Don't know whether to laugh or cry

[Guest]

From the BBC - A final year engineering student at Brunel University in the U.K. has developed a washing peg that tries to stop you hanging out your clothes if it is likely to rain. The peg holder has sensors that measure changes in air pressure. If they detect a pattern of pressure changes that predict rain in the next half hour, the peg holder locks, stopping the clothes being hung on the line. Unfortunately, the system has no way to stop the clothes getting wet if it starts raining after they have been hung out.    

[Mark B]

Another amazing invention, stick it in the cupboard next to the chocolate teapot will you John.........  

[simple]

What's even more stupid is that by the sounds of it your clothes will be locked on to the clothes line if it starts to rain?

[oldman]

Wot about a nose peg that drops off when it detects the fart all clear  

[old(wo)man]

I could do wi' one t'em moldyman  

[pistonbroke]

Me solar powered torch wasnt a great success

[Boomy]

So, walk outside, open garage, attempt to put pegs on roll bar, fail, go back inside and get roof/hat/cover or watch tv.

Superb!

[neilb]

Me solar powered torch wasnt a great success

You must have got a cheap one - you can get solar lanters and torches all over the place

What do students know about washing anyway

[Peter Cox]

Unfortunately, the system has no way to stop the clothes getting wet if it starts raining after they have been hung out.    

you have to admit though, that would be the domain of an intelligence far in advance of our own

i.e. he's not done bad

[blankczechbook]

or you mean he wasn't a woman or he'd have thought of that already......