# Strange drop when smashing toilets
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-drop-when-smashing-toilets/25616
**Category:** The Garage
**Created:** [January 3, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-drop-when-smashing-toilets/25616 "2021-01-03T03:24:09Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@N1Z0](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/N1Z0)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-drop-when-smashing-toilets/25616/1 "2021-01-03T03:24:09Z")
Whenever I smash a toilet (which commonly happens to be in the campground) [bees]wax drops from it. It seems like a strange drop and I’m wondering if its intentional.
What makes it even stranger is that the description for beeswax mentions it being ok to eat it in an emergency. The thought of eating something which I found in a public toilet that looks like ‘beeswax’ just straight-up horrifies me, and I guess this is why I’m thinking it may be somewhat of an oversight.
(running the latest experimental)
[Imgur joke](https://imgur.com/a/Nt9YXT3)
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### Author:  [@Vormithrax](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Vormithrax)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2021, 4:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-drop-when-smashing-toilets/25616/2 "2021-01-03T04:22:25Z")
Toilets actually do have a wax ring. this was added to experimental a month or so back. I demonstrated why you would care in one of my recent new player guides on YouTube.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OetlPqxcO1Y)
TLDW: smash toilet, get wax, make candles, have light.
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### Author:  [@anothersimulacrum](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/anothersimulacrum)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2021, 4:57am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-drop-when-smashing-toilets/25616/3 "2021-01-03T04:57:44Z")
It could probably use a description change, or split wax into two types.
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### Author:  [@zantanzuken](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/zantanzuken)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2021, 4:58am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-drop-when-smashing-toilets/25616/4 "2021-01-03T04:58:30Z")
i mean… you still COULD eat it
… but yeah you wouldn’t want to eat it.
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### Author:  [@Dialo.Malison](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Dialo.Malison)
#### Post date: [January 3, 2021, 6:59am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/strange-drop-when-smashing-toilets/25616/5 "2021-01-03T06:59:54Z")
A quick Google search shows that beeswax was only used when toilets were first invented but modern wax rings are made of petroleum waxes, with polyurethane and other additives (each manufacturer has its own proprietary blend).
Doesn’t sound very edible to me 😝. I think splitting into two wax types would be the way to go.