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Solid gold toilet stolen from Winston Churchill’s birthplace
Associated Press ^ | September 14, 2019

Posted on 09/14/2019 6:40:46 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Thieves have stolen a solid gold toilet worth up to £1 million ($1.25 million) from the birthplace of British wartime leader Winston Churchill.

The toilet, the work of Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan, had been installed only two days earlier at Blenheim Palace, west of London, after previously being shown at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Police said the toilet was taken early Saturday by thieves who used at least two vehicles. …

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: blenheimpalace; cattelan; churchill; gold; goldentoilet; mauriziocattelan; toilet; uk
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To: Anti-Bubba182
I like it....

Now a good name for Chapter One

Bottoms Up?

I Smell Something

etc etc

21 posted on 09/14/2019 7:10:59 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Magnum44

22 posted on 09/14/2019 7:11:18 AM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Olog-hai

I’ve got a copper toilet (1890’s)...


23 posted on 09/14/2019 7:15:25 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: Anti-Bubba182

“The Crapper Caper!!!”

Did you say ‘copper clapper caper?’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgYbogp1Ha0


24 posted on 09/14/2019 7:17:47 AM PDT by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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To: Olog-hai

Solid gold? What the bleep did that thing weigh??!!


25 posted on 09/14/2019 7:27:19 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Olog-hai
I thought that Obama stole it.

My first & second thoughts were to the previous DemocRAT White House residents. Willey Jeff & Hilly, just their style!

26 posted on 09/14/2019 7:28:09 AM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: Olog-hai

27 posted on 09/14/2019 7:32:35 AM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (Hillary has more mysterious deaths around her than Jessica Fletcher.)
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To: Olog-hai

The previous Duke of Marlborough wouldn’t have done this. But the current one is a bit of a…the word wacko comes to mind.

The previous one was on a British TV show showing off Blenheim Palace with dignity.

The current young one since 2014 was on a British TV show where famous people lived on the street with the homeless for several days. Even though he agreed to do it, he snuck into a five-star hotel to stay instead of sleeping on the street as agreed. Total jerk, he then quit the show when this was pointed out.


28 posted on 09/14/2019 7:36:54 AM PDT by Moonmad27
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To: Olog-hai
The Phantom lives!


29 posted on 09/14/2019 7:37:20 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: Olog-hai

Police have nothing to go on...


30 posted on 09/14/2019 7:42:25 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: Bonemaker

Claudia Cardinale!


31 posted on 09/14/2019 7:43:40 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: goodnesswins

To have an extra special visit, take 4 shots of Goldschlager and eat two ears of corn before your visit.


32 posted on 09/14/2019 7:48:06 AM PDT by King Moonracer (Tag, you're it.)
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To: jeffc
Don’t know about the entire toilet, but the seat weighs 80 lbs accoring to this page. It’s actual 18-karat gold and works; cost estimated as high as $3 million.
33 posted on 09/14/2019 7:54:23 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

How much did it weigh?


34 posted on 09/14/2019 7:54:34 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Olog-hai

Now that's a gold throne.


35 posted on 09/14/2019 7:56:38 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: Olog-hai
Because the golden toilet had been connected to the palace’s plumbing system, police said its removal caused “significant damage and flooding” to the building, a UNESCO World Heritage site filled with valuable art and furniture.

A 66-year-old man was arrested. The man has not been identified or charged.

36 posted on 09/14/2019 7:58:36 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: Olog-hai

SOLID gold? That thing must have weighed a ton.


37 posted on 09/14/2019 8:06:18 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary walks free, equal justice under the law will never exist in the USA)
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To: goodnesswins

“Thanks...I was pondering WHY a gold toilet was THERE...”

It’s Art.

The name of the toilet is America.

It was placed in a spot where Churchill would have gone to the bathroom.

The artistic meaning is very clear.

We should be disturbed.


38 posted on 09/14/2019 8:07:46 AM PDT by Meatspace
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To: mewzilla

Watch it buddy, I’ve done that!


39 posted on 09/14/2019 8:09:05 AM PDT by null and void (Genealogy is a funny thing. When you dig up your ancestors, you find...human beings.)
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To: Olog-hai

More asinine “art”. Some people with more money than brains are now upset.


40 posted on 09/14/2019 8:12:19 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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