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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 "

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Where did no pot to piss in come from?

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. yeah what he said


Where did the saying taking the micky come from?

Very possibly from Cockney rhyming slang - taking the Mickey Bliss (taking the piss). Nobody seems to know who Mickey Bliss was, but few appear to care.


What does skit skit mean?

According to urban dictionary it's a way of saying "piss off" or "leave me alone"


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?

I think it just means to go to the toilet though there could be something else it refers to. "To take a piss" means "to urinate", or "to go the toilet". On the other hand, "to take the piss" means "to ridicule" or "to tease in a derisive manner". Thus, in a pub: to say "Excuse me, I have to take a piss" should lead to no altercation. But "Are you taking the piss" just might.

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Where did no pot to piss in come from?

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. yeah what he said


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 is the 5ps of operations management?

Perfect presentation prevents piss poor performance


Where did the saying taking the micky come from?

Very possibly from Cockney rhyming slang - taking the Mickey Bliss (taking the piss). Nobody seems to know who Mickey Bliss was, but few appear to care.


What does skit skit mean?

According to urban dictionary it's a way of saying "piss off" or "leave me alone"


Is piss a badword?

Piss is the common word for urine. If it is a bad word, depends in what context the word is used. For instance: saying, "I'm going for a pee" is more informative than offensive. Telling someone to, "Piss off!" can be viewed as being offensive, unless it is your mate, and said jocularly.


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

It could be from Friends (1994).


How come it's sometimes hard to uderstand what a singer is saying in the lyrics?

The 'singer' involved had both poor diction and enunciation


When will stick war 2 come out?

Well, is should come out in 2013, because right now it 2012 and also, its septmber, and everyone is saying"its out its out" but those people are just jackasses and are just looking to piss u off. But i assume about 2013 around january or febuary.


How does a female urinate?

Well, They just sit on the toilet and let the pee (piss, Urine) Come out into the toilet....


What are the examples of profit maximization?

piss off piss off


What is the homophone for piss?

The homophone for "piss" is "piste".