Recent Comments

1. 8 days ago on Reality Check

   I designed a tube squeezer as a project for an engineering drawing course in college. But I’m far too lazy to try to make or sell it. I suspect a patent search would find a slew of similar devices. I just press the tube against the edge of the sink and use a binder clip to keep it squeezed.

2. 8 days ago on Wizard of Id

   And unlike an Escher design, the Wizard’s is physically possible.

3. 11 days ago on Speed Bump

   My dog is what’s known as an aggressive chewer. My girlfriend bought him some very tough-looking toys. Not one lasted more than five minutes. I finally got him a giant Kong bone and a knotted tug-of-war rope the size of a battleship hawser that so far have resisted his efforts.

4. about 1 month ago on Reality Check

   Aldi, which has the fastest checkout I’ve ever seen, does self-checkout the best. You don’t have to wait for a clerk to come over and tell the computer you’re old enough to buy alcohol. Instead, the clerk from one of the manned registers can remotely approve you. That eliminates one of the things I hate about self-checkout.

5. about 1 month ago on Moderately Confused

   I have no idea. Nowadays maybe shoppers with calculator apps?

6. about 1 month ago on Moderately Confused

   Eleven states and territories have mandatory unit pricing laws. That’s probably why some still have it. Though all of the stores I shop at have unit pricing even though it’s not mandatory in my state.

7. about 2 months ago on Reality Check

   Glad I’m not alone.

8. about 2 months ago on Frank and Ernest

   Answer A: three. Answer B: two; nobody can tell black and dark blue socks apart anyway.

9. about 2 months ago on Frank and Ernest

   Suppose your sock drawer contains ten pairs of black socks and ten pairs of dark blue socks. How many socks do you have pull out (without looking) to be sure of getting a matching pair?

10. about 2 months ago on Strange Brew

    Did you know that “gullible” is not in any dictionary?