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2006-11-22 17:13:14 · 4 answers · asked by island.dreams 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
because the flushing toilet was invented by John Crapper
2006-11-22 17:14:37 · answer #1 · answered by AEracer40 3 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Sir John Harington devised Britain's first flushing toilet — called the Ajax (i.e. "a jakes"; jakes being an old slang word for toilet) — installed at his manor in Kelston.
The American utilisation of the word 'John' as a euphemism for toilet, or bathroom, derives from Harington's invention.
2006-11-22 18:52:55 · answer #2 · answered by Yellowstonedogs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Named after John Harington, he made an early design of a flushing toliet...
2006-11-22 17:14:31 · answer #3 · answered by Okole 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
from my mother in law...who looks like a JOHN every time I see her
2006-11-22 17:25:56 · answer #4 · answered by serengeti 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋