Is there some way to flash mob the auction and coordinate things so that nobody pays more than 25 fucking cents for anything? Or nothing? The trash can just be dropped in a dumpster. Gah! The wicked witch is (very nearly, almost, but like a zombie, not quite) dead. Can I get a pic of the wooden stake? I'd bid on that.

Yikes: I'm not a Grammar Nazi, but your post is full of typos. Could that be your problem with the shell's syntax?

?? do you mean a '\ ' ? Again, I say, "yikes".

Toenails are a great example, and I believe that they are in fact the target of evolutionary forces in humans. If I don't keep them trimmed, my opportunities to mate are reduced - at least as far as my wife is concerned. In the distant future, perhaps humans will have developed smooth toenails that don't require trimming or maybe a behavioral trait for fastidious grooming.

Well, I'm hoping they were able to use commodity, off-the-shelf parts.