Bog House Miscellany is a large collection of 18th Century toilet-wall graffiti from the coffee- and ale-houses of London. Funny, raunchy, and often clever:
If Kisses were the only Joys in Bed,
Then Women would with one another wed.At the same Place.
Let Jove his Juno, and his Nectar boast,
Champain's my Liquor, and Miss K—g my Toast.Rumford on a Window.
When full of Pence, I was expensive,
And now I've none, I'm always pensive.Underwritten.
Then be at no Expence And you'll have no Suspence.
If Smell of T—d makes Wit to flow,
Laud 1 what would eating of it do.From the Temple Bog-House.
If you design to sh–te at Ease,
Pray rest your Hands upon your Knees.
And only give a gentle squeeze.
(via Making Light)
