Re: Half moon on an outhouse
Posted by R. Berg on November 01, 2001 In Reply to: Half moon on an outhouse posted
by Michael on November 01, 2001
: My wife and I were discussing, after watching the movie "Shrek"
why there is always a half-moon on an outhouse. Any ideas?
Two ideas. (1) It's a crescent moon. (2) Moons (of any phase) may
not have universally adorned real outhouses when outhouses were
common. They're a convention of cartoons and other forms of fiction,
much like all businesses being named Acme. I hope someone else can
say how the moons got started.
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