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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

AlbertCat

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7. I always like to remind folks....

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #5)

Mon Jun 29, 2015, 11:26 AM

Jun 2015

Versailles had no indoor bathrooms.

Can't you see all those lords and ladies in theirs silk finery....

with fleas and lice..... getting "caught short" and using the potted plants or sneaking off to go under the stairs?

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I always like to remind folks.... AlbertCat Jun 2015 #7

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