An Englishman and his castle

My earlier post prompted me to think of a couple of things, one of which is the saying;

An Englishman’s home is his castle.

So when an Englishman invites you into his castle, be careful where you tread when using the stairs!

Sir Edmund Blackadder

The other thing is a scene from the Brit comedy TV series Black Adder, Black Adder was showing people around his place trying to sell it and he mentioned that the place had indoor toilets, you stuck your arse out of the window!

Castles and elevators

Sitting on the light rail behind a couple of women, blonde woman and history woman.

Blonde woman was saying that she likes the light rail because she can get off at the last stop and get the escalators up Westlake Mall to her job. But she was moaning that a lot of the time several escalators are out of service, she could take the elevator but unfortunately people keep using it as a toilet so she has to take the stairs. She said she wasn’t lazy but with her neck and back problems it was a pain.

History woman said that in Napoleon’s time castles didn’t have indoor plumbing so when they had parties, the guests would use the stairways as restrooms.

This prompted blonde woman to talk about her trip to Europe and taking pictures of castles and that they used to have the first floor heated to heat the rest of the castle.

History woman said that French and English castles had fireplaces in every room and there were people whose only function was to go around and keep the fires lit using coal not wood to keep the castles heated.

I was sitting there scribbling away in my Moleskine notebook thinking; I am learning something today.

At the very least, which elevator not to use!