Yesterday I was riding in the car with my friend J, who is British and works for another church in London.
Me: What were you up to yesterday?
J: Well, I spent some time painting the toilets at the church.
Me: You were painting the toilets? Isn't that pretty difficult and requires special paint? (I definitely had an image in my head of her painting designs all over the toilets)
J: Well, people have been wanting to redecorate the toilets and put towels up and such, so we've been working on painting them.
Me: Wait, they want to redecorate the toilets? Do you mean that you're painting the walls in the bathrooms of the church?
J: Yep, we're painting the toilets.
British Toilet= bathroom/washroom
After being here for 5 months, I'm surprised it's still taking me this long to realize that "toilets" refers to the room that the toilets are in, not the toilets themselves. But alas... :)
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