WuMo by Wulff & Morgenthaler for August 15, 2021

The background on the movement to invent a spigot.

This is a dead end!!! And when they’ve fixed it again, in six hours, what’s going to happen? ;)

Why do you think hose things rust so fast?

One should always wait until you have your hands on the sword before making such statements.

Aren’t you wearing your chainmail Depends?

We could have built in a flap for this special case, but…well, taste the IRONy

“OK, we’ll empty your boots afterwards.”

So I was curious about this and looked it up. Full plate armor was in use for a relatively short period of time (starting in the 1300’s and obsolete by the 1600’s as firearms were developed and became common). There were no plates around the groin or behind. Instead, there was a kind of metal skirt covering that area. Undergarments could be pulled down underneath, and the skirt could be pulled upwards, for urination. It was shorter in the back, making it possible to do number two as well. This was not only because of needing to eliminate, but also because of horse riding, which often went together with plate-wearing combat.

What we think of today as “medieval” is actually more “Renaissance”.

How many times have I told you…go before we dress you, Sire!

I suspect they had a hinged flap somewhere.

How do you think the horse feels!?

Sorry, “Rusty,” you’ll just have to try and hold it.

Actually, this was an issue with full armor. They would put cotton or the like wadding under the metal cup. To absorb the leakage. Poor squire was the one to clean the armor afterward.

You should have gotten the “special” codpiece.

Sounds like a Hollywood makeup department.

Is the armour rust proof?Anyway, the Peter and Gordon song said every suit of armour had a missing link