Hereeee's Johnnie!!!

O who grew up on a farm with one of these?

Me!  Me!!

Well, we did have a fancy dancy indoor bathroom but every "real" farm has an ancient rickety outhouse somewhere on the property

Ours was by the chicken house

Go figure??

It wasn't our first choice in facilities

butt... (oops no pun intended)

When us kids got busy playing in the great farm outdoors

And waited too long

Well, ya know

The smelly outhouse was better then the consequences of not "making it in time"

This particular model is another remnant of Crown King's past

Tucked discretely behind a home that is still occupied occasionally on warm summer weekends

Facing South

Perhaps so the cold North winter winds won't seep through the gaps between the door and wall

Still looks reasonably sturdy

Although I wasn't brave enough to look inside

I was trespassing the way it was

Didn't want to press my luck

Whether you've used 'em

Abused 'em (who's tipped an outhouse???  ;-)

Or

Simply just observed 'em

You have to admit that it's a bit of unappreciated Americana that I dare say everyone from Abraham Lincoln to Jesse James once frequented

 I suppose we've outgrown 'em

Risen above the crudeness

Thanks goodness!

But I still do admire the structure

That hid the famous

And the infamous

And knows better than anyone

That we all TRULY are

the same.

Especially when we're caught with our pants down!  ;-)