CLICK5: Can I Have A Pee Please, Bob?

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  1. When the King’s men took the piss.
    Saltpeter, an essential ingredient [in gunpowder], was never in large supply. It had been a royal monopoly before the war; and, since it was a by-product of bird droppings and human urine, government officials had authority to enter any properties they chose, to dig in henhouses and privies. In 1638 ‘saltpeter men,’ as they were known, had sought permission to extend their activities to the floors of churches, ‘because women pisse in their seats which causes excellent saltpeter.’
    The Salt Petre Men.

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