Bathrooms - Thieves steal toilet mobile

08/10/2007

Thieves saw some potential ill-gotten gains flushed down the toilet after inadvertently stealing a soapbox racer in the shape of a lavatory.

The custom-built machine was stolen from a truck while it was parked outside a hotel in Denver last month.

Built by five friends in Colorado Springs, the 7-ft high, 7-ft long machine had been competing in a go-kart challenge in Seattle.

Tom Valentine, who helped with the racer’s construction, confessed that rather than being upset about the loss of their toilet-shaped pride and joy, his team is "laughing about it."

"My guess is (they said), 'Oh, crap, it's a giant toilet'," he said.
Despite garnering second-place in the people’s choice category, the toilet-shaped design proved to be built for comfort rather than speed and did not win any races during the event.

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