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REDIRECT ALERT! (Scroll down past this mess if you're trying to read an archived post. Thanks. No, really, thanks.) Due to my inability to control my temper and complacently accept continued silliness with not-quite-as-reliable-as-it-ought-to-be Blogger/Blogspot, your beloved Possumblog will now waddle across the Information Dirt Road and park its prehensile tail at http://possumblog.mu.nu. This site will remain in place as a backup in case Munuvia gets hit by a bus or something, but I don't think they have as much trouble with this as some places do. ::cough::blogspot::cough:: So click here and adjust your links. I apologize for the inconvenience, but it's one of those things. Thursday, February 20, 2003
The Seat Shall Rise Again...Ga. Man Invents Toilet 'Courtesy Wand' STATESBORO, Ga. - Four years ago, when his mother couldn't bend over to lower the toilet seat, Emory Jones sprang into action.Couple of thoughts here--First, is this a great country or what? Second, please notice that this boon to mankind didn't come out of any snooty Yankee research university, but is the product of a fertile Southern mind. "You really have to use it to appreciate it," Jones said.That's what I keep telling Miss Reba... His mother was recovering from triple bypass surgery when she had her encounter with the toilet, so when she yelled for his help, Jones feared she had suffered a heart attack.No word on the position of her drawers at the time of the request. The wand is a contoured rod with a hook for the lid on one end and a handle on the other. It might look simple, but Jones struggled with several variations before settling on the final version.Well, you know what Edison said--5% inspiration, 95% perspiration. Anyway, some more thoughts--First, is this a great country or what!? 20 bucks for a stick with a hook on it (i.e. a backscratcher). Second, seems like this would also be good for hitching up your drawers, too. "You ought to see some of the crude drawings I first came up with," he said.One can only imagine. Godspeed, Emory! (And Cletus, too!)
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