TIL the word "crap" predated the inventions of Thomas Crapper by many years. His name was a happy coincidence.
9d 2h ago by lemmy.ca/u/Quilotoa in til from en.wikipedia.org
You say it was a coincidence, but how do we know that his name didn't encourage his invention?
Maybe if his name was Thomas Cureforcancer we would be living in a very different world.
He's not Goodenough for that
Nominative Determinism?
Man, everyone is coming up with nonsense reasons for why it's not a coincidence. I mean it's just obvious he's a time traveller from a time before the word "crap" meant anything.
Should let nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk know
You need an @ before the name to tag someone, otherwise it appears as an email address.
I know I got it wrong, but that is an entire community.
Edit @nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk like this?
If it is a community than you need an ! before the link.
JFC I'm a slow learner. Like this? !nominativedeterminism@feddit.uk
Yes.
Well this is a load of...
...inventions!
Crapper held nine patents, three of them for water closet improvements such as the floating ballcock.
Kinky.
Crappers floating ballcock is seriously underrated
I liked the first album, but after signing for that major label, the sound was just too mainstream.
his bloodline did a lot of pooping... he was destined to invent the toilet
Another good example of the shit writing of the shit simulation that we are living in.