# Bathroom as the great equalizer
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-as-the-great-equalizer/732519
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 25, 2015, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-as-the-great-equalizer/732519 "2015-09-25T21:45:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@GrumpyBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrumpyBunny)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-as-the-great-equalizer/732519/21 "2015-09-26T15:57:45Z")
> [@TonySinclair](#):
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> Well, here in the manly US, it’s “powdering my nose.”
Which had a double meaning in the coke-fuelled 1980s.
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### Author:  [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2015, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-as-the-great-equalizer/732519/22 "2015-09-26T22:46:28Z")
Or “freshening up”.
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### Author:  [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)
#### Post date: [September 26, 2015, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-as-the-great-equalizer/732519/23 "2015-09-26T22:50:30Z")
“Senior Chief Lastname is taking a call from Commander Facility. May I take a message?”
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### Author:  [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)
#### Post date: [September 27, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bathroom-as-the-great-equalizer/732519/24 "2015-09-27T00:54:50Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> the potential points of entry are protected
That’s good to know.
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