>>>Hi Michel.
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>>>See message #1610601. I am offended by the language being used.
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>>There's always been a double standard when it comes to language, and Mike Helland in general. I got a warning a few years back because I said "crap" in a thread. Mike gets away with a lot for some reason.
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>Actually 'crap' is a 'polite' way of saying it. Derived for Thomas Crapper who developed one of the first flushing toilets via 'Going to the Crapper' => 'Going for a crap'
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>Same with 'John' after Sir John Harington - though that didn't seem to develop the same extensions :-}

http://www.snopes.com/business/names/crapper.asp