Remember when a Commode was a piece of furniture in the bathroom that held a bowl and pitcher, towels and washcloths and Papa's tooth powder? It was culture shock when I got to TX the first time in 64 (19, that is) and found out the WC or toilet was called a commode. I thought they were nuts. I loved toast right off the cast iron stove you used to cook and heat the house with. It was black and yummy. Nothing like it.