"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
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Invented by Thomas J Crapper.

did he have a sense of humour?

lol

No, but people that adopted and used his name seem to have had one.

Nope, Thomas Crapper was only nine at the time the word was used. :-)

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite


Now try the info at this url
http://www.plumbingworld.com/historythomas.html
Jim