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US lifts lid on world's largest toilet

33-metre convenience spotted from space

Published Monday 26th March 2007 09:28 GMT

We all know that everything in the good old US of A is bigger, but surely this is dragging the concept of supersize to hitherto unplumbed depths:

The world's biggest toilet in Florida

We suppose that the Florida übercrapper (click here to enjoy on Google Earth or here to peruse on Google Maps) indicates that America has thrown in the towel on its burgeoning obesity problem and recognises that the day will soon arrive when it will need to accommodate wobbly pairs of 33-metre buttocks. We wouldn't want to be downwind when the first customer pops in to download some brownware. ®

Bootnote

Ta very much to Robin Lovell for the tip.

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