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I wonder if poets and lyricists could be allowed a degree of licence. I can't help feeling that "All Things Must Die" wouldn't have been quite such an appealing title for George Harrison's first post-Beatles album.

All Things Must Shuffle Off This Mortal Coil.... maybe not

why is the Dead Parrot sketch coming to mind?

I am sure that the people who use pass, meaning to die, would not know its history. Just another euphemism, mainly used by Americans.Time for the comfort room!

What's a 'comfort room'? Is it the same as a rest room, is it where one goes for a comfort break? I know 'comfort station' exists, but comfort room...? Have you just coined the term yourself?

PS I don't mind people wanting to use 'pass' rather than 'die' if they keep it to themselves. The realistic world will trundle along with 'die'.

Comfort room is a bathroom with a toilet, or just a toilet, so perhaps alanfi had a call of nature and may be there some time 😀

Thanks, jazzgirl. I think the British terminology - a bathroom, a bathroom with a toilet, a lavatory etc may be just as much of a minefield as the US stuff.

I wondered if Alan was confusing his comfort station with a comfort room? The latter term seems... very new (or maybe I have just been very lucky to escape it on my many trips to the US!)

Malone I haven't been to USA for a few years, but 'rest room' is all I found on the West coast . Maybe in other States it is different.

It’s “rest room” on the East Coast too. Men’s and ladies’ rooms will no doubt “pass”.
I never use “pass” for “die”. Actually, the usual euphemism is “pass away”, and I don’t use that either. “Check out”, yes. 🤓

Comfort room sounds like an American euphemism.

orson: I’ve never seen it used here in New England.