I actually bought the very same toilet seat for a place (small cheap place) that I own in france. I told my daughter that it is the same as taking a dump in the ocean. She is 15 and rolled her eyes at me.

I think I'm a bad father - but it begs the question about the above contraption

Actually this, and Lane's, work is a blatant rip-off the grand-pappy of laser etched equipment, Wim Delvoye

http://www.muzarte.net/blog/wp-content/photos/Wim_Delvoye_engin.jpg

check out the Museum of Jurassic technology

www.mjt.org

look in their store under optical devices

they have had a black viewmaster with AMAZING images in 3-D for years and a variety of cool reels based on their exhibitions.

and their black viewmaster is $ 3.99! All the reels are great.

As a sidenote I have an original viewmaster camera, cutter and a wack of blank reels - I produced an edition of the Franklin expedition being stranded in the Canadian suburbs. More may follow.