As usual, I'm totally outraged by the things in this article,
well,
except for the guitars.

I'm actually not at all outraged by them.

The "Toilet Seat" guitar is actually a pretty common project among guitar (building) hobbyists. You see them occasionally in pawnshops and places like Atomic Music. As a matter of fact, you can buy one right now on Ebay for $1790. I'm pretty sure that the reason this one is so expensive is that it's probably custom carved out of solid wood, which means that if you try to play it, it's actually going to stay together. The particle board that most toilet seats are made of is kind of explodey under a guitar's tension. To make a toilet seat into a guitar, you have to pick your seat very carefully.

Cheers, Maugie

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Some wood toilet seats now are made from strips of wood and glue; I don't think they'd hold either. If you want to get one of the old solid ones, look for a 1920s-era building that's being demolished and see if they're selling off the fixtures.

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