khannie to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 6 days agoThomas Crapper - Inventor of the toilet U-bend and ballcocken.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square13linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down10 cross-posted to: til
arrow-up178arrow-down1external-linkThomas Crapper - Inventor of the toilet U-bend and ballcocken.wikipedia.orgkhannie to Nominative Determinism@feddit.ukEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square13linkfedilink cross-posted to: til
minus-squareAnUnusualReliclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoThe… ballcock? Oh, it’s a float valve.
minus-squarejoe@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoBritish people will call anything a cock…
minus-squarekhannieOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoNever heard it called that before but it sounds like the same thing… The big ball in the cistern that stops the water flow.
The… ballcock?
Oh, it’s a float valve.
British people will call anything a cock…
Never heard it called that before but it sounds like the same thing… The big ball in the cistern that stops the water flow.