The! Biggest! News! of! the! Day! - Not Housing Starts, PPI, or AMR Buyout

Here are some of the contenders for today's biggest...news...of...the...day...

• Word from the Commerce Department that "U.S. home builders started the fewest homes in nearly a decade"...
• An inline producer price index report that showed the overall PPI dropped 0.6% while the core rate rose 0.2%...
• Buyout chatter that AMR Corp (AMR) is being targeted by a "group including Goldman Sachs and British Airways"...
• Some tempered comments about the market as it is said "stock returns are likely to be moderate this year, [no] matter what Ben Bernanke says about the economy"...
• Comments from Microsoft's (MSFT) chief executive officer, Steve Ballmer, that "analysts are being too optimistic about sales of Windows Vista"...
• An interesting study that says people with digital video recorders actually do watch some commercials...

While those are all stories worth watching, I think it is obviously clear that...well...that yesterday's biggest news is still the biggest news. I usually don't repeat stories but N.M. orders 500 talking urinal cakes is still so mind boggling that I just can't stand it. If you missed it yesterday, here is the story again...

...in what may the strangest story I have seen yet, the state of New Mexico "has ordered 500 talking urinal cakes that will deliver a recorded anti-DWI message to bar and restaurant patrons who make one last pit stop before getting behind the wheel"...no I am not making this up...upon approaching a urinal, a female voice says -

"Hey there, big guy. Having a few drinks? It's time to call a cab or ask a sober friend for a ride home..."

Are you freaking kidding me? A talking urinal that says "Hey there, big guy" in a woman's voice? Have these people ever seen/met/talked to a drunk guy? Half the guys I know would probably drink more because the more you drink the funnier that is going to get. And I can think of one guy that might even end up trying to hit on the voice.