Hello. I’m Renée Valentina. Welcome to Musing Interruptus. Musing Interruptus is a podcast for sharing thoughts and stories and enjoying idiomatic phrases and words. You can read along; the transcription is in the description of this episode. The idiomatic expressions are in italics. Try to get the meaning from the context and then look them up to see if you were right. If you like it, share it, but more importantly, continue the conversation. The background music is called Castor Wheel Pivot by Blue Dot.

Today, The Not So Private Place.

Lavatory or lav, for short stays, the powder room,  you can guess what kind of powder we are talking about according to the decade, restroom or comfort station, toilet, washroom, water closet or WC, t ...