2022-6-30
有一段时间之前看于丹教授的趣品人生，记得对于教授的一泡茶印象深刻。是当于教授在电视采访中说到唐代茶圣陆羽的时候： https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=163089119113917
且不管这是不是口误，因为在唐朝的时候，尤其是在陆羽的年代，人们是不会泡茶的，只会煎茶，一泡茶的说法，是因为电视剧看多了，一种现代人到古代去穿越的说法。但是先别笑，网上还真的有人，把从前的小便盆骨董，当成了煮汤的盆在卖：
Rare Wedgwood of Etruria & Barlaston Peter Rabbit Soup Bowl
Wedgwood Beatrix Potter PETER RABBIT Child's Chamber Pot Potty
所以即便是有人拿此小便盆，泡上一杯茶，也还是会有人，抢着去喝的。不过之所以说是小便盆，是因为是给小孩子用的，娇小可爱，有孩子们喜欢的卡通画片，其实它仍然是大便盆，或者用更政治正确的说法叫方便盆，男女老少大小便皆宜，而且也是有名的厂家生产的。
Wedgwood Royal Semi-Porcelain Lowell White & Brown Flowers Chamber Pot
成人的屁股大，用的便盆，自然更大一些，花纹和装饰，也更讲究一些，尤其是贵族。那一天逛街，在Goodwill店里，碰巧就看到了一个，是十九世纪末，Lois瓷厂生产的：
虽然随着岁月的流逝，Lois瓷器厂名不见经传，可是同一家瓷器厂生产的同时代居家必备的浴盆和淋水器，也可以见到：
下面这一个便盆，是英国前首相邱吉尔曾经用过的，在二战期间伦敦防空洞的地下室里，算是见过大世面的了：
When the Nazi air attacks forced Churchill and the rest of the Cabinet to stay within the bomb shelter of the Cabinet War Room complex, the facilities were very limited. Churchill preferred to spend the night at #10 Downing Street or in a flat in the building directly above the war rooms, but on several occasions he was forced to spend the night underground. Here you see the apartment used by Churchill when he was forced to spend the night in the bunker. And yes, that's his chamber pot on the floor at the foot of the bed.
孔二先生说，食色性也，吃喝拉撒睡，乃人生大事。这一点不管是邱吉尔，或是老罗斯福，甚至女王和国王慈禧老佛爷，都不能例外。下面这一套厕所用具，就是在纽约老罗斯福故居里面发现的：
Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City in 1858. His father was a very successful businessman and philanthropist, they lived in a nice brownstone at 28 East 20th Street. You can visit it today, and see the family's chamber pot among other furnishings. The master bedroom contains the water bowl and pitcher used by the Roosevelts.
甚至在英王威廉八世的宫殿里面：
King William III and his mid-17th century "close stool," which is on display at Hampton Court.
在抽水马桶被Sir John Harrington发明之前，伦敦最抢手的公务员，就是人见人羡的掏粪工人了：
如果溷到能给英王陪如厕或给女王冲便盆的工作，那更是出人头地，荣宗耀祖也扬名立万打破头的美差使了：
Believed to be a portrait of Sir Anthony Denny, Groom of the Stool to Henry VIII.
早晚一泡，哈哈！
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