In parts of the US, toilets and latrines are called "crappers", allegedly in honor of their inventor, Thomas Crapper.
I frankly doubted this was the reason, until I came across this hardware in the gents' of a London pub: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11205916&size=lg Whadya know! Still a going concern, too, apparently. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
