Many things over here have interesting names, typically shortened to an acronym, and our showers are no exception. The trailer I walk to every morning to clean myself and wake up is endearingly called an "Ablution Unit."
Unlike some of the other poorly named things -- the DFAC (Dining Facility) comes to mind -- the ablution unit isn't prominently labeled as such. On the door to the trailer it just says "Male Shower." But if you look closely at the signs indoors, they refer to it in many places as the ablution unit, and warn you away from such unpleasantries such as electrical shocks, sewage spills, and water cut-offs.
The name makes me happy because you don't often hear "ablution" used. No one says anymore, "I'm performing my ablutions." I don't know how the military heard of it.
Oh well.
In other news, Sarah Palin is joining FOX!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_palin_fox_news
Anyone feel like they need to go perform some mental ablutions now?
This post has been dedicated to Ian.
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That's funny--this is the second ablution discussion I've heard in three days. They were discussing ablutions on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me on Saturday but I can't remember in which part of the show...
http://www.npr.org/templates/rundowns/rundown.php?prgId=35
Ablution is just a gross word.
Ian needs to ablut. (Is that a correct conjugation of the word?)
It's "ablute," with an E.
thanks for the ablution wishes. what a happy day.
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