Streams of Tourists Descend On Toilet

[matcom]

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AN avant-garde toilet bequeathed by an Austrian artist to a small New Zealand community is causing a stink among officials who say its popularity is becoming an inconvenience.

The public toilet in Kawakawa, north of Auckland, has attracted streams of tourists since it was built by Frederick Hundertwasser, who lived nearby for two decades before his death in 2000.

But officials fear too many visitors want to not only spend time appreciating the colourful tiles, wine bottle windows and roof alive with plants - they also want to spend a penny.

Kawakawa Community Board chairwoman Norma Shephard told the New Zealand Herald the toilet's undulating floor caused water, urine and disinfectant to pool in a pungent cocktail.

She said new toilets should be built or tourists should pay to use Hundertwasser's work.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9003549%255E13762,00.html

[Kellanved]

1. still better than this one:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4326340/
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LONDON - Visitors to Britain will find a new stop on London’s site-seeing route this spring: a usable public toilet enclosed in one-way mirrored glass situated on a sidewalk near the River Thames. The contemporary art exhibit, which allows the user to see out while passers-by cannot peep in, toys with the concepts of privacy and voyeurism.
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[historian]

2. yeeggghhhh

who wants to see someone sitting on a toilet????

[BiggJawn]

3. No, it's the OTHER way!

But still, who wants to sit and watch the world go by while pinching a loaf?