The Famous
Thought Dispenser

How poor is poor? The term "dirt poor" meant a person lived in a home (a shelter) that was 4 walls, a roof, and the floor was the ground. The phrase "piss poor" referred to people who to survice made their money peeing in a bucket and selling it to the tannery where it was used to tan animal skins. If a person "didn't have a pot to piss in" it meant they were so poor they couldn't afford the bucket so they could sell their piss.