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During the 1500s, poor families would urinate in a pot and at the end of the day this urine would be sold at the local tannery to tan animal hides. Some families were so poor that they "didn't have a pot to piss in" thus the term.

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Where did the saying Piss poor come from?

People who where hurting for money years ago would get their family to keep their urine and then sell it to hide tanners each week. If you had to do this you where considered "piss poor". Some people where so poor that they didn't even " have a pot to piss in "


Where does piss in your pocket come from?

this can happen in a number of ways.... 1. you piss yourself after putting your trousers on wrong 2. someone thinks your pocket is the toilet 3. you live in france ---- I don't know why people answer these questions when they don't have a proper answer. I can't find the actual origin of the phrase, but I think it might come from the phrase "Don't piss in my pocket and tell me it's raining". This seems to mean a similar thing to "piss in your pocket". Both phrases mean that you're telling someone something that isn't true. Tanya. ----


What does the English slang take a piss mean?

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How do you pronounce the plural of precipice?

Press-uh-piss


Where did the saying taking the micky come from?

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Where did the saying Piss poor come from?

People who where hurting for money years ago would get their family to keep their urine and then sell it to hide tanners each week. If you had to do this you where considered "piss poor". Some people where so poor that they didn't even " have a pot to piss in "


Will you pass a piss test for pot if you got a contact high a week ago and have never done weed?

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If someone smoked pot once a month will they pass a piss test in 2 days?

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Where did the term piss poor come from?

They used to use urine to tan animal skins, so families used to all pee ina pot & then once a day it was taken & sold to the tannery.......if you hadto do this to survive you were "Piss Poor"If you were even deeper into poverty you did not even "have a pot to piss in."This answer, amazingly enough, is provided in August 2009 at the time of a chain email that contains other folk lore. According to an etymology dictionary, the word piss did not come into use until the second world war. Further research may lead you to find that event comes after the dark ages of people pissing in pots.It is interesting how the internet has the power to generate sideways thinking.OK if that is the case how come the word is used in the Bible AND was used in 14th Century by Geoffrey Chaucer in a book. I am old enough to know PRE internet folklore and have always known about this one...


What movie does this quote come from--It is forbidden to piss into the wind?

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How does a female urinate?

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What are the examples of profit maximization?

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What is the homophone for piss?

The homophone for "piss" is "piste".


Why are piss a beds plants called piss a beds?

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Where does piss in your pocket come from?

this can happen in a number of ways.... 1. you piss yourself after putting your trousers on wrong 2. someone thinks your pocket is the toilet 3. you live in france ---- I don't know why people answer these questions when they don't have a proper answer. I can't find the actual origin of the phrase, but I think it might come from the phrase "Don't piss in my pocket and tell me it's raining". This seems to mean a similar thing to "piss in your pocket". Both phrases mean that you're telling someone something that isn't true. Tanya. ----


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Most likely you will fail but there is a possibilty that if you drink a whole bottle of cranberry juice and go to the restroom alot, you will pass.


Where did the pot sticker come from?

China