A small wooden structure that serves in lieu of a commode, and is found behind houses in Arkansas, Alabama, and other places where
people drawl.
The kybo door has a crescent
moon carved in it. The purpose of this
moon is to provide access for flies.
Inside a kybo is a bench with one or two holes in it. A kybo with a single hole in the bench is called a one-holer. A kybo with two holes in the bench is called a two-holer.
Hanging on the wall inside the kybo is a Sears Roebuck catalog. Or
maybe a big tin can full of corn cobs (from which arose the phrase, rough as a cob).
A kybo may have a sheet
metal chimney extending above the roof. This is called a fart muffler.
Experienced users visit the kybo at mealtimes, when all the flies gather in the dining room.
There once was a farmer named Clyde
Who went in the kybo and died.
His
brother, named Lou,
Went and died in there too.
Now they're interred side-by-side.
Lem 'n' Jake, they was a-sittin' in the kybo, when Jake yells "Dagnab it! I done dropped a nickel down the hole!" Ol' Jake gets up, reaches in his bib overhalls, pulls out a twenty dollar bill, an' tosses it down the hole.
"
Hey, Jake," drawls ol' Lem, "Why in tarnation you bin tossin' that twenty down the hole fer?"
An' Jake says, "Well now, ya
don't think I'
m gonna go down there jest to
fetch a nickel, do ya?"