On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 14:31:06 -0000, "Ophelia" >
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>"graham" wrote in message news >
>On 2018-01-28 11:48 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>> "casa sobre ruedas" wrote in message news >>
>> On 1/28/2018 10:14 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> "jmcquown" wrote in message ...
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>>> On 1/28/2018 7:57 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>>> "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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>>>> On Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 1:14:30 PM UTC-5, casa sobre ruedas
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>>>>> On 1/27/2018 11:11 AM, Gary wrote:
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>>>>> >> "Julie Bove" wrote:
>>>>> >>> I get the little guacamole cups from Costco.
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>>>>> >> Yeah, urine specimen cups, used and repurposed. And naturally you
>>>>> >> don't care whose pubic hairs and nose pickings you ingest...WTF
>>>>> is so
>>>>> >> difficult about mashing an avocado... for all you know you're eating
>>>>> >> the nappy poopings from Central America.
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>>>>> > Belize comes to mind here.
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>>>>> "nappy" is a racist slur.
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>>>> It's also British slang for "diaper". Dates back to the 1920s.
>>>> Nothing to do with hair.
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>>>> Cindy Hamilton
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>>>> What does it mean in US?
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>>> The troll is trying to suggest it's about black people's hair. I've
>>> always heard and understood the term to mean dirty diapers.
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>>> OB Avocados: nice to know they can be frozen when they are in season.
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>>> Jill
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>>> Yes we call 'diapers' nappies. Not necessarily dirty though.
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>> Brit slang vs. American slang.
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>> https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...erm=Nappy+hair
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>> Yes, someone said that) But our babies wear nappies on their bums))
>> lol
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>And AIUI, before the invention of "personal hygiene products", women
>wore diapers.
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>I have never heard of that. We always called them 'towels'.
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>Have we ever called them 'diapers'?

Before the advent of feminine hygiene pads (also called napkins, or
nappies) they were literally rags, torn strips of cotton/linen
bedding... ergo "on the rag". Typically washed each night in the
lavatory and hung from the shower curtain rod to dry... then folded
and put away in one's bureau until next month. My mother had three
younger sisters, I can remember vividly the bathroom full of those
drying nappies, very frightening to a two year old.
https://oureverydaylife.com/history-...-12081673.html
I learned about sanitary napkins in a sorta embarrassing comical way.
Many years ago I underwent surgery for a pilonidal cyst removal. Since
the wound isn't closed it required showering a half dozen times a day
to make sure no foriegn matter enters during healing. The doctor told
me to keep the wound covered with Modess... well no one informed me
that the sticky part of the pad attached to my underwear, not to my
bare skin. During my next visit to the surgeon his entire staff had a
good laugh at my expense... now its funny but wasn't funny then
because no medical procedure is as painful as pilonidal cyst surgery
healing, even child birth is easier.
https://www.emedicinehealth.com/pilo...al_cyst_causes