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Appropriate the skills and training of sniffer dogs for
                       domestic use. Anyone who has lost something could
                       contact the dog and a handler directly from any public
                       directory. A briefing would involve presenting other
                       personal items to the dog and outlining the area of loss
                       to the handler.

127MarkChalmers
                                29 January 2001
                       Open a shop in an area of great wealth, such as Monaco,
                       Beverly Hills or Dubai, that would open its doors only Editor’s note:
                       once a month and only to five customers. On display    One would have to
                       would be five numbered items worth between $100 and    assume that the biro
                       $1m. Each customer would sign an agreement and then    bought for $1m would
                       pick a number corresponding to an item for sale and    be so famous an item
                                                                              that its value at
128another number corresponding to a price ticket. The                        auction would go
                                                                              some way to
                                                                              recouping the
                                                                              customer’s loss.

customers would gamble on buying a $1 artefact for

$1m rather than the other way round. The store’s mark

up and profit would be guaranteed in any eventuality.

Dan Friedman
31 January 2001
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