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minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoDo you have a source on that toilet seat thing? The story I’ve always heard was that they were very specific aircraft lavatory parts.
minus-squareCyrus Draegur@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoI don’t actually believe there were any literal golden toilets, but rather that the term was a hyperbolic description of pork barrel spending. It’s basically a meme from last century. This article casually mentions it https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/08/30/everyone-knows-about-the-pentagons-gold-toilet/ but sadly it’s paywalled… here’s another though https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-30-vw-18804-story.html –look at that date! that article is almost as old as ME!
Do you have a source on that toilet seat thing? The story I’ve always heard was that they were very specific aircraft lavatory parts.
I don’t actually believe there were any literal golden toilets, but rather that the term was a hyperbolic description of pork barrel spending. It’s basically a meme from last century.
This article casually mentions it https://www.chicagotribune.com/1992/08/30/everyone-knows-about-the-pentagons-gold-toilet/
but sadly it’s paywalled… here’s another though
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-07-30-vw-18804-story.html
–look at that date! that article is almost as old as ME!