McDonalds Files To Patent Making a Sandwich

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "McDonalds has applied for patent WO2006068865, which carries the title 'METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING A SANDWICH.' John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich, can eat his heart out (unless that's been patented, too). Undoubtedly, some people are contemplating whether there's anything novel in this patent that is somehow obscured by its generic title. Feel free to examine their flowchart for yourself and see exactly how novel their sandwich 'subroutines' are. The good news is that, given that it only mentions generic sandwich making 'tool(s),' rather than any specific machine, it might not survive after the In Re Bilski decision, which was meant to put a stop to absurdities such as this. But until McDonalds's application is rejected or invalidated, make sure you don't use their flowchart when making sandwiches. After all, if you 'apply appropriate condiments to appropriate compartment,' you might infringe upon their IP."

Comments

Exception handling?

[PPH]

I don't see any.

try {
...
}
catch( DroppedTomatoSliceOnFloorException ex ) {
tomato.recover();
continue;
}
catch( SquirtedMayoOnPantsException ex ) {
bread.wipeOnPants();
continue;
}

Re:Safe!

[Anonymous Coward]

Because anything is better than a slider -- a greasy-ass McDonalds cheeseburger which slides right out your ass -- and a lot cleaner to boot. I've shit myself twice after eating McDonalds.

Anybuddy wanna drum up a class-action lawsuit for ruined pants and undies? It'll be hard to prove wrongdoing but if one of you "accidentally" spills hot coffee on your snatch, you could win a fat settlement and split the earnings with us -_-