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01-07-2006, 01:27 PM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ciudad de Lago del Sal
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What is a Gongfarmer?
Compliments of www.chiptin.com
Some earlier terms I've found of interest: the name for the medieval privy closet was garderobe. The individuals in those days who cleaned out the privies and cesspools were called gongfermors or gongfarmer (appeared in 1814) - a scavenger. Gong is a word (appeared in 1633) for the contents of a privy, the ordure (appeared in 1388) as the French called it. A gong-burl was the hole of a privy.
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01-07-2006, 01:46 PM
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Psyche of Prince Immortal
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Above a Parapet Obvious exits are: North, South, and Dennis
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remind me again what day we are starting the bloodbath?
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01-07-2006, 04:28 PM
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: The bottom of the ocean, discussing philosophy with a giant squid
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I happen to be a student, and am living in the eastern US, so I'll probably be able to post only from 2:30 PM until around 10:00 PM my time (homework permitting), and possibly for a few minutes around 6:00-6:15 AM my time, depending on how quickly I get my morning routine time.
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