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A man in Christchurch, New Zealand was enjoying his evening porcelain meditation when all of a sudden he had an unexpected visitor in the form of a four-wheel-drive truck (not pictured). Let this be an important lesson that, when parking on a hill, you need to engage that handbrake properly. Also, don't put your bathroom on the bottom of thirty-foot-long hill. Police said the vehicle belonged to a contractor next door who was a little displeased to find out that said truck was suddenly parked in someone else's house. Our favorite part below the jump.
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You know it's going to be a good read when an AP article sent in by a tipster starts out:
"It was just a routine patrol until a King County sheriff's deputy lifted a tarp in Washington and found a soapbox derby racer built to look like a giant toilet."
The AP had our attention at "soapbox derby racer" and closed the deal with "giant toilet." [
Foxnews]