The following conversation took place a couple of years ago at work:
"What's this paper doing on the floor? Now it's covered with footprints!"
"That's because everybody's been stepping on it."
"Well, I can see everybody's been stepping on it. Why is everybody stepping on it?"
"To get to the tape machine."
"Why don't they just move the paper?"
"Where? You see how crowded it is."
"You can move it, uh, hmmm...I have to use the tape machine, so I'll just step on the paper myself. When in Rome, do as the Romans do."
"Why don't you piss against a rock?"
"What?"
"Why don't you piss against a rock?"
"Why should I piss against a rock?"
"You just said, 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do'. Well, in Ancient Rome, didn't they piss against rocks?"
"What makes you think they pissed against rocks?"
"'Cause they didn't have toilets."
"Why wouldn't they have toilets? They had aqueducts."
"What's an aqueduct?"
"An aqueduct is--well, it's kind of like a pipe. A big, long, pipe that can bring water over long distances. For instance, I think it's an aqueduct that brings water from Lake Erie all the way to Akron."
"Really? That's pretty impressive."
"It is."
"Just think, piss from Ancient Rome is going all the way from Lake Erie to Akron."
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