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After yesterday's battery-powered backscratcher, here are another couple of small-scale (that is, won't set the world alight, but are rather good) inventions for the hot-drink fancier: The Smart Cup has a sneaky shelf for two to three biscuits, which eliminates the problem of extra dishes and occupying both hands. The Lock Cup includes an anti-theft device and is perfect for those irked by the workplace coffee cup thief. This sizeable mug has a hole near the bottom of the cup, therefore allowing only the owner with his/her plug-shaped key to close the hole.
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Andrew from Hamilton noticed in the latest edition of the AA Magazine an article made up of "What would you do" scenarios like this: "On a rural road you suddenly find you are about to hit a horse or cow." The answer is - "Crashes with large stock are often fatal for both the animal hit by the car and the animal driving the car."
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James Smith of Tauranga spotted this notice outside an art gallery at the ferry terminal in Opua near Paihia in the Bay of Islands.
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A man roused the anger of a judge when he answered his mobile phone while he was in the dock. Gasps of shock went around courtroom number two at Blackpool Magistrates' Court when Paul Fitton calmly answered his mobile with the words: "Hello there, I'm in court", and started a conversation. Fitton, 26, was in the dock facing a charge of being drunk and disorderly.
(Source: www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk)
As if to illustrate how easy it is to make grammatical errors, a number of readers pointed out that Jodie of Grafton, who was frustrated by Noel Leeming's apostrophe placement, made her very own slip. Her last sentence should have read - " ... would have taken exactly the same number of letters", not amount.
Today's Webpick: A skinhead urinating in a cup to promote travel to the UK, Helen Clark and John Key on Facebook, Heather Mills thinks we should all drink rats' milk and what would Jesus buy for Christmas? Click here. These are the very best online videos from Ana's online magazine Spare Room.
