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Initech

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Mon Apr 8, 2013, 01:31 PM Apr 2013

Japanese Thieves Steal ¥290,000 (USD $3,000) Toilet From Public Park

At around 10 a.m. on April 2, a man living in the town of Fukuchiyamashi, Kyoto called the police after he discovered that the light of a nearby parking lot had been vandalized with white spray-paint. Upon arriving at the scene, officers also discovered that an expensive, multi-function toilet had been stolen from a park located nearby.



According to the authorities, an entire multi-function toilet, complete with its accompanying hand rails, was stolen from the public restroom. In addition, the special washlet-style toilet seat and lid from another toilet were also missing, with the cost of damages and stolen items coming to some 300,000 yen (US$3,100).

After examining evidence left at the scene, police believe that the criminal used a screwdriver to carefully remove the joints that connected the toilet to its surroundings. Surprisingly, the toilets in the men’s room were left completely intact. Perhaps the thieves banked on the ladies’ toilets being a little more sanitary?

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2013/04/05/theft-of-toilet-from-public-park-in-kyoto-leaves-authorities-baffled/

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Japanese Thieves Steal ¥290,000 (USD $3,000) Toilet From Public Park (Original Post) Initech Apr 2013 OP
The men probably left the lids up nt LiberalEsto Apr 2013 #1
Those are the ones that give the undercarriage a nice rinse--they are expensive! MADem Apr 2013 #2

MADem

(135,425 posts)
2. Those are the ones that give the undercarriage a nice rinse--they are expensive!
Mon Apr 8, 2013, 02:56 PM
Apr 2013

They're doing good in Kyoto if they have such nice crappers left out in the open!

Ron White does a rather crude but funny routine about these crappers....

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