Stolen Toilet

Jellybaby1

Solid gold toilet worth €5.4m was stolen from Blenheim Palace. Police have nothing to go on.

https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2019/0914/1075904-golden-loo-blenheim-palace/

(Apologies, couldn't resist!)

MonkieSocks

The police are investigating as a major crime as the assets very expensive.

So far they've nothing to go on..

Fann Linn

Sh1t* happens.

Deebles McBeebles

Folks, enough of the toilet humour please.

antodeco

That's literally taking the p1ss

mickdw

What kind of an idiot makes a solid gold art piece toilet then actually plumbs it in and opens it up to the public.

Atlantic Dawn

Cultural?

cj maxx

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Cultural?

The " What's the etiquette here " thread 》》》》》

Sharp MZ700

Wonder had the thief it smelt before or after he robbed it?

fryup

now thats one public toilet i wouldn't mind sitting on

JohnnyFlash

Police have discovered some nuggets close to the crime scene.

Akrasia

The police's best investigator is on another case, so they're putting their number 2 on it.

seamusk84

They are working 24/7 to flush out the thieves.

Hoping to crack the case ASAP.

Pauliedragon

What are they going to do with it? You can hardly walk into a pawn shop with a gold toilet saying "Eh Churchill might have taken a dump in this gold toilet how much will you give me?"

YFlyer

I'm sure crap doesn't damage gold. However piss and bleach could have some itching effect on it.

BDI

Pauliedragon wrote: »

What are they going to do with it? You can hardly walk into a pawn shop with a gold toilet saying "Eh Churchill might have taken a dump in this gold toilet how much will you give me?"

It’s gold paulie, solid gold, think about it.

seamusk84

Pauliedragon wrote: »

What are they going to do with it? You can hardly walk into a pawn shop with a gold toilet saying "Eh Churchill might have taken a dump in this gold toilet how much will you give me?"

Melt it down I assume?
Gold has a low melting point, so easier to do.

kneemos

mickdw wrote: »

What kind of an idiot makes a solid gold art piece toilet then actually plumbs it in and opens it up to the public.

It's art. You're supposed to look at it's significance while rubbing your chin.

God! Plebs.

Panthro

Toodle loo: The truth behind the missing toilet.
Out now on Netflix

Auguste Comte

antodeco wrote: »

That's literally taking the p1ss

I think that's the golden shower your talking about there.

s7ryf3925pivug

wow so vulgar

Bob Harris

Nothing left but a hole in the floor. The police are looking into it.

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Bob Harris wrote: »

Nothing left but a hole in the floor. The police are looking into it.

Squat toilet...all the rage and supposedly better for the passage of excretia.

Jellybaby1

Well this was my first ever opening post in AH and the replies are exactly as I expected so I can't complain, but I thought this was the stupidest thing I ever heard of and one of the funniest. Bet the thing was melted down within hours.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Cultural?

Unlikely, they wouldn’t know what a toilet is as they Shiite in a bucket.

Up Donegal

It's time to close the lid on this.

Capt'n Midnight

seamusk84 wrote: »

Melt it down I assume?
Gold has a low melting point, so easier to do.

It's not that low. It's about the same temperature that copper melts at.

You need a metallurgic furnace.

And a licence for the furnace.

JohnnyFlash

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

It's not that low. It's about the same temperature that copper melts at.

You need a metallurgic furnace.

And a licence for the furnace.

I presume if you’ve just stolen a multimillion pound gold ‘boombox’ then a licence is the least of your concerns.

Capt'n Midnight

It's wrong to suspect a certain segment of society, but I'll bet it turns out to being a heavy metal fan.

Capt'n Midnight

JohnnyFlash wrote: »

I presume if you’ve just stolen a multimillion pound gold ‘boombox’ then a licence is the least of your concerns.

Well obliviously, now that you can afford one.

Comhrá

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

It's wrong to suspect a certain segment of society, but I'll bet it turns out to being a heavy metal fan.

Well, lead and copper is so downmarket after all...credit due for trying to better one's self

Mearings

seamusk84 wrote: »

Melt it down I assume?
Gold has a low melting point, so easier to do.

Not a vindaloo then?

Vita nova

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Well this was my first ever opening post in AH and the replies are exactly as I expected so I can't complain, but I thought this was the stupidest thing I ever heard of and one of the funniest. Bet the thing was melted down within hours.

Silly idea for a toilet but an Au-some theft.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

mickdw wrote: »

What kind of an idiot makes a solid gold art piece toilet then actually plumbs it in and opens it up to the public.

In before the "modern art is ****" crowd show up...

AMKC

Fecking ejits. Surely having a camera in there might have made some sense or even around the area if you can't have it in where the toilet was itself.

Your Face

'The fully functioning loo, named America'

That's so common.

Mr. Gobbledygook

The linked RTE article states that police believe at least 2 vehicles were involved in the robbery. Is this based on evidence of 'skidmarks' left at the scene?

JupiterKid

Self-indulgent, vulgar and pretty decadent when there are people in dire poverty and children going hungry in the UK, let alone the world.

Comhrá

Nearly fell off my stool laughing when I read this story.

RobbingBandit

It was an art exhibition the artist is known to pull pranks this time he pulled the shank

maudgonner

Comhra wrote: »

Nearly fell off my stool laughing when I read this story.

If your poos are that big you should seek medical help.

JupiterKid

Why do I get the niggling feeling that this so called "theft" was staged just to generate a bit of publicity for the gold toilet?