Crap alchemist jailed for poo-into-gold experiment

[the_leander]

A Northern Ireland man has been jailed for three months for causing £3,000 of damage to his flat after attempting to turn his own faeces into gold using an electric heater.

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Wasn't sure if this should be under entertainment or science or philosophy.

 

[Karlos]

I wonder how he came up with the idea? I just don't see the connection between heating up sh*t and producing gold.

That said, people do eat decorative gold leaf in swanky restaurants and what not. I'm sure there are better ways of reclaiming it though...

 

[Glaucus]

Ya, perhaps he's an avid drinker of Goldschlager:

I actually have a bottle at home and is pretty much my entire investment in the precious metal. If gold keeps going up I may decide to invest in a good filter and a few shot glasses (beets fishing it out of the toilet).