__/ [ B Gruff ] on Friday 12 January 2007 22:40 \__
> On Friday 12 January 2007 18:25 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> __/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Friday 12 January 2007 18:11 \__
>>
>>> on Jan 12 2007 15:52 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> Last year, in a different newsgroup, someone joked about (the idea
>>>> of) a patent describing a method for wiping one's own arse ..
>>>
>>> United States Patent 6,628,789
>>> Colby September 30, 2003
>>> Talking toilet paper holder
>>>
>>> "A motion sensing switch and associated electronics causes a recorded
>>> message to play when said toilet paper holder is turned or otherwise
>>> moved"
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yz3ysy
>>>
>>
>
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect2=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&d=PALL&RefSrch=yes&Query=PN%2F6628789
>>
>> What a bunch of s**t (pun).
>>
>> Improving or degrading nature's 101. One patent every 5 mintes.
>
> If you think /that/ was a pun, how about the "Motion sensing switch"?
Oh, let's not go there. The last time this area was approached, Tim linked to
his homosexual fantasies.
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