Luther Crowly

[Thatch_Ear]

invented the paper sack, 1852. Said he'd been going out with some ugly women and somebody had to do something.
Tim Wilson

 

[geespot]

and did you know Sir Thomas Crapper invented the flush toilet in 1865 (I believe).

 

[JoZmo]

Hence, why you somtimes hear the toilet referred to as the 'crapper'!

I'm starting to pick this stuff up!

 

[mhardy6647]

Crapper story is true. To this day (well, at least 'til the late 1960s) there was a "Thomas Crapper & Sons" plumbers in the UK (a random memory from an ancient Road & Track magazine "Ampersand" back page photo).

Not convinced about the true context for the paper bag...

As an aside... remember the old SNL sketch about the cocktail party featuring The Earl of Sandwich and other eponymous English nobles, some rather fanciful (e.g., Lord and Lady Douche-Bagg)?

 

[Thatch_Ear]

Its called a water closet.