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Title: This is just shite
Post by: Nearly Sane on September 14, 2019, 03:33:20 PM: On many levels

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-49700620
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: Roses on September 14, 2019, 03:36:31 PM: Why on earth would anyone would want an 18 carat gold loo, goodness only knows. ::)
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Post by: Sebastian Toe on September 15, 2019, 01:15:29 PM: Quote from: Littleroses on September 14, 2019, 03:36:31 PM
Why on earth would anyone would want an 18 carat gold loo, goodness only knows. ::)
I know, 24 carat is much more comfortable! ;D
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Post by: ippy on September 15, 2019, 04:54:38 PM: Quote from: Sebastian Toe on September 15, 2019, 01:15:29 PM
I know, 24 carat is much more comfortable! ;D

Isn't 24 carat softer metal and could be in danger of being blown out into another shape?

I was only wondering?

Regards, ippy.
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: ad_orientem on September 15, 2019, 06:37:55 PM: If I win the lottery, I'll buy the gold khazi off whoever half inched it.
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Post by: jeremyp on September 15, 2019, 07:54:02 PM: Quote from: Littleroses on September 14, 2019, 03:36:31 PM
Why on earth would anyone would want an 18 carat gold loo, goodness only knows. ::)

Well, the fact that it has quite a substantial quantity of gold in it springs to mind.

I assume it's not solid gold though.
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: Roses on September 16, 2019, 09:08:49 AM: Quote from: jeremyp on September 15, 2019, 07:54:02 PM
Well, the fact that it has quite a substantial quantity of gold in it springs to mind.

I assume it's not solid gold though.

Well that is why it was stolen no doubt. However I was querying why the original owner of the loo had it constructed in gold in the first place? Surely if one wished to something made of gold most people would consider a loo rather yucky.
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Post by: Anchorman on September 16, 2019, 10:03:37 AM: Apparently, the police still h ave nothing to go on.
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: Udayana on September 16, 2019, 10:08:44 AM: Quote from: jeremyp on September 15, 2019, 07:54:02 PM
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I assume it's not solid gold though.
Why? I think it was - worth about £5m.
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: Udayana on September 16, 2019, 10:11:03 AM: Quote from: Littleroses on September 16, 2019, 09:08:49 AM
Well that is why it was stolen no doubt. However I was querying why the original owner of the loo had it constructed in gold in the first place? Surely if one wished to something made of gold most people would consider a loo rather yucky.

It is (or was) art.
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: Udayana on September 16, 2019, 10:53:08 AM: https://news.sky.com/story/solid-gold-toilet-stolen-from-winston-chuchill-birthplace-blenheim-palace-11809266

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The artist behind the solid gold toilet which was stolen from Winston Churchill's former home has asked the thieves to let him know "how it feels to pee on gold".

The 18-carat toilet, worth around £4.8m, is an art piece called America and was kept at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
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+ a nice video of the loo in action. I'm beginning to appreciate it ... :)
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: Steve H on September 16, 2019, 11:18:07 AM: Quote from: Littleroses on September 16, 2019, 09:08:49 AM
Well that is why it was stolen no doubt. However I was querying why the original owner of the loo had it constructed in gold in the first place? Surely if one wished to something made of gold most people would consider a loo rather yucky.
It's supposed to be a work of art, and a temporary installation. I'm sure the Duke of Marlborough, being old money, would not have anything so vulgar as a gold bog normally.
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: Anchorman on September 16, 2019, 11:30:12 AM: Now, there's just a great big hole. Police are looking into it.
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: jeremyp on September 16, 2019, 06:15:02 PM: Quote from: Udayana on September 16, 2019, 10:08:44 AM
Why? I think it was - worth about £5m.
That amount of solid gold would be extraordinarily heavy.
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Post by: jeremyp on September 16, 2019, 06:17:05 PM: Oh dear, there seems to be a lot of crap puns and toilet humour going down on this thread.
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: Aruntraveller on September 17, 2019, 08:54:42 AM: The criminals who stole it are flushed with their success.
Title: Re: This is just shite
Post by: jeremyp on September 17, 2019, 12:57:41 PM: Quote from: Trentvoyager on September 17, 2019, 08:54:42 AM
The criminals who stole it are flushed with their success.
Now you're plumbing the depths