It's just a coincidence that Crapper was a plumber. The etymology of 'crap' (and therefore 'crapper') goes back to centuries before young Crapper decided to take up plumbing and porcelain work.
<http://www.thomas-crapper.com/history02.asp> > > 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.
