Price Check on Aisle 4

Does anyone know the SKU for a baby?

Explanation: It's Monday. I waited until noon so you all had a chance to wake up. Now I present you with an engineering problem.

My daughter turned three months old this weekend. Since she has no scheduled doctor's appointment this month, we do not know her weight. My home scale is digital, and only reports weights to a precision of 0.5 pounds. Furthermore, the scale isn't consistent enough to even guess her weight. I need another way to measure her weight.

My first (and perhaps easiest) idea is to take her to Wegman's and put her on a produce scale. As I do not know her SKU number, I would not be able to print a label for her. That would be tough to explain at checkout time.

After that, I'm at a loss. Without buying a new scale, how do I figure out her weight? Remember, I don't have the time to construct a giant balance. Any suggestions?

My Fair Fergie

How come every time you come around my London, London Bridge wanna come down?

Source: Song lyrics from London Bridge, by Fergie of the Black Eyed Peas

Explanation: Remember, this is from the singer of My Humps. The meaning is probably not much deeper than that thing that hens should be doing with some bird that isn't a chicken or a rooster. So, turning to less colorful subject matter, let's just think about some other things that fall down:

• Humpty Dumpty
  
• The Tacoma Narrows Bridge
  
• At least one person on every drive to the hoop in a women's basketball game
  
• Soccer players, but only when breathed upon
  
• The company stock price
  
• The ball in this game (which is conveniently called "Fall Down")
  
• Every other ball Terrell Owens was thrown last season
  
• Every other ball Rex Grossman threw last season
  
• Ashes, ashes, we all do
  
• Anything you drop from a building, like for instance, a cat
  
• Is it too soon for a Gerald Ford joke?
  
• And, of course:

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You know, this video is edited for television. Kids watch it. It would be on MTV if they showed videos anymore. And still, it seems just a little inappropriate. Oh well. If you prefer something a little less racy, here's a video on the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse, narrated by the most boring professor you ever had in college.