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Wooden toilet seat found at Vindolanda
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#1
08-27-2014, 01:32 PM
First and only wooden one ever found.

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/nort...om-7673984
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#2
08-27-2014, 02:18 PM
Nice piece Vindolanda is always good for a surprise
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#3
08-28-2014, 04:40 PM
The news made it to the German press: Das hölzerne Römerklo
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#4
08-28-2014, 06:59 PM
I know, it's fantastic. I need to email someone about this...
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#5
08-29-2014, 10:33 AM
Has a slot in the front for the sponge on a stick too!
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#6
08-29-2014, 04:15 PM
Great find.......but no "toilet" humour yet?
Did they find it in a bog? :whistle:
Someone had to start it.
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#7
08-29-2014, 05:55 PM
Pretty shitty joke .... Big Grin
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#8
08-29-2014, 06:31 PM
Are you pulling my chain Robert?
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#9
08-29-2014, 07:37 PM
....new tables from Vindolanda--- with a different message this time. :whistle:

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#10
08-29-2014, 08:17 PM
No link seen Siggy.....so that is pants.... :woot:
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#11
08-29-2014, 08:50 PM
Don't leave a turd unturned, do you?
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#12
08-29-2014, 09:05 PM
Put a lid on it Robert......bet they were flushed when they found this.
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#13
08-30-2014, 01:00 AM
Wow, shit really hit the fan with this thread.
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#14
08-30-2014, 12:07 PM
Perhaps something similar will be found at Lavatris.
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#15
09-05-2014, 06:45 AM
Tha latest find from very close by the toilet seat are the remains of the boards of some wax tablets.

Perhaps an early version of the Sol?
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