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Two types of Medieval castle latrines (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by PugJesus to c/historyillustrations

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

Option B seems a lot more pleasant in my opinion -- just imagine trying to clean out the cesspit, or perhaps you forgot to and the castle came under siege and now it's crawling up the fluke to the latrine

We're not even going to talk about the fact that in the illustration of Option A, the person in the latrine doesn't have a way in or out and is actually walled-in stone

This implies that the way in and out is through the cesspit

[–] PugJesus 30 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Option B has the risk of enemy troops climbing up the poop chute though

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 months ago

If they climbed up the poop chute to take the castle they deserve the castle

[–] Thteven 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You think that's bad? Imagine your whole family falling into the cesspit during a party

[–] mrunicornman 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Happy anniversary to the Erfurt latrine disaster!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It has been exactly 840 years as to why we have discovered Option A was bad

[–] mrunicornman 2 points 4 months ago

There are shit-winds brewing, Randy...

[–] PassingThrough 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

That’s…

On the one hand, you get to be the guy that let everyone in and ensured victory. Couldn’t have done it without ya.

On the other, you crawled through shit to do it. You’re now forever the battalion’s shit crawler, and probably smell like it even when you don’t.

You’d be both celebrated and ridiculed til the end of your days.

[–] quinkin 15 points 4 months ago

I turn the tide of the war but am I called tide-turner Terry?

Be quiet turd-tunneler Terry.

[–] Rolando 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How do you even add that to your regimental colors? If a commemorative medal is struck, what does it look like?

[–] SacralPlexus 5 points 4 months ago

$5 says it’s brown.

[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople 3 points 4 months ago

History in the making:

It is likely that the humiliation of Château Gaillard played a part in the decision of English barons to challenge King John. That in turn led to one of the most important events in English history: the sealing of Magna Carta.[1]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Option B has a goat.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Option A is about job creation. The Poopsmith was an important part of the working class.