Laws and Sausage

As the saying goes, two things you don't want to see made. However, if you have ever wanted to see how many, many other things are made, I highly recommend a show currently running on the Science Channel, called (if all things) "How It's Made." As the title suggests, it shows how things are made, or as the promos say "If you see, hear, eat or wear it, the Science Channel can show you how they make it." So far, they've shown things like bubble bath, hearing aids, apple juice, pantyhose, holograms, aluminum foil, mozerella cheese, toilet paper, plate glass, toothpicks, landing gear, and work boots. At the moment, I'm watching a segment on canned corn. Obviously, they gloss over the parts that are trade secrets, but who among us hasn't wondered, if only for a moment, how they get the ball into the container of roll-on deoderant? Thanks to this show, I know. I'm also getting better with my metric conversion. The show is originally Canadian, so the Science Channel has thoughtfully added pop-ups to translate the metric measurements in the voice overs.