Open Post: With The Chamber Pot Of Connubial Bliss!

During the Georgian era in Great Britain, chamber pots were coveted wedding gifts for the wealthy class, often delivered stuffed full of pound notes or coins, some with a merry olde message stamped onto their porcelain surface. Like this one from The Georgian House in Edinburgh, Scotland. The inscription reads:

“This Pot it is A Present Sent,
Some Mirth to make is only Meant.
We hope the same you’ll not Refuse,
But keep it safe and oft it Use.
When in it, you Want to Piss,
Remember them who sent you this.
Keep me clean and use me well,
And what I see I will not Tell.”

Heavens, a lowly limerick worthy of a common bawd. Next thing you know, men and women will be displaying a shapely ankle to all and sundry, even those virile, husky stable boys who look so restless and excitable.

Happy Open Post, darlings. Please try to keep it in your trousers, or leave your petticoats unraised, and keep a civil tongue in your mouth (whether your own or someone else's is entirely up to you). 

Photo Credits: The Georgian House, National Trust for Scotland; Artvee: Jules Girardet, A Finely Turned Ankle