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This 18-Karat Gold Toilet Is Now Open For Public Use
Fortune ^ | September 16, 2016

Posted on 09/18/2016 12:06:51 PM PDT by SMGFan

Starting today, the Guggenheim museum in New York City really wants to you to give its solid gold toilet a go.

The 18-karat gold, fully-functioning toilet was created by Italian artist and sculptor Maurizio Cattelan, and is a part of an exhibit called “America” at the Guggenheim. The exhibit is meant to “remind us of the inescapable physical realities of our shared humanity,” according to the museum’s blog.

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1 posted on 09/18/2016 12:06:51 PM PDT by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

http://nypost.com/2016/09/16/i-rode-the-guggenheims-golden-throne/


2 posted on 09/18/2016 12:09:22 PM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar -- Yes, I know, she awardinnow supports HRC :()
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To: SMGFan

And to think I wasted 12 minutes of my life watching a video on tricks for pooping in the woods.

No really.


3 posted on 09/18/2016 12:11:04 PM PDT by cyclotic
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To: SMGFan

So the motto is “crap on America”? Disgusting.


4 posted on 09/18/2016 12:11:17 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: SMGFan

The exhibit is meant to “remind us of the inescapable physical realities of our shared humanity”


Why would a gold toilet evoke shared humanity? Does everyone have one? And since the exhibit is entitled “America” I’d say it’s more a poke in the eye to American consumerism/exceptionalism.


5 posted on 09/18/2016 12:13:47 PM PDT by sparklite2 (The game overs whether you play it or not.)
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It says a lot that in the age of obama, utter crap has been enshrined and is now gold-mounted.


6 posted on 09/18/2016 12:17:25 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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I hope that they disinfect it after each use! Not worth picking up an STD! LOL!


7 posted on 09/18/2016 12:18:21 PM PDT by Lopeover (2016 Election is about allegiance to the United States!)
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To: SMGFan

I knew a billionaire with a gold toilet. His multimillionaire son had a Picasso sketch over his guest bathroom toilet. Both liberals.

Like Han Solo, I got a bad feeling about them... and ultimately I was right.

Liberals are broken inside.


8 posted on 09/18/2016 12:21:50 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: SMGFan

http://www.businessinsider.com/scott-rothsteins-golden-toilet-2009-11


9 posted on 09/18/2016 12:28:25 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
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To: SMGFan

“remind us of the inescapable physical realities of our shared humanity,” Nonsense. Reminds me of liberal insanity. Why waste so much money on such an object? It’s throwing money “down the toilet” to use an old phrase.


10 posted on 09/18/2016 12:28:56 PM PDT by Fungi (Soy sauce, you want soy sauce? Enjoy your soy sauce with all the fungi in it!)
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To: SMGFan

“remind us of the inescapable physical realities of our shared humanity,”

The original statement was, ‘Who says your poop doesn’t stink?”


11 posted on 09/18/2016 12:33:22 PM PDT by Leep (Just say no to half dead hillary and wrong lane kaine!)
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To: SMGFan

I guaranteed that someone is going to figure out how to steal that toilet and the art world will be a better place.


12 posted on 09/18/2016 12:41:07 PM PDT by WMarshal (Trump 2016)
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As a soldier, in one of Bagdad’s palaces, I sh_t in Saddam’s gold (plated?) toilet already. I prefered the marbeled one, though. Something with real stone...


13 posted on 09/18/2016 12:42:54 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: SMGFan

ya gotta be shi**ing me.


14 posted on 09/18/2016 12:49:04 PM PDT by TomServo
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To: ameribbean expat

https://www.yelp.com/biz/magic-restroom-cafe-city-of-industry


15 posted on 09/18/2016 1:12:12 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: SMGFan

Is it in the men’s room, ladies room, or the gender neutral bathroom?


16 posted on 09/18/2016 1:13:37 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings)
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....Is it in the men’s room, ladies room, or the gender neutral bathroom?....

It’s in the Clinton Foundation executive Bathroom..


17 posted on 09/18/2016 1:28:52 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: tired&retired

....Is it in the men’s room, ladies room, or the gender neutral bathroom?....

It’s in the Clinton Foundation executive Bathroom..


18 posted on 09/18/2016 1:28:56 PM PDT by Sasparilla (Hillary for Prison 2016)
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To: SMGFan; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; ...

19 posted on 09/18/2016 1:59:25 PM PDT by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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To: SMGFan

Obama and his liberal,socialist muslim friends are sending this nation down the crapper.

Thats what I get from it, anyways.


20 posted on 09/18/2016 2:06:48 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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