Klarinet Archive - Posting 000735.txt from 1998/06

From: Kenneth Wolman <kwolman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Crap and Zonda reeds
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 11:48:12 -0400

At 12:33 PM 6/22/98 -0300, you wrote:
>Sir Thomas Crapper was a brilliant 19th Century hydraulic engineer who
>invented the flushing toilet! Countless toilets were marked with his
>company name. The resulting development of the word "crap" was
>inevitable. End of history lesson.
>Personally, I've always had a soft spot for the word. It always seemed
>more civil than shit.

D'accord. "Crap" is a word that is just on the cusp of bad taste. You
can, however, use it on the radio and on TV (or at least you can if you're
Don Imus or Howard Stern). "Shit" is still one the 7 Forbidden Words.

I assume that the indoor flush toilet was what earned Sir Thomas his
knighthood. I can just picture Queen Victoria investing him not with the
standard-issue sword but with a golden toilet plunger.

Ken

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