700 hobo names

John Hodgman has a new book, in which, presumably among other things, he has a list of 700 hobo names. Rather than a take off on the Eskimo's 200 words for snow, which was the idea that originally popped into my head, this is a list of names Hodgeman made up for fictitious transients.

Some clever internet person thought it would be a wonderful idea to put up a site to display cartoonists drawings to match each name. Find it at e-hobo.com.

I was altered to this list by my co-worker Chris who heard Hodgman being interviewed on Twit. Chris claimed making such a list was about the stupidest thing he had heard of (at least in the most recent 24 hours) and there was no way such a list would be entertaining. He linked me with an mp3 of Hodgeman reading the list.

We spend the next tens of work minutes sending links to each other and guffawing.

My favorite was "Oregon Perry Hashpipe."

"Americans slowly embrace the bidet"

http://magazine.angieslist.com/story/america-slowly-embraces-the-bidet

Never mind that tag line paints a picture of Joe-six-pack and his wife cuddling up next to their toilet, this is extremely funny and intriguing. Needless to say, I really, really want one. How could you not after watching the marketing video at the manufactures site for the space saving toilet seat bidet? I don't think I can live without one now.

$740 and you can have one too.

“It’s a cultural leap forward,” says Toto spokeswoman Lenora Campos of the Washlet. “We wouldn’t think anything in our lives was clean if we just ran a piece of paper over it,” Campos says. “At that crucial juncture of our bodies, we think paper is enough and it’s not. People who use traditional means come away with matter still on the body. If you ride the subway on a hot day, you know it’s true.”