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The Instapundit rhapsodizes the Xcelerator hand-dryer<\/a> in his new column. The official VM wife and I have used Xcelerators at the Palisades Mall restrooms for a while now, and they’re a hoot. You really do get the “rippling skin”\/skydiving visual from them. And if you leave your hands stationary under the vent, they’ll be sore for the rest of the day.<\/p>\n

We’ve been waiting to hear stories about, um, other parts put under the vent from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, but no dice so far. They’ve been too busy taking chemistry sets out of the hands of potential meth-making bombers or something<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Instapundit rhapsodizes the Xcelerator hand-dryer in his new column. The official VM wife and I have used Xcelerators at the Palisades Mall restrooms for a while now, and they’re a hoot. You really do get the “rippling skin”\/skydiving visual from them. And if you leave your hands stationary under the vent, they’ll be sore … <\/p>\n

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