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<DIV>Sign seen on a restaurant on the way home today:</DIV>
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<DIV>"Self storage and mulch, call" and a phone number.</DIV>
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<DIV>Now, I like mulch as much as the next Groopier, but I do not think I would eat at a restaurant that advertises mulch.</DIV>
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<DIV>Off topic, but a Groo-brained idea nonetheless: I was poking around in the US Patent Office's searchable patent database and found patent 6,241,575: "Brassiere having integrated inflatable bladders for the holding of comestible liquids." Apparently, it is a bra with Capri-Sun-type pouches in the cups for smuggling beverages into situations where they would be socially unacceptable. Issues not addressed in the patent application:</DIV>
<DIV>1) How to keep beverage cold.</DIV>
<DIV>2) Who might want to drink a beverage that has been warming up under someone's blouse?</DIV>
<DIV>3) What happens when you drink one cup empty and not the other?</DIV>
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<DIV>Janet</DIV>
<DIV>Just trying to stimulate the discussion. It's been a bit sparse lately.</DIV></BODY></HTML>