Andy says: "Mark posted the NTSA/eBay link. The most beautiful part of the whole thing is that in the completed sales, amidst all the sharp-edged and otherwise pointy stuff, is a single purple sombrero. Confiscated by the NTSA. In the name of national security. If there was ever web zen, this is it. This is the sound of one hand clapping."

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