{"data":[{"story_id":"5b046a70-6528-4b1d-8eee-cab2f085dadc","user_id":"525ee539-30d5-494f-8bd0-f2236854100a","created_at":"2025-02-16T20:31:13.196+00:00","updated_at":"2025-02-16T20:37:36.665+00:00","content":{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"heading","attrs":{"level":1},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"What is this thing?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"What is this thing?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Is it a poem?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Is it a machine for making poems?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Is it a bag in which to put a poem?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Is it a frame to hang one on?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Is it an essay, an article, a post, a note, a joke, a nugget, a meditation, an observation, a notice, an update, a view?"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":" I really don't know but I like the rhythm"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The pace it sets"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The flow it throws you"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The jogging it jogs"}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"So I'm going to keep exploring"}]}]},"user_public":true,"sheriff_public":true,"title":"What is this thing?","subtitle":"Subtitle goes here...","opened_times":0,"finished_times":0,"allowed_editors":null,"short_id":null,"html":[{"html":""},{"html":"

What is this thing?

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Is it a poem?

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Is it a machine for making poems?

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Is it a bag in which to put a poem?

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Is it a frame to hang one on?

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Is it an essay, an article, a post, a note, a joke, a nugget, a meditation, an observation, a notice, an update, a view?

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I really don't know but I like the rhythm

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The pace it sets

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The flow it throws you

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The jogging it jogs

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So I'm going to keep exploring

Just waiting for the next one

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Waiting to start again

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The fresh snow of things that haven't failed yet

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That's wrong isn't it?

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I like Canadians.

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They are so unlike Americans.

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They go home at night.

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Their cigarettes don't smell bad.

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Their hats fit.

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They really believe that they won the war.

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They don't believe in Literature.

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They think Art has been exaggerated.

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But they are wonderful on ice skates.

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A few of them are very rich.

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But when they are rich they buy more horses

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Than motor cars.

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Chicago calls Toronto a puritan town.

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But both boxing and horse-racing are illegal

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In Chicago.

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Nobody works on Sunday.

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Nobody.

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That doesn't make me mad.

"},{"html":"

There is only one Woodbine.

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But were you ever at Blue Bonnets?

"},{"html":"

If you kill somebody with a motor car in Ontario

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You are liable to go to jail.

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So it isn't done.

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There have been over 500 people killed by motor cars

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In Chicago

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So far this year.

"},{"html":"

It is hard to get rich in Canada.

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But it is easy to make money.

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There are too many tea rooms.

"},{"html":"

But, then, there are no cabarets.

"},{"html":"

If you tip a waiter a quarter

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He says \"Thank you.\"

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Instead of calling the bouncer.

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They let women stand up in the street cars.

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Even if they are good-looking.

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They are all in a hurry to get home to supper

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And their radio sets.

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They are a fine people.

"},{"html":"

I like them.

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There is a sink with paper towels just outside the door, but then you risk meeting a colleague with your pants dropped.

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You don't really want to put the trousers on and soil your underwear just to grab a few towels.

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Also, the thicker paper towels might clog the toilet so you would need to flush a lot.

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\"There should be a warning about this\", you think, \"a remaining paper indication of some sort\".

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This is how you start your career as an entrepreneur.

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Solve everyday problems for everyday people.

"},{"html":"

\"What if I took a camera that continually monitors the toilet paper roll and checks if there is paper? If it detects white there is at least some. If beige the cone is empty.\"

"},{"html":"

Or should you use a sensor that knows the right distance from the core, and set a threshold for when it becomes dangerously low? A weight scale?

"},{"html":"

You start sketching out circuits and ordering components online.

"},{"html":"

Watch some movies about electronics on Youtube and read a few blog posts.

"},{"html":"

You need an LED that can switch colors from green to red.

"},{"html":"

Green when there is paper, red when it is running low.

"},{"html":"

Wait, will that work for color blind people?

"},{"html":"

Maybe it should blink when it is running low instead?

"},{"html":"

\"If I do this by night and get a prototype up and running, I might get my employer to install one and test it.\"

"},{"html":"

Should it have an app?

"},{"html":"

It could notify the janitor when it needs a refill.

"},{"html":"

Or there could be a screen outside the bathroom saying Toilet paper in stall 3 is almost empty.

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\"The possibilities are endless\", you think. \"Scaling this thing will be easy\".

"},{"html":"

If you talk to Stian at Tingstad you can have him ship a batch of fresh rolls once it knows you are running low on your last order.

"},{"html":"

You tell your spouse. And a few friends.

"},{"html":"

\"Cool\", they say, but they're not as excited as you are.

"},{"html":"

\"Can't people just look before they sit down?\" a few of the naysayers ask.

"},{"html":"

\"Or put up a sign that reminds people to check?\"

"},{"html":"

\"Actually, this exists, but I can't remember who manufactures it.\"

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This is how you end your career as an entrepreneur.

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You print out a sign that says

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REMEMBER TO CHECK FOR TOILET PAPER

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and stick it on each toilet door at work.