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Commodus and his swivel chair
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Dogote:22x3db7x Wrote:i may be way off and show just how ignorant i really am, but could that be where we get Commode from?
Sort of. Commodus simply means "fortunate" or "lucky", from which it comes to mean "suitable" or "convenient". (Your commode is more convenient than lucky, I think. Smile )

The swivel chair has me foxed, though. :?

well it could be lucky as in lucky you made it
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