someone should tell the French about this.

Just get a "tres grande" version, hang it over Paris and sue it when the Car-B-Que Festival gets outta hand

I don't think the French have ever had much use for soap. They have perfume.....and Jacque Chirac.

Bush did this.

(I'm just trying to beat the moonies to the punch)

Actually, priceless! Adds a whole new meaning to the term "spring cleaning", eh.

School of Hard Knocks? Lip service? Knock 'im down again, entrepreneur. +

Rep. Kennedy Hit in the Mouth by Hammer
Yahoo ^

Posted on 04/13/2006 9:50:32 AM PDT by Sub-Driver

Rep. Kennedy Hit in the Mouth by Hammer

25 minutes ago

U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy (news, bio, voting record) was hit in the face with a hammer when an entrepreneur, demonstrating shock absorption, accidentally sent the hammer's head flying at Kennedy's mouth.

Kennedy received six stitches in his bottom lip after the incident Wednesday during an economic development meeting, his spokeswoman Robin Costello said.

The entrepreneur, Matt Kriesel of Wisconsin, produces a shock-absorbing gel used sports-shoe inserts, tennis rackets and horse saddles. He was hitting some gel with a hammer to demonstrate how it reduces vibration when the hammer's head flew off. +
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1614509/posts

I once put dish soap in the dish washer -- let's just say don't try it. I am no longer young and stupid (well, according to me that is).
Nice post -- way cool.

I believe something similar is done when our nuclear reactors are taken off-line for their maintenance testing.

That put a smile on my face kate!

"You're soaking in it!

...and it softens hands while you do the dishes."

Looks a supersized version of our kitchen, once upon a time. I couldn't convince my wife that our water was so soft that she didn't need to fill both detergent holders to clean 6 brand new glasses.

She still blames the machine!

Bad case of hoof 'n roof if you ask me.

Witnessed a similar fiasco a few years ago in Halifax.
The USS RANGER was in for a port visit, the last before she was decommissioned. The ship was open to the public for tours, and I was in the hanger deck when a tech accidently set off the system. Foam poured from the deckheads, alarms and flashing lights went off, and the big hanger doors began to rumble shut. I stepped out before being stuck inside. 20 or 30 Haligonians got an excellent demonstration of Navy fire suppression!
Talking to the sailors later, they were extremely annoyed as the hanger contained a couple of F-18's and F-14's at the time, with the cockpit canopies open for viewing. It was going to take many hours of meticulous work to clean the foam from inside the birds!

S#IT HAPPENS...

...sorry had to do a double take on the heading:

...this concludes a test of the emergency fire retrard system...