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When the Senate Tried To Ban Dial Telephones
An anonymous reader writes "With the Senate now looking to have the government block access to websites it deems to be bad (which seems to be called 'censorship' in other countries), it's worth pointing out that the Senate doesn't exactly have a good track record when it comes to deciding what technologies to ban. Back in 1930, some Senators came close to banning the dial telephone, because they felt that it was wrong that they had to do the labor themselves, rather than an operator at the other end."
Hello. I was just in the toilet/bathroom right now, urinating into the bowl in my usual controlled manner. Towards the end of my session, I cleared my throat and gently spat into the toilet - but lo! The spittle collided with my urine stream, and together they merged into a single stream, before arcing gracefully into the yellowed water. I am wondering if this phenomenon has a name? I tried to repeat the experiment on subsequent visits to the bathroom without success - alas, had some debris lodged in my glans and the piss trajectory was too erratic and unpredictable.