Word: soaping
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...Scrabble soap opera went viral earlier this year when both Hasbro and Mattel filed lawsuits against two brothers from Calcutta for launching "Scrabulous," their own online version of the popular word game. Created in 2006 to waste time and wage distant linguistic battles, Scrabulous eventually became the most popular application on Facebook, attracting more than 500,000 players each day to the social-networking site. But the brothers, Jayant and Rajat Agarwalla, had a quick and clever response to the accusations of copyright infringement. Their newly dubbed "WordScraper" now features a malleable board that, if one feels so inclined...
...Container Store Paper Soap For you old-school hand-washers out there: single-use sheets of soap. The Container Store's Paper Soap comes in a colorful plastic case that flips open in the palm of your hand, and contains 50 paper-thin swatches. The soaps come in three scents: apple, which is pretty unassuming; vanilla, which smells like a candle; and, my favorite, jasmine. Be sure to pull out a sheet before you wet your hands - and for the best germ-killing action, wash with warm water for at least 20 seconds and dry well. Price: $4.99 each...
Meanwhile, the parliamentary drama has united Iraqis of all persuasions into a nation of SOFA potatoes: not since Saddam Hussein's trial have so many been transfixed by a legal debate. In restaurants and cafés across Baghdad, TV screens normally featuring music videos and Arabic soap operas were instead tuned to Iraqi news channels that seemed at times to be devoted exclusively to the story. It was democracy as reality TV. Iraqis watched as politicians denounced each other across the parliament floor and as Maliki griped at a press conference that failure to ratify the pact would leave...
...trial have Iraqis been so transfixed by a legal and legislative debate. The to-and-fro over the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) with the U.S. has turned parliamentary politics into prime-time entertainment. In restaurants and caf?s across Baghdad, TV screens normally featuring music videos and Arabic soap operas are instead tuned to Iraqi news channels that seem at times to be devoted exclusively to the SOFA story. It's democracy as reality...
...here for a few days past, occasioned by a skirmish between some of the Southern law students and the members of the senior class in college,†Hayes wrote in 1844. “It has resulted in a few slight bruises, the loss of a few soap-locks [greased long sideburns, in fashion at the time], and the expulsion of one or two from each department...