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To: rupert1 who wrote (77245)	2/1/2000 10:52:00 AM
From: MeDroogies	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 97611

I always thought it was a derivation of the term "crapper" from the first toilet, invented by John Crapper.

To: rupert1 who wrote (77245)	2/1/2000 12:59:00 PM
From: Lynn	Respond to of 97611

Dear Victor: When I was about 7 I asked my father what crap meant one afternoon when he had taken me and one of my younger brothers fishing in a row boat. He told me crap was a lebanon bologna factory. I did not have to look it up because my father told me what it meant about 20 years ago. Regards, Lynn, Pinnoccio's sister (the age part)

To: rupert1 who wrote (77245)	2/1/2000 2:11:00 PM
From: Night Writer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97611

A gentleman named John Crapper invented the flush toilet. For some time, it was politely referred to as the Crapper. Now the name has taken on more foul connotations. I have an elderly Uncle who still politely calls the toilet a crapper. NW