Thunder bar
Aviation Department 24 in Bielawa at the end of 1917
An improvised toilet facility is referred to as a thunder beam, in which a wooden beam is attached as a makeshift seat above a septic tank dug in the open air . Several people can sit next to each other on the beam at the same time and "thunder".
The term was originally used in the military and in the scout scene, but is occasionally used as a slang expression for toilet .
Web links
Wiktionary: Donnerbalken - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.br.de/kinder History of the Klos - From the marble seat to the thunder beam