Comment on Why did they only want the poopdeck swabbed and not the whole deck?

• neidu4@piefed.social ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  While certainly of utmost importance, there was no pooping on the poop deck. That was done on the Head, usually mounted near the bow, just behind the forecastle.

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  • GuyDudeman@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Pooping on the head. I see what they did there.

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    • tyler@programming.dev ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They literally did poop on the head. c8.alamy.com/…/figure-head-from-sailing-ship-in-t…

      The toilet was at the front, a hole in the deck, leading down onto the figurehead. They literally relieved themselves on top of a statue. That is the origin of the term!!!

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