...And Only Two Were Crossing Their Legs!

[PJ_in_FL]

Just saw the report about the ISS crew returning to Earth in the toilet-less SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. Separating from ISS at 2:05PM, the capsule splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico at 10:33PM. Long time to "hold it". The photo may be telling ...

[GeoffW]

In space, no-one can hear you pee.

[Jay Freedman]

It all Depends.

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[GeoffW]

And before this all happened, while they were orbiting the earth ...

"I would really love to use fresh milk in my coffee".
"In space, no-one can. Here, use cream".

[BobH]

I heard that when Jeff Bezos decided to allow William Shatner to take his space flight that he had a new toilet installed in the spacecraft, just for Shatner, so that he could boldly go where no man had been before.

[HansV]

[GeoffW]

If Bezos had really wanted to go boldly where no billionaire had been before, he would have gone to the IRS.

[GeoffW]

I heard that when Jeff Bezos decided to allow William Shatner to take his space flight that he had a new toilet installed in the spacecraft, just for Shatner, so that he could boldly go where no man had been before.

It was only a short flight, was it 20 minutes or so?

Only somebody Shatner's age would have needed a toilet.

And I hesitate to use the term Shatner toilet.

[jstevens]

And I hesitate to use the term Shatner toilet.

I don't see the problem here.

[StuartR]

In this context, it always surprised me that the word crap is from Middle English, and that Thomas Crapper's name was just a coincidence.

[stuck]

...the word crap is from Middle English...

Well, you learn something everyday.



Ken

[GeoffW]

However, the word didn't originally mean bodily waste. That meaning didn't come until about 1800. But it appeared to be only used in England until the time of WWI. It was quite possibly popularised amongst US soldiers due to the brand name of Thomas Crapper in so many toilets, khazis, loos, privies, heads, WCs, bogs, dunnies and the like.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/word-mea ... _n_1930243

[BobH]

The things one learns here . . . (shaking head and wandering away).

[kdock]

And I hesitate to use the term Shatner toilet.

My dad worked on the original Star Trek TV series.* Apparently Bill was an unrepentant punster and would either have appreciated yours or beat you to it.

Kim

*Best Boy, if anyone's keeping score.

[stuck]

My dad worked on the original Star Trek TV series...

Oh wow! How cool is that!

Ken
PS Yes I love Star Trek, all flavours.

[kdock]

Dad brought me tribbles the prop guys gave him. The ones that moved and the ones that just fell out of the bulkhead. No idea where they are now, though I have my suspicions about my brother....

Kim

[kdock]

I do still have this, from one of the many strange new worlds, somewhere in the middle of their five-year mission.

Star Trek Cube.jpg

You have to imagine it glowing in an other-worldly way.

Kim

[GeoffW]

My dad worked on the original Star Trek TV series.* Apparently Bill was an unrepentant punster and would either have appreciated yours or beat you to it.

Kim

*Best Boy, if anyone's keeping score.

Thank you, I'm honoured.

However, I suspect he would have bear me to it.

[stuck]

Dad brought me tribbles the prop guys gave him. The ones that moved and the ones that just fell out of the bulkhead...

Oh wow again!

Ken

[LisaGreen]

o cool!!

How many flavours are there now anyway?

Star trek
Discovery
Voyager
Deep space nine
I think but am not sure there is Explorer and at least one other.

Lisa