Crapper? I thought his name was $hitter!! And the Navy thinks his name
was Head.
Cheers!!
Jim
On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 4:24 PM, <b-evans at earthlink.net> wrote:
> derf wrote: "Do you guys still have overhead tanks?"
>
> Oh,they are still there, depending upon the age of the house. And, FYI,
> when you were little, how did your Mommy and Daddy ask, when you had to go
> to the bathroom? "Do you have to do Number One or Number Two?"
>
> The basis for this is that in England, some early toilets still remain
> where you toggle the handle ONE time if you have just urinated, and TWO
> times if you deficated. ONE, of course, used less water, and TWO used more.
>
> One side note. Sir Thomas Crapper did not invent the toilet, he just was
> the biggest manufacturer. American soldiers in WWI were supposedly
> fascinated by the name emblazoned on them: Crapper, and brought the word
> home with them after the war.
>
> Buster Evans
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