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• Commented on Coffee flavor Yoplait
  Coffee ice cream can be tasty. Guess that doesn't work for yogurt....
• Commented on Behind the Scenes at le Bernardin: blacklight for crabshell
  Sounds like something Alton Brown would do. Brilliant!...
• Commented on Bull in a supermarket
  Correct URL-- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8017391.stm...
• Commented on Contemporary wedding video shot in grainy 8mm black and white
  Should be labeled NSFE-- Not Safe For Ears....
• Commented on Bumpits: Big Happie Hair
  I've seen girls wear their hair like in L.A. and it's ridiculous. "Bubblehead" takes on new meaning....
• Commented on Funny commercial for Microsoft's Songsmith
  "Microsoft, huh? So it's pretty easy to use?" Bwahahahaahahahahahahaa!...
• Commented on Making sauerkraut is easy
  #2 GARYB50-- The 'lid' is actually a disc (with holes pre-drilled) that fits down inside the crock. As the salted cabbage releases water, the lid (and rock) keeps the cabbage from floating above the water's surface....
• Commented on Pneumatic tube-based postal systems of the late 19th century
  Last year at a doctor's office, the urine specimen cup I was asked to fill bore the label "Not for use in pneumatic tubes." I kind of wished that I'd been present to witness the event that led to that...
• Commented on Pre-chewed pencils
  Where's the chewed-up metal eraser holder, with eraser bits trapped inside?...
• Commented on Nude Barack Obama Unicorn Chaser Fan-Art
  Is it me, or is Obama's shoulder bruised?...
• Commented on Sesame Street international CD and DVD
  Translated lyrics from the 'Ricas Frutas' song/video: "If you want to be a big and strong boy/ And for the girls, a princess must be intelligent..." What, girls can't be big and strong? Boys can't be intelligent? I'm a little...
• Commented on Toddlepuff Game
  Just take away the game and you've got an inflatable child-cage. Sounds good to me....
• Commented on Video of exotic fruits and the obsessives who hunt them
  I haven't tried them, but Think Geek sells Miracle Berry/Fruit tablets, for those interested-- http://www.thinkgeek.com/caffeine/candy/ab3f/...
• Commented on Video: David Cross for AOL (1995)
  A paycheck is a paycheck. I still love you, David Cross....
• Commented on Hodgman and Coulton tonight in Los Angeles (Nov 13, 2008)
  I was working on a video production crew outside the club (on a project completely unrelated to Hodgman's event) and was happily surprised to see Hodgman get out of a vehicle and go inside the building. I squealed to my...
• Commented on Was 2006 The Golden Age Of Viral Videos?
  I've mentioned the ninja kitten to several friends. The ones who have cats....
• Commented on USB Ferris Wheel is candy-colored crapgadget of cuteness
  Is there a way to turn off the music? If it were silent, I could dig it. But if I had to listen to that music for more than a few minutes, someone would have to die....
• Commented on Charles Platt on Akihabara, the Week Before the Massacre
  Charmmy Kitty isn't a Hello Kitty knockoff-- Charmmy, like Hello Kitty, is owned by Sanrio. Charmmy is Hello Kitty's pet cat. (Yes, a cat owning a pet cat. I don't get it either. It's just cute.)...
• Commented on Ponoko's Photomake Turns Your Drawings Into Objects
  Coaster full of holes... Yeah, that'll keep condensation from dripping onto the table surface....
• Commented on Disney's 1946 menstruation film
  The ovaries are glands?! (2:10) I thought they were organs. And why does it show the ovum being expelled before menstruation? I thought it came out along with the blood....
• Commented on Fourth grader suspended for using broken pencil sharpener
  "The Suspect also had a piece of pencil which was about 1" in length, which appeared to have been recently sharpened." I commend the kid for his frugality. He was using that pencil till he couldn't anymore, and using that...
• Commented on Ridgid SeeSnake Micro Inspection Camera
  I forsee a new porn genre....
• Commented on A visit to Casa Bonita restaurant in Denver
  The Casa Bonita in Oklahoma City was my FAVORITE restaurant when I was a small child in the early '80s. My family dreaded going there, but they put up with it to make me happy. The OKC location didn't even...
• Commented on Doll houses covered in dust
  The architecture of the houses is carefully selected to match them with familiar urban landscapes. That doesn't look much like a real house's architecture, to me. It just looks like a tiny, one-room dollhouse. It would be much cooler if...
• Commented on Utility shuts off net connectivity for up to six hours
  #5 Caroline-- THANK YOU for suggesting LeechBlock! It's exactly what I needed! I might actually become slightly productive again! :D...
• Commented on Defunct pizza parlor robot band repurposed for fan music-vids
  Watching the Rockafire Explosion robots makes me simultaneously happy and sad. I'm not sure why....
• Commented on Train design proposes private seating pods
  (quoted from #52) while everyone knew that things would be more expensive in the future, the shifting percentage of money spent on gas (expensive) vs clothing (cheap imports) vs raises (slowed down after 2001) was not on any futurist's radar...
• Commented on Train design proposes private seating pods
  #5 Neener-- If driving 3 children and parking are a strain on your time and finances, you could have stopped at 2. Or 1. Or 0. Mass transit has problems. Yep, we know. But I'd welcome another opportunity to keep...
• Commented on Roomba with animatronic chimp head
  Is it possible to experience a bad trip without taking any hallucinogenic drugs?...
• Commented on Teach the Controversy tees illustrate other important "scientific controversies"
  TJIC, I think the point behind these shirts is that Creationists want the "Intelligent Design" theory to be taught alongside and on equal footing with evolution, so that students can decide for themselves which theory to believe. The joke is...