Author Topic: Should today be....Crappy Birthday? (Read 191 times)

StarOfAfrica2 · « **on:** January 27, 2005, 02:47:02 PM »

Happy Birthday to Thomas Crapper. In some books the inventor of the flushing toilet! This is too funny. True, but funny.

http://www.jldr.com/crapper.htm

Muckmaw1 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 27, 2005, 02:59:47 PM »

Are you telling me I share a birthday with the guy who invented the toilet?

This means something....I'm sure 5 or 6 of you will now offer theories.....

Leslie · « **Reply #2 on:** January 27, 2005, 03:02:45 PM »

Dueling is out. I recommend hiring a lawyer.

Les

StarOfAfrica2 · « **Reply #3 on:** January 27, 2005, 03:38:23 PM »

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Originally posted by Muckmaw1
Are you telling me I share a birthday with the guy who invented the toilet?

This means something....I'm sure 5 or 6 of you will now offer theories.....

From the arguments on the website I posted, it seems that while he didnt invent it, and the word "crap" had been in usage before, it was his name, and his business that originated the term we use today "crapper". Hehe. So while you may not share a B/D with the man who invented the toilet, you do share a B/D with the man who invented the "Crapper". lol