From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8a602a7f65bebaea X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-10-19 11:54:13 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed2.earthlink.net!newsfeed.earthlink.net!stamper.news.pas.earthlink.net!newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3DB1AA42.2050008@acm.org> From: Jeffrey Carter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Crapper (was: Re: Abstract methods in ADA95) References: <20021017-143635-828420@foorum.com> <3DAF0ECE.7080204@acm.org> <3DB0785A.1040304@acm.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 18:54:17 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.184.104.40 X-Complaints-To: abuse@earthlink.net X-Trace: newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net 1035053657 63.184.104.40 (Sat, 19 Oct 2002 11:54:17 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 11:54:17 PDT Organization: EarthLink Inc. -- http://www.EarthLink.net Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:29952 Date: 2002-10-19T18:54:17+00:00 List-Id: Frank J. Lhota wrote: >> When is the last time you heard somone talk about a "Crapper"? >>After Thomas Crapper its inventor. > > > Sorry, the whole Thomas Crapper is a hoax, a result of a humor book "Flushed > With Pride", a parody of biographies. The author of "Flushed with Pride" > also wrote a mock biography of the inventor of the bra, "Dr. Titsling" . There was a Thomas Crapper, and he did manufacture toilets. He may have invented improvements to the flushing toilet, but he certainly did not invent it. The word "crap" to refer to excrement is much older, though. Toilets manufactured by Crapper's company had "Crapper" prominently written on them. No doubt some users thought that was descriptive, rather than the name of the company. See http://www.tafkac.org/faq2k/word_260.html (linked from urbanlegends.com) and http://www.snopes2.com/business/names/crapper.htm -- Jeff Carter "Sheriff murdered, crops burned, stores looted, people stampeded, and cattle raped." Blazing Saddles