An Old Fashioned Potty

"Ewww.....THAT'S yucky!"

Little Bkworm screws up her nose in disgust. I was telling her about the use of the chamber pot when I was her age.

I wanted to post a picture of a chamber pot here but I don't have one right now. For those of you who were married the traditional Chinese way, you'd probably know what I am talking about. The chamber pot is usually coated in enamel, red and white in color and sometimes adorned with the picture of the Double Happiness.

When we were little girls, my sister and I used to have one of these chamber pots in our room. It was for us to relieve ourselves in the middle of the night, without us having to leave our bedroom to use the toilet outside the room. After urinating, we were supposed to cover the pot with a wooden cover.....eww....yeah, I know....

The next morning, we would turns to empty the pot in the toilet, wash it, to be re-used at night. I think we lived with that routine until much later when we were old (and brave) enough to find our way to the toilet in the middle of the night.

I think the only potty one sees in this day and age is the kind that toddlers use for potty training, so I can't blame Little Bkworm for balking at the fact that I had used one right up to my teens!

I wonder how many of you out there have ever used one?