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| ::darkshadows:: (blood@thirsty.net) |
2008/05/29 12:59 |
Tuesday's Wall Street Journal has an article about the Dutch takeover
of JFK airport's International Arrivals building. The Dutch have some
interesting ideas on how to clean it up:
In Amsterdam, the tile under Schiphol's urinals would pass inspection
in an operating room. But nobody notices. What everybody does notice
is that each urinal has a fly in it. Look harder, and the fly turns
into the black outline of a fly, etched into the porcelain.
"It improves the aim," says Aad Kieboom. "If a man sees a fly, he aims
at it." Mr. Kieboom, an economist, directs Schiphol's own building
expansion. His staff conducted fly-in-urinal trials and found that
etchings reduce spillage by 80%.
"We will put flies in the urinals -- yes," Jan Jansen says in a back
office at the Arrivals Building. He is the new Dutch general manager,
the boss as of noon today. "It gives a guy something to think about.
That's the perfect example of process control."
His New York public relations attendant titters. "Fine, laugh at me,"
Mr. Jansen says. "It works."
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THE PERSONAL QUALITIES NECESSARY TO BE A GOOD LOVER
"One of you should know how to write a check. Because, even
if you have tons of love, there is still going to be a lot of
bills." (Ava, 8)
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One of the most effective ways of sharing the feeling of God's daily
presence with the family is to have the children ask the blessing for
the evening meal. But, of course, many families don't have this
custom, which accounts for the puzzlement of a little boy who went to
dinner with his parents at the home of a very elderly gentleman. After
watching the old man bow his head and speak in hushed tones, the boy
asked his mother, "What did Mr. Bryan say to his plate?"
from "Faith, Hope and Hilarity: The Child's Eye View of Religion" by
Dick Van Dyke
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My neighbor works in the operations department in the central office
of a large bank. Employees in the field call him when they have
problems with their computers.
One night he got a call from a woman in one of the branch banks who
had this question: "I've got smoke coming from the back of my
terminal. Do you guys have a fire downtown?"
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Prince William has been confirmed into the Church of England. Now,
just like his father, he must obey the nine commandments.
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