Recently I read in the newspaper, that a senior banking executive of a failing Wall Street financial institution purchased and installed a forty or so thousand dollar commode in his loo.
This author was not surprised at the expense, since it seems to have become a habit of some modern corporate executives to dig freely into any accessible funds, even if it is public money gathered from struggling tax payers.
What has surprised this author, an engineer, is the reasons for this cost.
I have tried to imagine the facilities and comforts such a commode could offer.
My first guess was that the commode is plated with gold.
However realizing that gold can not be as easily cleaned as good ceramic, I have rejected that possibility.
More likely the commode has communications equipment like phones attached to it that filter out undesirable noises as the communication is sent.
It goes without saying that you would not have to flush as you leave because automatic flushing is a relatively cheap addition.
More likely, it is equipped with automatic wipes with toilet paper when the job is done.
Maybe the toilet has a chemical conversion unit that coverts the stuff produced to compost so that the respected financial institution can claim that they are going green and that they do not waste even the waste of their senior executives.
Vow! Even with all such attachments it's hard to imagine why the commode should have cost around forty thousand dollars.
Probably it is a work of art that has sides painted by a modern Picasso.
Personally though, I would hate to shoot muck on that.