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Today's prompt reminded me of an incident not long after I was married. The first whole year we were married we did not have electricity or running water. We had gas for the stove but my hubby had to "fetch" the water from the well outback. It did not have a working pump so he had to draw it up manually. Needless to say, we were very frugal and stingy with our water usage.

Anyway, we could use the commode. All we had to do is do our business and pour about half a bucket of water down the bowl and it would flush. But, that is neither here nor there in this particular story. It was winter. It was freezing cold and to save on our heating bill, we partitioned off the kitchen, put our bed in the kitchen, and used the gas stove for heat and cooking. This meant the rest of the house was freezing cold.

One night I was awakened by the sound of "water" running but very soon discovered it was my new husband sitting on the side of the bed peeing in one of my antique milk glass vases! Oh yes, I made it very, very clear I don't care how cold or how late it is, my antique vase was NOT an acceptable chamber pot! He got such an ear full...and such a glare I noticed the next day the vase was put on a bookcase in the living room and well out of temptation's reach.

I never caught him doing that again. I'm not sure what he used when I wasn't looking