Robson Top 5

John Robson at the Ottawa Citizen provides a weekly "Top 5 Stories" feature. This week's was pretty good. Here's 5, 2, and 1:

5: Bed ched
The British Cheese Board claims evening snacks of various cheeses "may help determine the very nature of often colourful and vivid cheese-induced dreams." It mentions women dreaming of Johnny Depp (cheddar) or chef Jamie Oliver (British brie). The Cheese Board is dreaming about money if you swallow this before bed.

2. Jean therapy
A British company designs pants that deliver a controlled dose of medicine through your skin. "You might forget to pop your pill, but you won't forget to put on your clothes," says the designer. I've seen fashion shows where it seems they did. Anyway, make mine a strait jacket. I don't eat clothes and I don't wear drugs.

1. You're toast
A British toaster promises never to burn yours; its sensor sucks toast particles through a beam of ions from radioactive americium-241 and shuts off when it's done, or you are. Mmmm. Americium. Just how I like to start my day. Then I stir some plutonium into my coffee and I'm good to glow.

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