Klarinet Archive - Posting 000774.txt from 1998/06

From: "Mr. Sheim" <fsheim@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Crap and Zonda reeds
Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 08:19:48 -0400

Do a net search for "Thomas Crapper." You'll learn more about this than
you'll ever need!

Fred (fsheim@-----.com)

At 11:48 AM 6/22/98 -0400, you wrote:
>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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