Friday, November 09, 2007

"Mr. Toilet's Latest Creation (see it)

Brings a new meaning to the term "built like a shit house".
clipped from blogs.usatoday.com
Jae-duck is building a toilet-shaped house (complete with a luxury lavatory) just in time for the World Toilet Association conference this month in Seoul, South Korea.
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In South Korea, Sim Jae-duck has earned the moniker "Mr. Toilet" for his work in beautifying public restrooms. Now, though, he's taken his work to a whole new level.
Behind this, um, vanity insanity is a serious purpose. Knowing a possible, um, loohaha when it sees one, the group cites a U.N. study that estimates 2.5 billion people live without adequate sanitation or water supplies, the AP reports.
Here's the article in which the AP, um, flushes out the details. Feel free to print it out so you can bring it to the reading room. And here's a closer look courtesy of the Freshome blog.
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