Buzzer Beater

If our house had one of these, I would be setting off the alarms every morning (I have a well trained bowel):


A cultural centre in Amsterdam has installed sensors in its toilets that tell users if they're taking too much time.

The sensors, linked to a computer called Private room 02, have been installed at the Cultural Centre De Balie.

Toilet users will also be given a reminder if they fail to flush the toilet, smoke, don't put up the toilet seat, or use to much toilet paper.

Inventor Leonard Van Munster said if sensors in the toilet feel someone is trying to make a mess, they'll be warned to leave it tidy, says the nu.nl website.

He added: "The computer has developed its own moods. Sometimes he doesn't say anything, but will then suddenly start to sigh.

"And when someone is spending a lot of time in the little room, one can hear him make funny remarks such as 'Do you know that during this 50 minutes you've spent in the toilet, 50 people have died in wars all over the world?'", Van Munster added.

He said he's also working with a number of others to compose a special beat for people on the toilet. "I want them to feel at ease in the little room."


I guess alot of people have died while I have been "on duty."

Today I will be ... Irish?

What a difference a day makes. I must now give up my German heritage (*See previous post*):


BERLIN (Reuters) - A man caught having sex with a blow-up doll in a busy public shopping arcade had to be physically parted from his rubber lover and escorted away, said police in Stuttgart Wednesday.

The 38-year-old man was caught with his trousers down early Monday evening after alarmed witnesses alerted the police.

"It was real, he was caught in mid-action with the doll," said a press spokeswoman. Police said that they had considerable difficulty separating the drunken man from his partner.

Coincidental Evidence

Was the newly received alien radio signal (*See last post*) predestined to be announced today?

On this day in 1969:


Science-fiction television series Star Trek airs its last episode on this day. Although Star Trek ran for only three years (starting in 1966) and never placed better than No. 52 in the ratings, the show, starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy, became a cult classic and spawned four television series and nine movies.


And on this day in 1995:


On this day, Michael Jackson's newly released single, "You Are Not Alone," enters Billboard's Hot 100 in the No.1 spot, the first song in history to debut at the top of the chart. His 13th No. 1 hit single, the song made Jackson the No. 3 all-time chart-topper, behind the Beatles (with 20 No. 1 hits) and Elvis Presley (with 17).


And finally, today is the birthday for astronaut/teacher Christa McAuliffe and excellent adventurer/time traveller Keanu Reeves.

Eerie!?!