You\u2019ll be pleased (?) to know that it (the goat, that is) has survived so far. As I\u2019ve related in the past, Penny seems to find it tolerable (actually, I am guessing that she is enjoying waking up next to a \u201cnew\u201d man each morning) but I am not convinced. It\u2019s not that I mind it particularly \u2013 after all, I don\u2019t see it most of the time! And one bonus I had forgotten from my beard-fur days \u2013 it\u2019s amazing how much food and, especially, soup one can collect in one\u2019s chin hair for consumption later. We\u2019ll let you know when it goes.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not often that the Befouled Weakly News gets to say \u201cYou read it here first\u201d but, on this occasion, it\u2019s true. I saw an article with a related video on the BBC web site this week which sounded suspiciously like a story we had back in February<\/a> about new technology in the gentlemen\u2019s lavatory. See if you can spot the similarity:<\/p>\n \u2026 coming to a Men\u2019s room near you: The SEGA video company\u2019s Japan division began test-marketing its new\u00a0\u201cToylets\u201d game<\/a>\u00a0in January, designed for men\u2019s urinals combining men\u2019s obsession with video games with their perennial inability to aim straight. With sensors in the basin and a video screen at eye level, men score points based on the strength and accuracy of their streams. Among the suite of games: sumo wrestling (squirt the opponent out of the circle), graffiti-erasure (strong streams wipe out more graffiti), and skirt-raising (the stronger the stream, the higher a woman\u2019s skirt is \u201cblown\u201d upward).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n And this week\u2019s article:<\/p>\n When men use a public urinal they are cruelly left in full view, with nothing to do as they answer nature’s call.<\/p>\n Until now.<\/p>\n British company Captive Media thinks it has developed a product that fills a gap in the market – a urinal mounted, urine-controlled games console for men.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The article on the BBC site is also accompanied with a video demonstrating the \u201ctoylet\u201d in action. Go on, you know you want to look \u2013 you can get it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n And finally, I found the following mildly amusing, largely because of Molly\u2019s propensity for greeting everything and everyone she runs across but also because she frequently \u201ctalks\u201d with us in a very quiet growl. It\u2019s from The Other Coast by Adrian Raeside.<\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.stragnell.com\/befoulednews\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/movember_small.jpg?resize=300%2C240\" "\\"The")
<\/a>As of Saturday morning, there were 852,983 registered participants worldwide and the amount raised so far came to \u00a365,894,908. In the UK there were 252,904 registered participants who had raised \u00a315,527,584 including one individual, Martin Broughton, who had raised, so far, \u00a341,688. Goodness he must have a lot of friends!<\/p>\n
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