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Someone broke into the Kominato Hotel near Tokyo yesterday and stole this blinged-out golden bathtub between 2 and 9am. Made of pure gold, the bathtub is 71x121x65 cm, weighs 80 kilos, and is worth 120 million yen. That's just under a million dollars.
I think I know who did it. It was Kim Jong Il. He's mad that the Japanese took away his caviar, so he sent some of his peeps in to steal this unique luxury item, which has not been banned from North Korea by sanctions.
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This is more than out of the ordinary. You get to know so much with what follows. Firstly there was a bathtub made of pure gold at The Kominato Hotel near Tokyo. Secondly it got stolen (poor owner). And thirdly it was almost worth a million dollar. So... [Read More]
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I really would like to know how they got it out. Wouldn't that weigh a ton?
Posted by: Mike | June 01, 2007 at 08:05 PM
Gold bathtub...I'm wondering what the toilet was made of.
Posted by: vagrant | June 03, 2007 at 12:24 PM