While Christmas shopping, we came across some $10 storage bags that you see all the time on TV; you know the ones – where you hook up the bag to a vacuum cleaner hose and let it suck all the air out so the bag flattens down to a pancake – so we figured we’d go ahead and give them a shot.

To be honest, it might’ve been able to get even flatter, but when the vacuum cleaner started making a whining noise after several seconds, we decided to stop there. Here are the before and after pictures:

« BEFORE – AFTER »

From a funny email I just received:

While walking down the street one day a US senator is tragically hit by a truck and dies.

His soul arrives in heaven and is met by St. Peter at the entrance.

‘Welcome to heaven,’ says St. Peter. ‘Before you settle in, it seems there is a problem. We seldom see a high official around these parts, you see, so we’re not sure what to do with you.’

‘No problem, just let me in,’ says the man.

‘Well, I’d like to, but I have orders from higher up. What we’ll do is have you spend one day in hell and one in heaven. Then you can choose where to spend eternity.’