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Invented by Thomas J Crapper.

did he have a sense of humor?

lol

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:05:26 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

Invented by Thomas J Crapper.

did he have a sense of humor?

Huh? Confused I am.

(you misspelled Humour BTW)

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:05:26 GMT, The3rd Earl Of Derby babbled:

Invented by Thomas J Crapper.

did he have a sense of humor?

lol

Tell you what.

I'll give you three guesses where the term crap comes from?

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skuzzbag, good for nothing.

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:57:01 GMT, skuzzbag babbled:

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:05:26 GMT, The3rd Earl Of Derby babbled:

Invented by Thomas J Crapper.

did he have a sense of humor?

lol

Tell you what.

I'll give you three guesses where the term crap comes from?

I didn't mean to make that all Australian btw!

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skuzzbag, good for nothing.

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:05:26 GMT, The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

Invented by Thomas J Crapper.

No it wasn't:

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/crapper.asp

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Nigel M

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:05:26 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

Invented by Thomas J Crapper.

did he have a sense of humor?

iirc he didn't actually invent it at all, merely market the idea.

sponix

The cistern and toilet
 

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

The water closet was invented by someone, whose name I now forget, in the
Court of Elizabeth I. Crapper simply made and sold them in quantity.

Colin Bignell

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Nigel Molesworth wrote:
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:05:26 GMT, The3rd Earl Of Derby wrote:

Invented by Thomas J Crapper.

No it wasn't:

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/crapper.asp

Never the less whether you agree or disagree it was the crapper family that
improved the sanitation of victorian england, and to me that deserves the
merit of the invention to TJCrapper.

Its a bit like "Trevor Baylis", he was supposed to have invented the windup
radio, rubbish!! he found the idea in a patent libray which had not been
upheld as a patent anymore, so revised the idea and put it into reality.


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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

The cistern and toilet
 

In message , The3rd Earl
Of Derby writes
Invented by Thomas J Crapper.

did he have a sense of humor?

Sorry ... urban myth I think

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geoff

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On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:05:26 GMT, "The3rd Earl Of Derby"
wrote:

Invented by Thomas J Crapper.

did he have a sense of humor?

lol


The current company makes some fine replicas, although they are a
touch on the dear side. A high level complete set including cistern,
pan, flush pipe and throne seat will set you back around £2000.

Note that Thomas Crapper and Company Ltd. own the trademark to the
word "crapper".

Thought you'd like to know....




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..andy

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

did he have a sense of humor?

lol

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

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

did he have a sense of humor?

lol

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

Nope, thomas crapper was only nine at the time the word was used. :-)

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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

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"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
...
ctl wrote:
"The3rd Earl Of Derby" wrote in message
...
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