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I was struggling with the toilet paper roll this morning, and I started to wonder why there isn't an automatic toilet paper dispenser that would automatically feed out and cut just the right amount.

For cleanliness, you'd want it to be motion activated, but you'd need a backup system so it wouldn't accidentally feed paper when it wasn't wanted. So, I was thinking sound would be a good backup. You could set it up so that if you tapped your foot and waved your hand under it... Wait... Never mind.

In a new development in the news this morning it appears that among wealthy people there's a trend away from the traditional pastime of collecting nerds. Here's an excerpt from the article, entitled There's history and money in obsolete computers:

"There has been a real steep upward trend in prices in the last year, year and a half," said Ismail, 38. "It seems it's become like the new collectible to moneyed people. Before it was just nerds and hobbyists."

I don't quite know how to introduce this one. Some of you may not have heard of the Ig Nobel awards. Well, now you have.

I've read quite a few articles about the Ig Nobel awards over the years, but this one is more entertaining, and more in keeping with the spirit of the awards than the others.

Go there. Read it. It's worth it.

Some of us were just born this way:

Yes, of course it's from Dilbert.