sa_butta
05-02-2007, 02:20 PM
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2313384.html
Jet-powered loo
A US inventor has created a 70mph, jet-propelled toilet.
Inventor Paul Stender, 43, made it out of a rickety old portable toilet and a 1,000bhp Boeing turbine engine bolted on to a go-kart chassis.
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/966770.jpg
Two tiny holes in the door let him see where he's going - as a 30ft fireball roars out the back of the £5,000 machine.
Paul, who also has a jet-powered motorbike, takes the Port-O-Loo to thrill crowds at race meetings near his home in Indiana.
He said: "I used to keep a toilet roll inside to make it look really authentic.
"But I soon found that wads of paper got sucked into the engine which was dangerous. If it sucks in paper it could explode - and me with it."
Jet-powered loo
A US inventor has created a 70mph, jet-propelled toilet.
Inventor Paul Stender, 43, made it out of a rickety old portable toilet and a 1,000bhp Boeing turbine engine bolted on to a go-kart chassis.
http://www.ananova.com/images/web/966770.jpg
Two tiny holes in the door let him see where he's going - as a 30ft fireball roars out the back of the £5,000 machine.
Paul, who also has a jet-powered motorbike, takes the Port-O-Loo to thrill crowds at race meetings near his home in Indiana.
He said: "I used to keep a toilet roll inside to make it look really authentic.
"But I soon found that wads of paper got sucked into the engine which was dangerous. If it sucks in paper it could explode - and me with it."