Flushed with success, or going down the pan
Alternative Title: From The Sublime To The Ridiculous
There have recently been another couple of news items on toilets making a bit of a splash.
If gold prices hit 1,000 dollars an ounce Hong Kong's famed solid golden toilet suite will be dismantled. The toilet at Hang Fung jewellers’ Hall of Gold will stay, but some of the ornaments currently around it will be melted down to finance expansion of outlets on the mainland.
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Ever thought what you’d do without the telly, Internet or radio for that matter? In the eighteenth century one family decided to make taking number two’s a real family event by commissioning a three-seater toilet. The ‘oak bolthole’, as it is called was built in 1775 and is situated beside a farmhouse in Benenden, United Kingdom. Such historical value is being attached to the toilet that it is now a Grade II-listed building.
Owner, Mrs Kellett said "It's nice and warm, the door's open...the setting sun, a glass of wine, a book...it's bliss just to sit there and be nice and peaceful." Hmm, not to mention the flies.
If you think that’s crap, read my original post of last year It’s My Toilet, Don’t Spoil It Pt I
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See also: Alexander Cummings
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