Down the Crapper

Armstrong & Getty One More Thing

Armstrong & Getty

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2.4 • 771 Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

An urban legend leads to a discussion about another--one with a crappy outcome!

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0:00.0	One more beloved American institution going down the crapper.
0:04.8	One more thing.
0:07.1	Armstrong and Getty.
0:08.3	One more thing.
0:13.4	You heard me.
0:14.7	The crapper.
0:15.8	The crapper.
0:17.3	Thomas Crapper.
0:18.7	Yes.
0:20.0	Is that true?
0:21.4	That's an urban legend.
0:23.0	You're certain it's true.
0:23.9	I believe it to be true, yeah.
0:24.9	Yeah, it is.
0:25.3	It seems like this sort of thing I've looked up repeatedly and I say, hmm, it is true.
0:28.2	And then I forget again.
0:29.5	You know that Eric Clapton's real name is Eric Clap, but he got tired of the jokes.
0:33.9	So he added on the ton.
0:35.6	It's true.
0:36.7	Look it up.
0:41.5	Thomas Crapper was an English plumber back in the day.
0:48.0	But did he invent the toilet or was he just the first plumber to come along who was named crap or something that is a derivative? Wait a minute.
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