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Engineering at its finestBy Robin Abrahams
11:55 AM
Regular readers of Miss Conduct know that I love a good engineering solution for an etiquette problem. If you agree with me, then please stop everything right now and watch this video of two eight-year-old inventors being interviewed on Fox News. What did they invent, you ask? Wedgie-proof underwear! And they are adorable. What are you still doing here? Click that link! UPDATE: Another young inventor solves a common problem. From the article: "'My mom was getting mad at me for forgetting to put the toilet seat down and she was falling in,' said Jake, a fourth-grader at Odebolt-Arthur Elementary School." |
