> No longer will we be asked if we want paper or plastic?
>
> "On Tuesday, IBM was granted US Patent No. 7,407,089 for storing a
> preference for paper or plastic grocery bags on customer cards and
> displaying a picture of said preference after a card is scanned. The
> invention, Big Blue explains, eliminates the 'unnecessary inconvenience
> for both the customer and the cashier' that results when 'Paper or
> Plastic?' must be asked. The patent claims also cover affixing a cute
> sticker of a paper or plastic bag to a customer card to indicate
> packaging preferences. So does this pass the 'significant technical
> content' test, IBM'ers?"

> How about a card so I don't have to answer the "Do you want fries with
> that?" question?
>
> Damn, I've given away a perfectly good idea!

>> How about a card so I don't have to answer the "Do you want fries with
>> that?" question?

>

>> Damn, I've given away a perfectly good idea!

>
> here is another good one, how about underpants that tell you when they
> need to be changed?