Douglas Adams’ Bathtub Is For Sale
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?Seriously. It’s on ebay right this very minute. As of the time of this article’s posting, it has two days left on auction, and it’s going for 565 pounds, or about $930. The ebay listing says that Adams would always take baths when he needed ideas for his books, and this is that bath — I can’t find any corroboration for that, but I swear I remember reading an article with Adams once where he mentioned the bath thing, so I’m saying it’s true. And $930 for the bathtub that may have spawned Arthur Dent and the galactic necessity for towels? That’s a fucking steal, although the fact you have to pick it up — assumably in England — is likely part of the reason the price is still so low. The winning bid will be donated to rhino saving, which is good, but I can’t help but wish it was for dolphins or sperm whales, don’t you?
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.