rest or get ready for the day by using the sink and mirror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you actually needed to take a leak, you would use the water closet to use the toilet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least I wasn\u2019t the only baffled person, as many on social media are just as dazed as I am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat do you mean wc stands for water closet\u2026\u2026..\u201d one person commented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another added: \u201cI was 23 y\/o when I learned that WC is called water closet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least you\u2019re not 27.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI call MINE a bathroom,\u201d someone else revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI call the ones in public, restrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI know what a water closet is, but don\u2019t use it (don\u2019t use the word \u2013 do use the WC).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping on the topic of bathrooms, one TikToker went viral for sharing the unwritten urinal rule that \u2018every guy knows\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Posted by stand-up comedian, Freddy Quinne, he says men have an unwritten rule about having a wee in a public urinal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freddie says: \u201cNobody\u2019s ever discussed this with us, nobody\u2019s gone out and set the rules but we all know which place to have a p*ss is acceptable and which one isn\u2019t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explains that if you have five empty urinals in a row, the only reasonable decision is to use the first one on the left, or the last one on the right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo you\u2019ve got five urinals in a row here and the rule is, if you go in and every single one is empty, then you take urinal number one [far left] or urinal number five [far right],\u201d Freddie adds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"684f6003e199ca137b09540a661b4c2d\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<!-- Composite Start -->\r\n<div id=\"M940464ScriptRootC1583286\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/jsc.adskeeper.com\/k\/o\/kohajone.press.1583286.js\" async>\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- Composite End -->\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What does WC stand for? 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