--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" > <uns_tressor@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB > > <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > If one doesn't use the trademark properly, one > > can lose > > > > > > it. For example, there was once a trademarked > > brand of > > > > > > toilet called a Crapper, but their trademark > > went into > > > > > > the crapper. :-) > > > > > > > > > > Named for John Crapper, who invented the flush > > toilet. > > > > > > > > > > By the way, why do you think they're called > > "johns?" > > > > > > > > It was Sir Thomas Crapper, plumber by appointment > > to > > > > King Edward VII. Really, lads, don't they teach > > you > > > > anything at MIU? > > > > http://www.thomas-crapper.com/history04.htm > > > > > > But if Sir Thomas was like most of the other > > > English lords of his time, he spent a lot of > > > time with prostitutes. Since they refer to > > > their customers as "Johns," there could still > > > be a link. :-) :-) :-) > > > > You must remember that we in the UK > Tell me: what's it like to live on a tiny island with so many people? > > Do you feel cramped? > > Does everyone have a British accent? Do they talk like the Beatles? > > Does everyone say "smashing" and eat fish and chips (which I love)? > > Does everyone have pasty white skin (at least the white people) and > bad teeth?
Don't ask me. I only live here. The man who is the world's acknowledged expert on the British Isles is bbrigante. Uns. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
