At 8am this morning I find myself without a pot to . . .
My two Tinajas, 150 year old hand made oil storage jars from Toledo, Spain, are fortunately only taking a break whilst we move house.
Many years ago the Tweed dying industry used human urine to 'set' the dyes.
Poor people used to collect their urine and sell it to the dying trade.
If you were very poor then you 'didn't have a pot to piss in' - hence the expression.
It must be true, Stephen Fry says so!
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