http://www.snopes.com/business/names/crapper.asp
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Rick Womer <rwomer1...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
