Have Mario on your toilet seat
by Ross Miller 
{ Apr 24th 2007 at 12:59AM }
We've posted crazy eBay auctions before, mostly concerning massive collections. This is a bit more unique.Extra Life's Scott Johnson has sketched his rendition of Mario on what we hope is a brand new toilet seat. Of course, the jokes regarding an Italian plumber (never seen on the job, mind you) immortalized on porcelain are far too many.
Johnson is putting the seat on eBay; the proceeds go to the charitable cause of himself -- specifically, he's putting it towards Photoshop CS3. Current bid is $72 and the minimum for Photoshop is $199 for the basic CS3 upgrade.
The time lapse of his creation, featured on Extra Life TV #9 , is embedded after break.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Slaziman @ Apr 24th 2007 2:17AM
I thought everyone pirated Photoshop, oh well.
n_revolution9 @ Apr 24th 2007 2:24AM
#1 Exactly, that's how I got CS2.
I think his art IS worth the money though.
J44xm @ Apr 28th 2007 11:00PM
His rendition of Mario pleases me.
anonymous @ Apr 24th 2007 3:10AM
When the hell are you ever going to see the top of your toilet seat?
ill trooper @ Apr 24th 2007 3:03AM
I admire the goal, I just parted with the $599 for the CS3 Design Premium upgrade. Yes, I have done my share of pillaging and installing, but after working for nearly 20 years with Adobe programs (photoshop 1.0 beta, Illustrator 88) I had to face the facts: making my living using the programs was worth paying the price of admission.
Not saying that anyone should change what they're doing... Just saying that as a professional in the field of design, I decided to pony up the loot several years ago and it's nice not having to ferret around torrent and warez sites to get updates. Plus it allowed me to do something that I wanted to do for a long time - call Adobe and complain about something.
For the record, the CS3 suite feels about the same on my G5, and now that it's 'Universal' (meaning that it's now native on Intel macs), it loads ultra-fast on my MacBook Pro and it's not the memory hog it was while it was when the Intel was emulating the PowerPC to run it. Nice.
Now for that 'Universal' version of AfterEffects...
Good luck with the auction, Scott... I'd love to help but as I've said, I've already spent all my lunch money on my own upgrade.
Joonas @ Apr 24th 2007 3:53AM
Points for the man not bitching about the price and actually coming up with something creative to cover the expense. Also, tres cool Mario and choice of medium.
Faar @ Apr 24th 2007 4:57AM
If Mario had been owned by Epic they would have sued the guy.
Fatass of Kickassness @ Apr 24th 2007 7:10AM
Thats creepy.
Xanto @ Apr 24th 2007 8:27AM
@5 How about when it's down
Intentless @ Apr 24th 2007 12:23PM
Proper toilet edicate dictates that after use you lower the seat. A. To be nice to females. B. Be nice to everyone else so they don't have to look down into if they don't want to... Courtesy...
justin @ Apr 24th 2007 12:26PM
"I thought everyone pirated Photoshop, oh well."
lol...
great comment..
i think this nut needs to get a real job besides working with things that hide your poo
http://www.wiiuser.org
orAngeMicro @ Apr 24th 2007 1:00PM
If Mario had been owned by Epic they would have sued the guy.
AHAHAHAHAHHA !!!
brad77 @ Apr 24th 2007 1:58PM
Toilet Paper Mario anyone?
Anyone?