On Wed, 5 Jan 2005 16:07:50 -0600, "tscottme"
wrote:

I fully expect to see some silly CBS reporter describing a lorry crash near
Denver or a shortage of water closets for new homes.

I have heard both these terms (well, lorry, not lorry crash) from
American friends who spent their working lives in Cambridge MA.

(Though "loo" is actually more common than water closet. Come to think
of it, I have even heard my wife say "loo," and she never worked in
Cambridge!)