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It always saddens me to choose a banana that once undressed displays bruising or site specific over-ripeness. The thrill of successfully peeling an entirely untainted banana, for me, is the equivalent of a russian winning at roulette.
I also feel at odds with any packet of biscuits that once home
present me with a high percentage of splitting, cracks or excessive crumbing.
I also wonder what is actually inside those strange tins marked 'Product of Berlexia'.
I propose a device that can detect an un-opened banana's bad bits, broken biscuits, and overall product contents - via the marvel of x-ray.
Looking much like the x-ray machine at the airport check-in, it is located at one end of the supermarket. Once it is your turn, you may place one item at a time onto a tray and watch on the screen as it passes through, so that you can see what is inside.
mini CAT scanner
Home-use_20mini_20CAT_20scanner Also useful, in the same way [hippo, Aug 04 2005]
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the supermarket takes no responsibility for the nutrition of x-rayed bananas, biscuits or any products from Berlexia. |
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not too sure that a banana bruise would be revealed by an x-ray. |
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I'd be back and forwards from the POS check out all day with grapes that have internal bruising. |
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Perhaps a tetrahertz scanner for your banana? |
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--"the equivalent of a russian winning at roulette."-- You mean, not dying? That _is_ quite a thrill. Unless you meant regular roulette, in which case I wouldn't think a Russian would be more thrilled than someone of another nationality. |
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On the bun side, the radiation from this device would help sanitize meat products and organic vegetables. However, it might pose a problem with worker's compensation -- claims of impotence, growths, extra limbs, etc. due to the repeated doses of xrays the checkers and other employees would be recieving. Or think they were recieving. |
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What happens if you put something metal in there? Does it heat up or explode? That would rock. |
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Would also let you find that package of animal crackers with more lions than hippos. |
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I would link to *animal crackers* but it does horrible things to afro... |
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or was that "teddy bears picnic..." |
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what's wrong with [hippos], [half] ? |
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They're not lions? They're hungry, hungry? |
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Did I say hippos? Sorry, [hippo], I meant rhinososeraceses. |
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By the time I got this far you all got me side-tracked and I forgot the topic.
Well done. |
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Could the 15 year old male baggers use it to see if there were items hidden in female shoppers' garb?
(wink, nudge) |
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