The History Of The Toilet

The John,Sir John Harrington invented
the forerunner of the first flushing toilet.

The first patent was in 1775 that belongs
to Alexander Cummings.

In England Thomas Crapper had his 
logo on his toilets during WW2 and
U.S. soldiers brought the name back
home to the states,so hence;
The Crapper is a venerable namesake.

The earliest toilets date to 2800 BC
in India and Pakistan but the indoor
toilet was still a few thousand years
away so there were chutes that emptied
into cesspools or ended up in the streets.

Pirates back in the day called toilets
"head" which is why on boats and ships
it is call a "head".

In Medievel Europe chamber pots 
were used and emptied from windows
onto the street below and was called
a "Loo".

In Africa,Sudan wipes with the left
hand and eats with the right.

The "posh" way to say toilet is
"Latrine".

The fancy way to say bathroom
is Lavatory.

The word Toilet was created in the
1950's and was adapted from the 
French word toilette meaning
your appearance,hence toiletries
bag.

In polite conversation Loo is
more accepable.

Loo is an Anglicisation in speech of 
French l'eau (water). The term was 
originally an euphemistic allusion 
to the chamberpot.

Whats the difference between 
washroom and bathroom?
the first is public,the latter
bathroom is the small privie
you have in your home.

On my property the john is
actually called the Outhouse
and the one inside is a
Honey Bucket.

In Alaska,Half of the state has
indoor plumbing while the 
other half such as I dont have
plumbing at all and out in the 
Alaskan Bush Communities
they have honey bucket wagons
and collect the 5 gallon plastic
buckets and take them to
the "pond"....
On a hot windy day you can
smell it from miles away.

Peace, BigT