Oh boy, do I feel stupid. Just minutes after posting my promise to stop writing about the world’s largest this or the world’s largest that, I got some interesting news from Gadling reader Pat about the world’s largest toilet story I posted a few days back.
“This is a helicopter business,” he said. “They do tours of Orlando.” Could it be? Could the entire Internet be duped into thinking the world’s largest toilet isn’t even a toilet at all, but a horseshoe-shaped building owned by a helicopter tour company?
Curious, I did a few web searches. Orlando Helicopter Tours. Florida helicopter tours. Orlando toilet (back when I still believed it was a toilet) helicopter. Toilet Helicopter Florida. Nothing. A self-proclaimed Google master, I was sunk. An email was sent out to Pat.
“Do you know what the company is called?” I asked, hopeful that he would get back to me and help solve the mystery of Florida’s gigantic John. Two days go by. Nothing. Gadling reader jgohil responds to the thread with his doubts on the matter. “I think it’s either a horseshoe or an Omega.” Great. The pressure was mounting.
Finally, this morning — just moments after lashing out on myself for writing about the world’s largest things that nobody cares about — Pat responds with another comment. A bombshell. “Here’s the website for the helicopter business.”
So it was true. The world’s largest toilet that swept across the Internets a few days ago wasn’t really a toilet at all, but a horseshoe-shaped building occupied by a helicopter tour company.
Mystery solved.