Jerry Garcia's Toilet Stolen

[astrosfan90]

Who steals a toilet?

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The long, strange trip continues for Jerry Garcia's toilet.

Police say the Grateful Dead leader's commode was stolen recently from a driveway along with three other toilets and a bidet.

Garcia's salmon-colored toilet was the subject of a legal battle before it was finally moved to Sonoma, to await shipment to a Canadian casino.

It's unclear if the toilet was swiped by a wayward Deadhead or a thief remodeling a bathroom. Police said they have no suspects or leads.

Henry Koltys bought Garcia's Marin County home for $1.39 million in 1997 and removed the toilet and other items he planned to sell to raise money for a charity.

After Koltys sold the house to a friend of the band's, the new owner sued to block the auction. The dispute was resolved last year, and Koltys moved the items to his home in Sonoma, about 40 miles north of San Francisco.

Last month, Koltys sold Garcia's toilet for $2,550 to online casino Goldenpalace.com, which planned to use it as part of a traveling marketing exhibit. The casino is offering a $250 reward for its return.

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Koltys said Friday the toilet once stood in the master bathroom of Garcia, who died in 1995 at age 53. "It would have been his personal head," he said.

The casino also paid $25,000 for William Shatner's kidney stone and $28,000 for a grilled cheese sandwich that reportedly had the image of the Virgin Mary on it, Koltys said.

Jonathon Lipsin, who worked for Garcia as a gardener and now owns a Northern California record store, said the toilet might appeal to dedicated Deadheads.

"It's a little gross," Lipsin said. "But I could see it at a rock 'n' roll museum, too."

 

[TheTony]

That's crappy.

 

[latino666]

ewwww

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

A $250 reward for a $2550 item? Haha, yeah right the pilfered pisser is gonna get returned

 

[Red Dawn]

I have his crack pipe, I wonder how much that is worth?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I have his crack pipe, I wonder how much that is worth?

One of my good friends is the son of the last surviving Merry Prankster. That bus is freakin awesome.

 

[astrosfan90]

The jokes in this thread so far are even funnier than the story.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
I have his crack pipe, I wonder how much that is worth?

One of my good friends is the son of the last surviving Merry Prankster. That bus is freakin awesome.

Have you read "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"?

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Have you read "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"?

It's on my to-do list.

 

[Mucho]

A few years ago Elizabeth Taylor was in Toronto and someone stole the toilet seat from her dressing room.

 

[Red Dawn]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: Red Dawn
Have you read "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test"?

It's on my to-do list.

A very interesting book by Wolfe. Supposedly it gives a fairly accurate account of the begining of the Hippie Movement and also the end of it. I didn't come to age myself until the begining of the 70's so I missed out on it.

Ken Kessey, the Leader of the Merry Pranksters, was a wild man! Kessey wrote "One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest for" those who are not familiar with him

 

[rudder]

ifi it was a deadhead, it will be hard to flush him out of hiding now.