TRICKING THE ELDERLY IS NO LONGER JUST AMERICAS FAVORITE PASTIME

http://news.yahoo.com/s/uc/20080629/od_notw/nwx080629xml;_ylt=AgW_E96NdwCHP_tTkUXQVhU3AIZ4

I have to agree, that this is actually ingenous. Part of me does however, think it is somewhat cruel to play tricks on Alzheimers patients (ie exploding presents, squirting flowers,joy buzzers.), but this is pretty smart. A German nursing home has created a mirage for the old and confused. And what better mirage then a fake bus stop, complete with a bench for sitting.Now, they say this works because it is a familiar sight for these patients, and they will sit, and most of the time they will sit for hours forgetting why they were there at all, and head back into the home for some plain pudding and Ice milk. Well here is my list of other possible mirages to distract the escaping seniors:

-A shoebox diarama depicting a scene from Matlock

-A parked bus with a destination of the nearest casino

-A duck filled pond

-Cardboard cutouts of grandchildren

-A voting booth

to name a few.............

happy lucky sunshine smile glow glow toy!

Oh boy here we go again.....http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080717/od_afp/lifestylejapanhealthoffbeat_080717160539;_ylt=Ar9CdeQluToZg13.auZB5iys0NUE

The promise of a ten year glow!!!

First of all how these two got away with this is quite shocking. First of all, I think if the copy right trade mark of anything that glows states "made in Hiroshima," should have been a heads up on this.

Now, according to this article over 5,000 of these were sold via the Internet. So potentially we have 5,000 happy lucky sunshine smile glow glow straps lighting up the night. Yay radioactive energy!

This is not, not like ordering a three headed fish from a restaurant in the Ukraine, or an eight legged octobaby from India.

I think this is most definitely a plot derived by Hello Kitty to destroy the Earth with radioactive cute shiny things. Way to go japan!!!! I hate to say it....but I told you so....

I hope we will soon be able to colonize happy lucky shiny moon, before this most certain Apocalypse!