So I spent part of today stuffing envelopes. Not usually the most amusing thing, right? Well, not only did I get to use the automatic letter folder (which is a pretty rockin' invention itself, by the way), I got to moisten the envelopes and seal them. Not exciting, you say? Not amusing? Oh, my friend, I beg to differ.

Now, if you're like me and are used to using the little squeeze bottles with a sponge on top for your envelope moistening needs you may never have seen a device like the one my office has. It's a truly old school contraption that involves a resivoir that you fill with water and a porcelain wheel that rotates through the water when you run an envelope over the top of it. It looks like so:




Now that's pretty cool already, right? But it's not the part that makes me keep chuckling to myself at my desk. The name of this little device, emblazoned on the bottom, is... Senior Moistener.

In a way, it would be cooler if it said what I first thought it said: "Señor Moistener," cause then it would be like some cool super-hero whose power was the ability to lick stamps and envelopes. But then I realized how dirty "Senior Moistener" sounded and I realized that really the name was fine just the way it was.

Although I hate to think what kind of Google hits I'll get now.