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KenDckey -> RE: Men,Women, and the Toilet Seat Question: Answered (9/22/2006 3:29:16 PM)
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ORIGINAL: losttreasure
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ORIGINAL: Emperor1956
FirmhandKY: You have way too much free time. Do you work for the Federal Government?
And btw, Thomas Crapper probably did refine indoor plumbing. He probably did not invent what our Brit friends call the w.c.
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According to one notation I found, seated toilets with drainage systems date back to 2500 BC, though I agree that indoor plumbing has most likely improved since then. [;)]
From The Toilet Museum, "...the fact is, nobody knows exactly who invented the toilet, but the general consensus is that it was not Thomas Crapper. While toilets date back to ancient times, the modern toilet can be more accurately traced back to Sir John Harrington, who described a waste disposal system in the Metamorphosis of Ajax in the 16th century. Some accounts of Thomas Crapper's life indicate that he patented the flush toilet in 1861, but Adam Hart-Davis, author of Thunder, Flush and Thomas Crapper, discovered that, while Thomas Crapper filed for a total of six patents, the earliest being filed in 1881, not one of them was for a flush toilet."
Oh, and the above Sir John Harrington is credited with inventing the water closet in 1596. [;)]
As a side note, I've always loved the way the French pronouce the abbreviation for "water closet" (doobel-vay-say). It sounds much nicer than to asking, "Où est la toilette?"
I think I am falling in love with you Treasure. I collect toilets and outhouses. I have lighters, real ones, toys (even barbies - that bitch) and all kinds. I had a reputation in the sewer industry in California. I even took my exploding outhouse to state conferences to use as a training aide.
My toilet seat automatically closes. It is called a comfort seat. Gotta tell you a funny story. My grandson was 4 when I got it. He was facinated with it. He would stand and lift it and watch it go down quietly for hours. One day I saw him just dancing like crazy. I asked what was the matter. He was holding his pee in. When he couldn't stand it anylonger he went in and lifted the seat and peed away. After he finished he came out crying. I asked what was the matter and he said he was trying to pee long enough to make the lid come down while he was still peeing.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh kids and the wonderful things they think up.
My sons were trained not to stand and pee into the toilet. Their grandmother in Italy taught them to use the Bidea (sp). LOL
If you have any old toilets or outhouses please send them to me. My collection continues to g row.
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