Built Like A 🧱Brick Shit House!🧱
Come on, REALLY? No, Really! ( • )( • )ԅ(‾⌣‾ԅ)
This phrase has a number of different meanings, but originally it began around a toilet. They were outhouses.
Outhouses have been part of human civilization since ancient times.
In fact, the King of England, Edmund Ironside, was killed in 1016 whilst sitting on the privy when he was stabbed in the anus by a Viking hiding below in the pit!
LET'S JUMP TO MORE RECENT SHIT HOUSES.
The earliest outhouses were located 50 to 100 yards away from the home and were small huts that had little more than a hole in the floor. They sometimes had two wholes, One for adults and one for children.
The buildings were usually built cheaply out of odd bits of wood and were meant to be easy to move once the hole was filled with waste.
🔨FIRST THEY USED WOOD-THEN CAME BRICK! 🧱
An outhouse built out of brick, would be one that was much more well-built than usual, hence the beginning of the idiom, brick shit house.
Inside there was a bucket that caught the #2 waste and it had to be emptied daily by one lucky winner. 💩It was often…
