On Aug 15, 5:27*pm, "ronaldbutton" wrote:


By the way ,what is the attraction about 'the foot of our stairs '?,perhaps
its to view the remains of those despatched by the efforts of disgruntled
spouses who used to grease said stairs to precipitate the departure.of their
partners......

You are probably going to regret asking the question, but I googled it
and came up with

"The foot of the stairs was en route to the lavatory, as was, in the
days of the outside privy, the less well-known alternatives, 'the back
of our house' and 'the bottom of our garden'. The implication of the
speaker's destination suggests that the real meaning was 'I was so
surprised that I soiled myself and need to visit the lavatory to clean
up'."