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◊ 2006-11-01 11:28 |
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◊ 2011-10-16 23:22 |
A very well known shop for bathroom fittings - www.thomas-crapper.com/ . Thomas Crapper may or may not have invented the flushing toilet, depending who you want to believe - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Crapper . -- Last edit: 2011-10-17 03:37:17 |
◊ 2011-10-17 13:07 |
Link to "www.thomas-crapper.com" |
◊ 2011-10-19 19:28 |
Is this where the word 'crap' originates from? |
◊ 2011-10-19 20:02 |
From Wikipedia: It has often been claimed in popular culture that the slang term for human bodily waste, "crap", originated with Thomas Crapper because of his association with lavatories. The most common version of this story is that American servicemen stationed in England during World War I saw his name on cisterns and used it as army slang, i.e., "I'm going to the crapper".[8] The word crap is actually of Middle English origin; and hence predates its application to bodily waste. Its first application to bodily waste, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, appeared in 1846 under a reference to a crapping ken, or a privy, where ken means a house.[8] Its most likely etymological origin is a combination of two older words, the Dutch krappen: to pluck off, cut off, or separate; and the Old French crappe: siftings, waste or rejected matter (from the medieval Latin crappa, chaff). Sorry to disappoint you, cortina.chris. |
◊ 2011-10-19 20:25 |
An interesting explanation, thanks chris40 |
◊ 2011-10-19 20:49 |
"Anarchy - smash the cistern". |
◊ 2014-01-20 02:31 |
Footage reused here - /vehicle.php?id=667465 . |