Thomas Crapper Day 2024

The commode.

The great big porcelain appliance into which we either insert, pour, or eject various things from our existence into ...

It was not invented — but perfected — by a plumber, one Thomas Crapper and every year on the anniversary of his death we celebrate that mechanism of elimination he bestowed upon humanity.

His brainchild was slow to catch on having been adopted by and large by the late 19th century.

He held patents and routinely manufactured sanitary appliances such as pipe joints, drain improvements, manhole covers, and water closet improvements like the floating ballcock.

Mr Crapper established The Crapper & Co which even was equipped with a showroom in London.

Thomas Crapper became a legend in elimination.

His is the inviting kind of invention that beckons you step up to the bowl and make it a double.

Happy Thomas Crapper Day.

Now go take one — er ... LEAVE one.

See Also:

World Toilet Day 2023
National Toilet Paper Day 2023
Global Handwashing Day 2019