Richard Romeo sez >Also on this date, Mr. Crapper (yup that was his name) invented the >toilet flush. I'm afraid that's an urban legend. There was a Mr. Crapper and he was in the toilet business but he didn't invent anything (the ancient Cretans had flush toilets) and the word "crap" doesn't derive from his name (it's from an old Dutch word). Cheers, David