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Disaffected

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4. I have doubts it was "solid" gold.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2019, 05:02 PM

Sep 2019

If the entire $1.25 mil was only in the metal value itself, the toilet could have weighed only about 70 lbs (at current gold prices), far too light for solid gold in that apparent amount. I'm thinking maybe gold plated(?).

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Solid gold toilet stolen from Winston Churchill's birthplace [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 OP

Oh, crap another crime flushed out packman Sep 2019 #1

Apparently Winnie's shit was not involved, and pathetic Hortensis Sep 2019 #6

I would say Timewas Sep 2019 #2

They didn't have a security system? LisaL Sep 2019 #3

I have doubts it was "solid" gold. Disaffected Sep 2019 #4

It's a working toilet, so it's probably hollow inside. LisaL Sep 2019 #7

Yabut even a normal porcelain Disaffected Sep 2019 #8

time to search all Trump properties. mulsh Sep 2019 #5

Not much of a loss, IMO. Flaleftist Sep 2019 #9