LONDON (AP) — Four men were charged Monday over the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet from Blenheim Palace, the sprawling English country mansion where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.

  • @[email protected]
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    101 year ago

    I, too, saw that toilet at the Guggenheim. However, I don’t remember it being available to use—how were you so chosen?

    • @SalamendaciousOP
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      Not sure about the Guggenheim but in London the article says:

      The golden toilet was fully functioning, and prior to the theft, visitors to the exhibition could book a three-minute appointment to use it.

    • eric
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      When I was there, there was a short line to use it, so after I learned it was a special toilet, I just got in line. I try not to poop in public toilets as a rule, but this seemed like the ideal exception to make.

      E: also, it’s a real shame that you weren’t allowed to use it, as use was the primary intention of the artist. I googled it to make sure I wasn’t misremembering…

      From the Guggenheim’s website:

      Its participatory nature, in which viewers are invited to make use of the fixture individually and privately, allows for an experience of unprecedented intimacy with a work of art.

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        I think I must have seen it when there was no line. Nobody expressly told me I couldn’t use it, but it was obviously an exhibit, and I don’t make a habit of taking risky poops in art.

        If I had only known…

        • brothershamus
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          91 year ago

          I think what we’ve shared here is a teaching moment. Everyone: Poop in Art. They probably want you to!

          • @[email protected]
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            31 year ago

            If there isn’t a sign saying you can’t do something, then that means you probably should. Got it.

        • eric
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          I can completely understand that conclusion. It’s the first and last piece of art that I’ve literally shit on, and it felt weird doing it. It also made me contemplate why toilet seats are the only item in the world that we are ok touching with our skin after many strangers’ bare asses have touched it.

          • @[email protected]
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            It’s because, ideally, only the legs and outer cheeks are touching the seat. If a person with short shorts sits in a chair, nobody thinks twice about sitting in the same chair. One anus brushes a seat, and everyone loses their minds.

            • eric
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              31 year ago

              I was never assuming any anus touched a seat. I was only talking about cheeks.

      • @SheeEttin
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        11 year ago

        Where does it say you aren’t allowed to use it? That quote says you can.

        • eric
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          11 year ago

          Yes, my point was that you can use it. I know because I did use it, and the quote was there to back up my experience.

          • @SheeEttin
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            11 year ago

            Oh, “you” referred to that individual instance, I read it as the general.

            This is why more people should adopt the second person plural “y’all”.

            • eric
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              21 year ago

              Haha. I’m with you on the “y’all” usage. Ambiguity is annoying.

            • @[email protected]
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              11 year ago

              Or we can go back to using the singular thy and reserve you for plural like in romance languages.

            • CashewNut 🏴󠁢󠁥󠁧󠁿
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              This is why more people should adopt the second person plural “y’all”.

              Oh, heavens, no! I wouldn’t be heard uttering such vulgar language.