2006-10-02 02:52:24 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I was wondering the same thing just the other day...
2006-10-02 02:53:25 · answer #1 · answered by tickle me fickle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've often wondered the same, especially since I come from Scotland. There they are simply referred to as bathrooms or Toilets. I imagine a rest room as being a place where theres a couch or two, some magazines and maybe a TV - like your local Doctor's office.
Then there are turns of phrase like "I'm going to go powder my nose" - why can't folks just say I've gotta go for a pee!?!?
2006-10-02 09:57:49 · answer #2 · answered by warped_factor_ten 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are toilets. Only Americans refer to them as rest rooms. I remember when I worked in a bank in London and we referred to the staff room as the rest room. One day, an American customer asked me where the 'rest room' was. I had never heard that term used by Americans before and told her that we didn't have one for customers, only staff. I'll never know why they use such a strange term. It's not as if the word toilet is offensive, is it?
2006-10-02 09:57:08 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quite right...=0> ... maybe once you answer natures call, its all done and the 'rest' is history.
2006-10-02 09:56:01 · answer #4 · answered by megh 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i know its a dumb question but ive always asked that my self ive never seen anybody just resting in there believe me a restroom is the last place i want to go rest specially a public one......... i preffer the intestinal release plaza
2006-10-02 09:57:01 · answer #5 · answered by mexika_thug 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, yes! I agree. And why do they call them "driveways" when we never actually drive there? Shouldn't they be called "parkways."
In Jerry Seinfeld voice: Who are these people?
2006-10-02 09:58:26 · answer #6 · answered by David M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, public restrooms are anything but Restful. lol.
2006-10-02 09:54:10 · answer #7 · answered by newjonib 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No $hit! Who takes a rest in a "restroom". Maybe it refers to where you "rest" your bodily excrement.
2006-10-02 09:54:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Etoquite sometimes causes really stupid results. They're just trying to be coy!
2006-10-02 09:55:46 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good point! Why not just call them toilets?
2006-10-02 09:54:55 · answer #10 · answered by Patricia S 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋