dog collar which takes yr mobile messages

my boss got tiny chocolate to give to me: like teenyweeny smarties

wacky designs of things you don't quite need, except that actually you do, please

there are the famous japanese washing machines that automatically determine everything about your clothes, like how dirty they are and how much there is of them (and perhaps how fashionable they are?); apparently everyone's had one for years.

a year or two ago i heard about the watch-phone that sends vibrations down your finger: it turns your fingertip into a tiny speaker!! the microphone is on the wristband, so you just stick your finger in your ear and off you go. however i have seen nothing about this since so it may have just been my imagination. i never can tell with these things if i've dreamed them or read about them in Mondo2000.

Our dog has rheumatism. He wont live for much longer. :-(

This is either for vicars or dogs, and I'm not sure which is odder.