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[Santiago]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071110/ap_on_fe_st/skorea_toilet_house

BAAAAAHAHAHAHA

Follow the link for a picture of the house but the story is about a Korean law maker who is known for "beautifying" public toilets (um...I think my school is hiring). To raise awareness, he built a 4200 sq.ft. home (~465 m2, I think) in the image of a toilet. I don't even know if I can come up with a comment to make it funnier.

Some of the highlights, emphasis is mine:

"The toilet theme is central to the house named Haewoojae, or a "place to solve one's worries," shaped like a 24 1/2-foot-tall toilet bowl. Thinking of how to push forward his cause of having better hygiene and sanitation, Sim tore down his former home to build the $1.1 million building."
[Editor's note: a $1.1 million "building"]

"In case they had any doubt about who would choose to live here, a plaque inscribed "Mr. Toilet's House" greets visitors"

"Occupants gain access to the roof balcony around the rim of the "bowl" by climbing up stairs through what would be a toilet drain"

"Sim, a lawmaker in the National Assembly, hopes his house in his hometown Suwon, some 30 miles south of Seoul, will help bring attention to the cause and is seeking a guest to pay $50,000 to stay one night...Several candidates have already expressed interest..."

[JeannieAbroad]

I just saw a show about it on Arirang! Funny-looking, but it actually looks quite cool. I wouldn't stay there, though...I go enough times in the middle of the night without having to be reminded of it!

[Qinella]

It looks pretty sweet, to me. I'd love to live there. Look how big the roof is! Killer block parties, roxanne.

[Czarjorge]

I like the fancy, mist shield toilet as centerpiece/focalpoint of the house. The toilet should have been solid gold. The only thing I think he did wrong was focusing on the back end. I puke into toilets on a regular basis as well. Why not a seperate vomit toilet with headrest?