Only the Chinese, with their out-of-the-box thinking and tiny, tiny, apartments, could come up with something this brilliant.

Fish Tank Toilets

I want one! Of course I would then spend half my time sitting on the bathroom floor, staring at the fish. But it would be good entertainment for the cat too. She spends half her time drinking out of the toilet anyway, with the fish tank toilet she could watch the fish while she drank.

At first, the headline made me laugh. If you are a corrupt government official, you need to make sure the toilet works properly!

Then, I wondered how wet boxes of cash could be the cause of an overflowing toilet. Unless the guy put them in the toilet for some reason.

Then I went back and read it again, and realized (with horror) that the guy has been sentenced to death for taking bribes.

Holy crap.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/03/china.toilet/index.html

China doesn’t fuck around, folks. And I am guessing this story is not the kind of publicity they want at the moment either. But hey, people deserve to know about stuff like this.